Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC)

The home of civil society organizations and individuals in ICANN's GNSO

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The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is the home for civil society organizations and individuals in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). With real voting power in ICANN policy making and Board selection, it develops and supports positions that favor noncommercial communication and activity on the Internet.

The NCUC is open to noncommercial organizations and individuals involved in education, community networking, public policy advocacy, development, promotion of the arts, children's welfare, religion, consumer protection, scientific research, human rights and many other areas. See our charter for membership eligibility (including proposed revisions allowing individual members). Please complete an application and join us today, and get involved in protecting the communication and activities we value on the Internet!

Members

  • suella darkins
  • Hago Elteraifi Mohamed Dafalla
  • Amr Elsadr
  • Blaise Arbouet
  • Naresh Ajwani
  • Meredith L. Patterson
  • Len Sassaman
  • Jisuk Woo
  • Dixie Hawtin
  • John Selby
  • Liam James Drew
  • James Ratemo
  • Tara Taubman
  • Nicolas Adam
  • Maria Farrell
  • Thomas Roessler
  • Eddan Katz
  • Emmanuel Amanor
  • Ruslan Sattarov
  • Brett Carr

Latest Activity

Robin Gross updated an event
NCSG-NCUC Day at ICANN Meeting at Kenyatta International Conference Centre IMPALA Room - 1st Floor
March 9, 2010 from 9am to 5pm
Meeting of the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) and the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) / NCSG Tuesday 9 February 2010 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Nairobi Time (6:00 - 14:00 UTC) The Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) Nairobi,…
August 26
Robin Gross updated an event
August 4, 2010 all day
NCSG Open Policy Discussion will be held on Wednesday 4 August from 13:00 - 15:00 UTC. The monthly open policy discussions are intended to facilitate direct dialogue between the NCSG membership and the NCSG GNSO Counselors on policy matters pending…
August 26
Robin Gross updated an event
July 14, 2010 all day
NCSG Open Policy Discussion will be held on Wednesday 14 July from 14:00 - 16:00 UTC. The monthly open policy discussions are intended to facilitate direct dialogue between the NCSG membership and the NCSG GNSO Counselors on policy matters pending…
August 26
Robin Gross updated an event
January 6, 2010 all day
Wednesday 6 JANUARY 2010 (15:00 - 17:00 UTC) NCSG discussion of substantive policy issues pending before the GNSO, particularly issues the GNSO Council is about to act on. This discussion is intended as an opportunity for the NCSG GNSO Councilors…
August 26
 

Special Announcements

Next NCSG Open Policy Discussions:
7 September 2010 (18:00 - 20:00 UTC)
5 October 2010 (15:00 -17:00 UTC)

Public Comment Periods & NCSG Volunteers

Civil Society Overwhelmingly Voted to Approve the NCSG Charter with 95% of Votes Cast in Favor


The charter can be found on the NCSG-Executive Committee Wiki page. Comment resolution information can also be found.

NCSG Charter Election Results:
95% Yes to Accept Charter
5% No to Charter

NCSG Charter Voter Turn-Out:
73% of NCSG Electorate Cast their Votes, with 60% approval needed to pass the charter.

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Blog Posts

Robin Gross

IP Justice Comments on ICANN Accountability & Transparency: Lack of Accountability to Non-Commercial Users Remains Problematic for ICANN's Promise to Protect the Public Interest

IP JUSTICE COMMENTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ISSUES AT ICANN

Submitted by Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director

14 July 2010



IP Justice
appreciates… Continue

Posted by Robin Gross on July 16, 2010 at 5:05am

Robin Gross

Statement of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) on Transparency and ICANN Staff Documents

Statement of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) on Transparency and ICANN Staff Documents



20 May 2010 Transmitted to ICANN Board of Directors



ICANN’s transparency commitment demands the adoption of a principle of default openness for all Board communications except in those specific instances where it is over-ridden, in writing, by the principle of personal privacy or an explicit requirement of confidentiality.
Continue

Posted by Robin Gross on May 21, 2010 at 3:00pm

NCUC Discuss Listserv

Re: [ncsg-policy] Re: PDP review

Like Avri, I've been contributing 'internally' being on the WT since Seoul.
Thanks to Robin for suggesting it.

Alex

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Mary Wong wrote:

> I agree it's important that NCSG/NCUC submit a comment (and may have said
> so before ... ?)
>
> ICANN-wise, I'm up to my eyeballs with several WGs and the Council stuff,
> so with conference and other commitments to my day job will not be able to
> take the lead. I should have a few days at the end of the month to help out,
[...]

Re: [ncsg-policy] PDP review

(note: adding the full discuss list, which I forgot to do in the first instance)

PS. I updated the table:

https://st.icann.org/ncsg-ec/index.cgi?comment_periods_and_volunteers

and there are lots of opportunties for people to volunteer.

On 2 Sep 2010, at 10:05, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am sitting in the PDP work team meeting and was asked whether we intend to submit a review to the new PDP processes.
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#pdp-initial-report
>
> Is anyone willing? The deadline has been moved for one last extension to Sept 30.
>
> BTW: I am on the WT and thus even if [...]

Re: Applicants Sought from Internet User Community for Seat on Board of Directors

Hi all, I did apply to an At-Large seat back in 2000, I will maybe do it
again. If this does not endanger Alex's chances, it will be a good
opportunity to double the chances of having someone with our line of thought
well represented in At-Large.

All the best,

NG

2010/9/1 Adam Peake

> Dear Alex,
>
> I hope you and anyone with a strong background and interest in user issues
> and ICANN will consider applying. Support is not needed at this stage, but
> you might consider outreach to the RALO for your region br/> [...]

Re: Applicants Sought from Internet User Community for Seat on Board of Directors

Dear Alex,

I hope you and anyone with a strong background
and interest in user issues and ICANN will
consider applying. Support is not needed at this
stage, but you might consider outreach to the
RALO for your region


New press release on the At-Large Board Seat Call
for Statements of Interest available in the usual
six languages, see links from

Note, the deadline is September 6. [...]

Re: Applicants Sought from Internet User Community for Seat on Board of Directors

Dear Andrés,

I am well - and thanks for asking.

Certainly, but I did some thorough checking out to assess my chances
before arriving at the conclusion - partly because I am not too
familiar with ALAC 'internals'? All is not lost, for since or should
one of our own is/gets nominated, then I'd be glad to take a back seat
on this one. [...]

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