ICANN 58: My journey with NCUC by Sze Ming, April 2017 Fate with NCUC I have been working with Digital Rights and Internet Governance related subjects ever since 2015 when I started my second career with Sinar Project. Throughout the years I had also the chance of meeting different experts and people who working in […]
ICANN58 Report By Aarti Bhavana, April 2017 ICANN58 was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 11-16th March 2017. I was very fortunate to have been able to participate at this meeting thanks to the NCUC Fellowship Program (which has been described in greater detail at the end of this post). This pilot program was also briefly […]
2017 NCPH Intersessional Meeting Moderated by: Tony Holmes (ISPCPC); NCSG – Kathy Kleiman (NCUC) Report written by: Ines Hfaiedh / NCUC EC Africa This session discussed the different challenges facing the GNSO’s traditional policy-making leadership position at ICANN. The demands of the policy-making for GTLDs have increased and in terms of representing a very broad […]
The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) Executive Committee (EC) was gratified to hear that the IANA transition will not be blocked by the U.S. Congress. We congratulate the board and the entire multistakeholder community on this news. Now that the contract with NTIA is sure to expire on September 30, the NCUC EC asks that the […]
By: Rachel Pollack NCUC at IGF 2016: A Model for the Power of Civil Society With two workshops, a pre-event, a village booth, and the presence of dozens of active members, NCUC figured prominently in the 11th Internet Governance Forum, which took place from 6 to 9 December, 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The event’s overall […]
What can you change at ICANN? Invitation to NCUC-EURALO outreach at ICANN 58, Copenhagen, Denmark Agenda 11 March, 2017, 15:00-18:00 Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) and European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) invite you to participate in an outreach session for civil society, academia and end users. Location: Bella Center Copenhagen (Center Blvd. 5, 2300 København S, […]
We have seen tremendous growth in membership over the past year, which reflects a growing interest in Internet governance within civil society worldwide and recognition that the NCUC is the most effective vehicle for influencing ICANN policy. NCUC now has 101 members in over 40 countries — including 64 organizational and 37 individual members, representing […]
At the Paris meeting (Jun 2008), the NCUC decided to open up nonvoting membership to individuals. If you have registered domain names for personal, family or noncommercial use; if you are an Internet user who is primarily concerned with the public interest aspects of domain name policy, and is not represented in ICANN; or you […]
My name is Alex Gakuru. I am the Chairman, ICT Consumers Association of Kenya, an irrepressible individual Internet users’ rights lobbyist, hereby making a personal view of the IRT proposal before ICANN. 1.Free expression: The proposal will curtail online expression which will be counter-productive to our ongoing efforts on expanded IPv6 online expression space. We […]
Noncommercial Users Constituency Submits its COMMENTS ON SUBSTANTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE IRT FINAL REPORT. A CALL FOR RIGHTS OF REGISTRANTS TO BE PROTECTED, FOR .TRADEMARK LAWYER ABUSE. TO BE RECOGNIZED, AND FOR IRT/IPC/TRADEMARK PROTECTION PROPOSALS TO BE DISMISSED OR REVISED TO FIT WITHIN THE SCOPE AND MISSION OF ICANN AND THE SCOPE AND LIMITS OF […]