[EC-NCSG] Fwd: us-ignite membership application to join NCSG

[Robin Gross]

Dear NCSG-EC Members:

US-Ignite has asked for re-consideration of its NCSG membership  
application.  Please see below.

Thanks,
Robin

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Glenn Ricart <gricart at gmail.com>
> Date: October 16, 2012 7:16:39 AM PDT
> To: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> Subject: Re: us-ignite membership application to join NCSG
> Reply-To: GRicart at gmail.com
>
> Robin -
>
> Your unnamed members of the Executive Committee are incorrect on  
> both points.
>
> 1.  The US Ignite non-profit has no formal or governance  
> connections to the US Government.  The confusion is due to the fact  
> that the US Government has a parallel US Ignite Initiative which  
> coordinates activities of US Federal Agencies in support of similar  
> objectives.  The US Ignite non-profit which I represent is a  
> membership organization including 26 community members and 16  
> corporate members which works toward next-generation Internet  
> applications.  The US Ignite non-profit has received US Internal  
> Revenue Service 501(c)(3) tax exemption.
>
> 2.  It is very much in operation, and has been for 18 months.  I  
> have been a formal employee since January 1, 2012, and we  now have  
> five full-time period and 2 part-time people on board.  The web  
> site at www.us-ignite.org is quite active and updated regularly.   
> If you subscribe to @US_Ignite, you will find a regular stream of  
> tweets.  I invite you to watch a nationwide music collaboration as  
> part of the Chattanooga Riverfest and which includes a shout-out to  
> US Ignite.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGeppaEX3Uc&feature=youtu.be
>
> Although I appreciate the need for a gatekeeper function, I think  
> you have mis-judged a worthy non-commercial organization, and  
> request reconsideration for membership forthwith.
>
>   ....  Glenn
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>  
> wrote:
> Dear Glen,
>
> The NCSG Executive Committee did not accept the membership of US  
> Ignite because several members questioned its relationship to  
> government and whether or not the organization was currently in  
> operation.  If you believe this determination was made in error,  
> please feel free to send any follow-up information so I may forward  
> it to the NCSG Executive Committee for their re-consideration.
>
> Thank you for your interest in joining NCSG.
>
> All best,
> Robin Gross
> NCSG Chair
>




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