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The '''Not-for-Profit | The '''Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency''' ('''NPOC''') is a constituency within the [[GNSO|Generic Names Supporting Organization]]'s Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group ([[NCSG]]) and represents the interests of domain name registrants who belong to non-profit and non-government organizations (NGO's - Civil Society). | ||
At [[ICANN 43]], the NPOC met with the [[NCSG|Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group]] and later issued a joint-statement in which they declared that some of their previous outstanding contentions had been resolved and that the two groups were looking forward to fruitful engagement in the future. They wrote that, "Initial positive steps were made in order to begin to build trust between the two NCSG constituencies and we are all committed in working together for the promotion of non-commercial interests in the Internet. We believe we can work out our differences and our governance issues internally." | NPOC participates in ICANN community discussions on policy issues related to the Internet and [[Domain Name System]] (DNS), as such issues have a significant impact on the operations of these organizations and their delivery of services that are beneficial to various communities. NPOC was approved by the [[ICANN Board]] on June 24, 2011.<ref>[http://www.npoc.org/ NPOC Website]</ref> [[Amber Sterling]] served as Interim Chairman until April 2012 when elections results for the period 2012-2013 were announced. A [http://www.npoc.org/ '''notice'''] of Election was issued to its member on January 9, 2012 and election of NPOC Officers was conducted on March 5, 2012. A list of 2017-2018 elected NPOC Executive Committee members is available '''[http://www.npoc.org/governance/current-leadership/ here]'''. | ||
At [[ICANN 43]], the NPOC met with the [[NCSG|Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group]] (NCSG) and later issued a joint-statement in which they declared that some of their previous outstanding contentions had been resolved and that the two groups were looking forward to fruitful engagement in the future. They wrote that, "Initial positive steps were made in order to begin to build trust between the two NCSG constituencies and we are all committed in working together for the promotion of non-commercial interests in the Internet. We believe we can work out our differences and our governance issues internally." | |||
In June 2023, the ICANN Board approved the amended Charter for NPOC. One of the main changes is the name to '''Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency''' and other administrative issues. | |||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
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The NPOC is composed of Executives, Members, and Policy and Communications Committees. The constituency is to elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretariat and Committee Chairs. The officers and members of each committee shall be elected by the constituency members. Each term will last a year and any elected officer cannot serve more than five years within a ten years period. The rules and responsibilities of the elected officers are defined in the NPOC Charter.<ref>[http://www.npoc.org/governance/charter/ NPOC Charter]</ref> | The NPOC is composed of Executives, Members, and Policy and Communications Committees. The constituency is to elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretariat and Committee Chairs. The officers and members of each committee shall be elected by the constituency members. Each term will last a year and any elected officer cannot serve more than five years within a ten years period. The rules and responsibilities of the elected officers are defined in the NPOC Charter.<ref>[http://www.npoc.org/governance/charter/ NPOC Charter]</ref> | ||
2018-2019 NPOC Executive Committee members are the following:<ref>[http://www.npoc.org/?p=npocexecom NPOC Executive Committee]</ref>: | |||
* NPOC Constituency Chair: [[Joan Kerr]] of [http://fbsc.org/ Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities] | * NPOC Constituency Chair: [[Joan Kerr]] of [http://fbsc.org/ Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities] | ||
* NPOC Constituency Vice-Chair: [[Raoul Plommer]] | * NPOC Constituency Vice-Chair: [[Raoul Plommer]] | ||
* Secretariat: [ | * Secretariat: [https://icannwiki.org/Oreoluwa_Somolu_Lesi Oreoluwa Lesi] of [http://www.wtec.org.ng Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)] | ||
* Membership Committee Chair: [[Juan Manuel Rojas]] | |||
* | * Communications Committee Chair: [https://icannwiki.org/Caleb_Olumuyiwa_Ogundele Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele] | ||
* | * Policy Committee Chair: [https://icannwiki.org/David_Cake Dave Cake] | ||
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NPOC´s Elected Constituency Chair, [[Alain Berranger]] of [[Fundacion Chasquinet]] resigned his post on May 25, 2013. | NPOC´s Elected Constituency Chair, [[Alain Berranger]] of [[Fundacion Chasquinet]] resigned his post on May 25, 2013. | ||
Current NPOC's representatives at the NCSG Executive Council are [[Raoul Plommer]] and [[ | Current NPOC's representatives at the NCSG Executive Council are [[Raoul Plommer]] and [[Juan Manuel Rojas]]. | ||
===Members=== | ===Members=== | ||
The current members of NPOC as of | The current members of NPOC as of May 10, 2020 [https://members.ncsg.is/npoc_members_public can be found on this link]:<ref>[http://www.npoc.org/members.html Members]</ref> | ||
==ICANN 63 Barcelona (October 2018)== | |||
The Forum was held from 20-25 October, 2018 in the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), https://meetings.icann.org/en/barcelona63 | |||
=== Constituency day === | |||
Date: Tuesday 23rd October, 10.30 am -12.00 pm | |||
Place: Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) | |||
==ICANN 61 Puerto Rico (March 2018)== | ==ICANN 61 Puerto Rico (March 2018)== | ||