Because, as noted half a million times already, the NCUC is a constituency of the GNSO, while the ALAC is an Advisory Committee of the Board, and they have two distinct roles. Therefore, it would be up to the organization itself to decide whether they want to have a (voting) position, limited to GNSO matters, or a (advisory, non voting) position, related to the whole spectrum of ICANN activities. Of course, nothing prevents both things to happen at the same time. Incidentally, may I note that, to the best of my knowledge, nobody ever went to the NCUC list to suggest that current members of that constituency move *instead* to ALAC, even if most of them would indeed qualify. Feel free to forward to NA discuss. Cheers, Roberto
-----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny Younger Sent: 22 May 2007 15:21 To: Luc Faubert; Alan Greenberg Cc: At-Large Worldwide; NA Discuss Subject: Re: [At-Large] [NA-Discuss] Reason for NO vote for TelecommunitiesCanada's ALS application
So why not do the right thing and refer them instead to the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC)?
--- Luc Faubert <LFaubert@conceptum.ca> wrote:
Alan,
Thanks for you thorough reply. I appreciate.
From what I understand of the history behind the wording to the effect that orgs certified as ALSes should be user-driven, it was meant as a protection against lobbying groups. It would be a shame if this kept legitimate orgs of orgs out of the process, as these are sometimes the only orgs with the human resources to invest in the demanding task of following ICANN-related activites.
Let's hope ALAC can clear things up before long, as another org of orgs from Canada has applied for certification (Communautique, an org a bit like TC in French-speaking Québec).
Regards,
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