[EC-NCSG] NCSG Membership Applications and EC Evaluation Procedures

[Robin Gross]

Dear All:

As you all know, we need an integrated membership database solution to manage the NCSG membership applications, membership rosters, etc. and ICANN hasn't yet provided a solution (although it said it was working on one for all of ICANN, not just NCSG).  So in the meantime, we are using these Google docs spreadsheets to manage the membership data, even though it is rather cumbersome to navigate and far from the best solution.

Reminder that the data for incoming NCSG Membership applications is stored in a spreadsheet and available to EC members here:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ane1uzL43HhedDFhOWZOTEVhMzZUYUszVFhpX1JEU1E&usp=sharing

The spreadsheet that keeps track of the immediately pending applications, including how each NCSG member votes on a given application is here:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmHFgvYjF_e4dENsT21PLTFmeW9qZ2pLLWowc3RTbmc&usp=sharing

I believe Rafik volunteered to update the immediately above PENDING applications link to reflect the new applications that have come in for evaluation in the last few weeks and that we need to evaluate now.

Each NCSG EC member should then evaluate the application against NCSG's membership criteria and noncommercial mission and then we vote on the application's approval in the above link.  Sometimes there are questions or info is not complete so follow-ups are needed with applicants.   

We can type our vote or comment directly into the PENDING spreadsheet so the discussion is all in one place and publicly available (and applicants can keep track of their application by looking at this link).  We evaluate the data supplied by the applicant in the spreadsheet at 1st link (private) above, but we each vote in the spreadsheet 2nd link (public).   Again, the need for an integrated membership database.....  Thanks very much.

Please let me know if you have any questions on this.  

Best,
Robin