Overview

Approved: 9 May 2022
Received by ICANN org 9: February 2021
Received by ICANN Board OEC: 26 July 2022
Public Comment Proceeding: 4 October 2022 to 14 November 2022
Public Comment Summary Report: 19 December 2022
Website: https://npoc.org/
Resources:

• ICANN Bylaws
• GNSO Operating Procedures
• NPOC Operating Procedures
• WS2 Rec. 6 Gap Analysis

Section 1: Mission

1. Foundation

1. The Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency (NPOC) is part of the Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and is a member of the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) as defined in the bylaws of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

2. Mission

1. The mission of NPOC is to represent not-for-profit organizations by addressing their operational concerns with generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Operational concerns are defined as issues arising from the use of the gTLDs by the not-for-profit organizations to achieve their own mission.
   
   
2. The NPOC also ensures that ICANN is accountable and transparent in the performance of its functions and that its policy positions are consistent with the development of an Internet that is committed to a multistakeholder, bottom-up, consensus-driven model of engagement and that is technically stable, secure, and interoperable.

3. General Participation Principles

1. The NPOC participates in the ICANN multistakeholder model in accordance with the following principles:
   1. Acting in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws.
   2. Complying with the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior, including but not limited to the need to treat all members of the ICANN community equally, to work toward building consensus, and to act fairly and in good faith; and
   3. Abiding by the set of common participation rules laid out in the GNSO Operating Procedures, including without limitation, the principles of openness, accountability, transparency, inclusiveness, and representativeness.
2. NPOC members commit to carrying out its mission in an accountable and transparent manner and to ensuring that new participants, the ICANN community, and the general public may easily access and understand its processes.
3. NPOC is committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for its Members based on ICANN best practices.
4. NPOC decisions are nonbinding.

Section 2: Governance

1. Structure

1. The NPOC will consist of:
   1. Membership
   2. Executive Committee (EC)
   3. Policy Committee (PC)
   4. Other committees
      1. The NPOC EC may create additional committees at its discretion in accordance with the NPOC Operating Procedures.