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The '''Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)''' is an integrated committee of the [[Non-Contracted Parties House]] within the [[Generic Names Supporting Organization]] (GNSO). It is the home within the GNSO for civil society organizations, non-profit organizations, public interest groups, and individuals who are primarily concerned with the non-commercial, public interest aspects of domain name policy.
The '''Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG)''' is an integrated committee of the [[Non-Contracted Parties House]] within the [[Generic Names Supporting Organization]] (GNSO). It is the home within the GNSO for civil society organizations, non-profit organizations, public interest groups, and individuals who are primarily concerned with the non-commercial, public interest aspects of domain name policy.
[[File:Dr Farzaneh Badii .jpg|thumb|Dr Farzaneh Badii currently serves as the Chair of the NCSG.]]
[[File:Dr Farzaneh Badii .jpg|thumb|Dr Farzaneh Badii currently serves as the Chair of the NCSG.]]
The NCSG was created after ICANN found that there was inadequate representation of non-commercial and non-profit organizations within ICANN processes. The provisional charter of the NCSG was adopted by the [[ICANN Board]] on 30 July 2009; at that time it was also stipulated that the NCSG must submit a permanent charter by the 2011 [[Annual Meeting|Annual General Meeting]].<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+charter NCSG Transitional Charter]</ref> It has subsumed the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]], which was the original non-commercial voice in ICANN processes.
The NCSG was created after ICANN found that there was inadequate representation of non-commercial and non-profit organizations within ICANN processes. The provisional charter of the NCSG was adopted by the [[ICANN Board]] on 30 July 2009; at that time it was also stipulated that the NCSG must submit a permanent charter by the 2011 [[Annual Meeting|Annual General Meeting]].<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+charter NCSG Transitional Charter]</ref> The NCSG has thus subsumed the [[NCUC|Non-Commercial Users Constituency]], which was the original non-commercial voice in ICANN processes.
With the passage of time, the NCSG has come to be seen as
== Constituencies and Interest Groups ==
== Constituencies and Interest Groups ==
* [[Raoul Plommer]]
* [[Raoul Plommer]]
* [[Gangadhar Panday]]
* [[Gangadhar Panday]]
== Adopted Elephant ==
The logo of the NCSG is of an elephant named Turkel. Turkel was a young orphan elephant that the NCSG “adopted" at the David Sheldrick baby elephant orphanage in Kenya during the [[ICANN 37]] in Nairobi in 2010.
== References ==
== References ==