Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency: Difference between revisions

| logo            = NPOC_logo.jpg

| founded        = 2011

| website        = https://NPOC.org

| facebook        = https://www.facebook.com/npocicann/

| linkedin        =https://www.linkedin.com/company/icann-npoc/

| twitter        = NPOC_ICANN

| keypeople      = [[Juan Manuel Rojas]], Chair<br />[[Glenn Mcknight]], Vice Chair<br />[[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele ]],Membership Committee Chair<br />[[Emmanuel Vitus]], Policy Committee Chair<br /> [[Jean F. Quéralt]], Communications Committee Chair<br />[[Bolutife Adisa]], Secretariat

|email=Info@NPOC.org}}

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).  

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.  

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 Vice-Chair: [[Raoul Plommer]]

* 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]

Current NPOC's representatives at the NCSG Executive Council are [[Raoul Plommer]] and [[Juan Manuel Rojas]].

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>

 

The Forum was held from 20-25 October, 2018 in the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), https://meetings.icann.org/en/barcelona63

 

Date: Tuesday 23rd October, 10.30 am -12.00 pm

 

Place: Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB)

 

==ICANN 61 Puerto Rico (March 2018)==

The Forum is held on 10-15 March, 2018 in the Puerto Rico Convention Center, http://icann61.pr/

 

Date: Tuesday 13th March, 15.15 am -16.45 pm

 

 

==ICANN 53 Buenos Aires (June 2015)==

 

Date: Saturday 20th June, 10.30 am -13.10 pm

 

 

 

 

 

''The LAC NGO Caucus on Internet Governance brings together NGOs, Civil Society and other Internet governance stakeholder groups in order to raise awareness and organizational capacity on the Internet related issues they face. The goal of the meeting is to engage in strategic Internet planning and to promote organizational voices in areas of Internet policy formation and implementation relevant to their work and their mission. The NGO Caucus engages with all sectors and does not limit itself to Civil Society as today’s Internet stakeholders have to rely for their growth and development on the co-operation and partnership with a multitude of other highly diverse organizations and sectors. The NGO Caucus is designed to produce win-win policies and practice outcomes.''

 

 

 

 

Place: Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center, San Martin 1225, Buenos Aires 1104 Argentina. Please meet at the Conference Registration desk 15 minutes before the event.

 

To register for this event please send an email to: rsvp@gkpf.org

 

''ICANN as an organization, its role, function and work is a mystery to the vast majority of Internet users. Sometimes, one has the feeling that as more ICANN becomes important to our every day lives, the less people seem to know about it. This is a great opportunity for everybody who wants to know more about ICANN in particular and Internet Governance in general, to meet with a number of ICANN representatives and stakeholders and to experience a ICANN meeting.''

 

Language of event: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Introduction in Spanish with English translation. Different hosts will use their native language during the walkabout and groups can also be formed according to language preferences of visitors.

 

 

Date: Tuesday, 23rd of June, 12.00pm-13.00pm

 

 

 

 

 

''Engage with, participate in and contribute to the IG multi stakeholder decision making process. The NGO Caucus held some days before was designed to produce win-win policies and practice outcomes. This follow up meeting is designed to develop and implement strategies how to contribute the NGO caucus outcomes to the wider ICANN policy and decision making process. A further aim is also to engage participants with their respective constituencies and stakeholder groups.''

 

==ICANN 52 Singapore (February 2015)==

 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015    9-13:00 – Room Moor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    IANA transition and it's impact on NGO's

 

 

What every Civil Society Organization should Know about its use of the Internet and Never Dared to Ask! - Part 2"

 

For remote participants please use the following url : http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/tue-npoc

 

==ICANN 51 Los Angeles (October 2014)==

 

Tuesday, October 14, 2014    9-12:30 – Room Directors, Century Plaza

 

 

 

==NPOC meeting during the ICANN 49 (March 2014) in Singapore :==

Multi-stakeholder dialogue on DNS for development

 

    NPOC´s pre-ICANN event on March 22, 2014

        NCSG meeting March 25 - 13:30 - 18:00

 

==NPOC meeting during the ICANN 48 (november) in Buenos Aires, Argentina:==

 

        1st Latin American and Caribbean DNS FORUM - Friday 15th - click here for  programa Espanõl English program

 

 

    NPOC - I-Engage Institute- Supporting the Internet Ecosystem on Thursday 21st

 

 

    NPOC´s Session on "Democratization of Internet Governance I-Inform Alliance Plan of Action" on July 17, 2013

    NPOC´s meeting with the Second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) on July 16, 2013.

 

 

    “The Impact of new generic Top level Domains on NGO’s and NFP´s” on April 10, 2013.

 

 

 

==ICANN 44 in Prague, Czech Republic: "The impact of the internet and e-Fundraising on Not-for-profits and NGOs"==