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1.0 Mission and Principles
1.1 Mission.
The purpose of the Non Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) is to represent, through its elected representatives and its Constituencies, the interests and concerns of noncommercial registrants and noncommercial Internet users of generic Top‑level Domains (gTLDs).
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The NCSG model seeks to encourage communication, cooperation, and consensus building among an extremely broad range of noncommercial interests by holding GNSO Council Representative elections open to the entire NCSG membership. This will ensure that candidates must appeal to a wide range of interests within the NCSG and attempt to build consensus among potentially competing noncommercial views for support.
2.0 Organization and Membership
2.1 Composition.
The NCSG has the following components:
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The NCSG Chair, the NCSG-EC, the NCSG-PC, and the NCSG-FC are responsible for maintaining any information used in making decisions for at least 4 years.
3.0 NCSG GNSO Council Representation
3.1 NCSG Allocation.
The NCSG is assigned six (6) GNSO Council seats through the ICANN Bylaws. All NCSG GNSO Council representatives will be directly voted on by the full membership of the NCSG using weighted voting as defined in Section 4. To the maximum extent possible, no more than two (2) NCSG GNSO Council Representatives can be declared resident of the same geographic region as defined by ICANN. Reasonable efforts should be taken to recruit nominees so that all geographical regions may be represented by the NCSG GNSO Council Representatives. Reasonable efforts should also be taken to ensure gender balance and in no circumstance should there be fewer than 2 members of any gender.
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Each NCSG GNSO Council Representative shall represent, within the GNSO Council, ICANN and its activities, the goals and priorities of the NCSG to the best of his/her ability and in accordance with the principle of consensus building. Since the NCSG will represent many different noncommercial viewpoints, the NCSG Council Representatives will not be bound in their GNSO Council votes to any specific NCSG established policy unless specifically directed by the NCSG-PC with the approval of the NCSG-EC. NCSG GNSO Council Representatives will, however, be expected to understand the varied positions in the NCSG and to explain to the membership how their votes are in support of noncommercial interests. NCSG GNSO Councilors should work with the NCSG‑PC to develop NCSG policy positions. NCSG GNSO Council Representatives are expected to keep the NCSG membership informed of policy issues before the GNSO Council, to seek input from the NCSG membership and to be responsive to member requests for information on matters pending before the Council.
4.0 Voting Procedures
All NCSG votes will use the weighted voting standards defined in this section, where a Large Organization Member has a vote equivalent to twice the vote of a Small Organization Member and a Small Organization Member has a vote equivalent to twice the vote of an Individual Member.
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Any NCSG active Member who has been an active member for at least thirty (30) days before the date of the election is eligible to nominate candidates, vote in NCSG elections, and propose amendments to the NCSG Charter.
5.0 Amendments to the NCSG Charter.
Proposals to amend this charter may be submitted by five (5) percent of the then‑current members eligible to vote, based on the weighted voting as defined in section 4.0. Proposals may also be put forward by the NCSG‑EC or the ICANN Board of Directors or one of the Board's committees.
Amendments proposed by the NCSG members or the NCSG‑EC will only take effect after there has been a membership review, approval by 60% vote of NCSG members using the weighted voting defined in section 4.0 and final review/approval by the ICANN Board of Directors. Amendments proposed and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors or one of its Committees will only take effect after membership review and approval by 60% vote of the NCSG members using the weighted voting defined in section 4.0. The ICANN Board may require proposed amendments to be posted for public comment prior to taking its decision on the proposal.
6.0 Charter Amendments.
Version | Date | Name | Description |
1.0 | 22 June 2009 | Structural Improvements Committee | Version approved and published for community input |
2.0 | 30 July 2009 | Structural Improvements Committee | Additional revisions submitted to Board for approval |
2.1 | 19 March 2010 | NCSG EC | Inclusion of changes agreed upon by NCSG community |
2.2 | 11 April 2010 | NCSG EC | Completion of draft ‑ including resolution of IC/C issue proposal and financial governance issues |
2.3 | 7 May 2010 | NCSG Chair | Update near the end of the membership review period prior to ballot based on membership comments |
2.4 | 10 May 2010 | NCSG Chair | Update at the end of the membership review period prior to ballot based on membership comments |
2.5 | 14 June 2010 | NCSG Chair | Add information on the NCSG approval of the Charter by 70% and fixed one typo a voter pointed out; s/consensue/consensus/ |
2.6 | 28 July 2010 | NCSG chair | Changes made to satisfy issues brought by ICANN Board Structural Improvements Committee |
2.7 | 1 September 2010 | NCSG Chair | Changes made to repsond to review by George Sadowsky of the ICANN Board Structural Improvements Committee |
2.8 | 27 October 2010 | NCSG Chair | Changes made in response to Staff questions to SIC concerning constituency formation and subsequent NCSG discussions. |
2.9 | 03 February 2011 | NCSG chair | Created word copy for processing by ICANN legal staff to accommodate necessary change to correspond to Board constituency process. |
2.10 | 03 February 2011 | ICANN Staff | Provided edits for internal consistency, clarity, and consistency with Proposed Constituency Process |
2.11 | 05 May 2011 | NCSG Chair | Final Review before posting for comment |
7.0 APPENDIX: Transition to NCSG Charter
7.1 The charter will take effect once it is approved by the NCSG members and the ICANN Board of Directors. Until such time, the NCSG will run according to the currently approved interim charter, all pertinent ICANN Board decisions and the transition agreement put in place by the NCSG at the Seoul ICANN meting.
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