Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group

[Stephanie E Perrin]

1.  I am interested in joining this group

2.  We removed the word "merger". as I recollect, because quite a few 
NCSG members objected to the concept of "merger".  Oxford learners' 
dictionary definition: ​the act of joining two or more organizations or 
businesses into one.  Obviously, this implies the death/removal/renaming 
of one constituency.  Other groups have reorganized without removing a 
constituency, and I think it is important to retain that concept in our 
approach to this issue.

3.  When Milton proposed this wholesale revision of the charter, he 
indicated that he knew why nobody was participating, it was long 
difficult complex work requiring research and some prior knowledge, to 
summarize briefly in my own words.  Fine, we are not idiots, anybody who 
has worked long and hard on PDPs or Council know that. However, in my 
view, we still need to address the issue of why people are joining us in 
the first place, and not doing anything but voting in the elections.  We 
need to figure out what the majority of members are actually getting out 
of membership, and reading the mailing list, if they have no desire to 
contribute.

Kind regards, Stephanie

On 2020-10-27 10:28 a.m., Bruna Martins dos Santos wrote:
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> Hello NCSG,
>
> In light of the discussions hosted on both NCUCs and NCSGs open 
> meetings at ICANN69, @Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix 
> <mailto:rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com> and myself worked on some 
> amendments to the proposed charter for the Strategic Review Working Group.
>
> The charter can be found here: 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IZOoZVn-SmvZ2peYYULmQ6dTNAMEjb63jWCtOmGCJc/edit
>
> And, in case any of you is still interested in joining these efforts, 
> please email @Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix 
> <mailto:rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com>, Maryam, @Brenda Brewer 
> <mailto:brenda.brewer at icann.org> or myself.
>
> Best regards,
> Bruna Santos
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:27 PM Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu 
> <mailto:milton at gatech.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Based on our discussion today during the ICANN meeting, I would
>     propose to modify the Working Group charter to say this:
>
>     The task of the Working Group will be to explore the issues raised
>     by an attempt to merge the two constituencies into an integrated
>     Noncommercial Stakeholder Group. The group will conduct a thorough
>     fact-finding operation to address:
>
>     1. Whether or not double constituencies creates duplicate
>     administrative work
>
>     2. The impact of a merger on ICANN travel support and other
>     resource availability
>
>     3. The charter changes that would have to be made to implement a
>     merger
>
>     4. Whether diverse policy perspectives would be reduced by a merger
>
>     5. Any other relevant issues related to a merger it uncovers
>
>     Dr. Milton L Mueller
>
>     Georgia Institute of Technology
>
>     School of Public Policy
>
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>
>
> -- 
> */Bruna Martins dos Santos /*
>
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
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