NOIF
NOIF is the abbreviation for Notice of Intent. The NOIF is basically a form which needs to be submitted by an applicant who wishes to form a new GNSO constituency. The NOIF is not at all a substitute for or any kind of replacement of formal petition requirements as stipulated under the bylaws of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). It is also not any kind of receipt or acknowledgment or acceptance.
The NOIF is provided not only to the Board but is also sent to the GNSO Council and its constituencies. This mostly happens through the process of public posting.[1]
The purpose of the NOIF
The main purpose of the NOIF is to notify the ICANN Board as well as the public and the community at large about the intention of the applicant to form a new GNSO constituency.
The contents of the NOIF
The NOIF mostly contains questions and details of the applicant and the reason over why the applicant needs or wants to form the GNSO constituency. The following are some of the sections that are mostly included in the NOIF and are required to be filled by the applicant.
Section 1.0: Constituency Mission/Purpose
1.1 The name or the title applicant wishes for the constituency.
1.2 Intended purpose of the constituency.
1.3 The reason why this constituency will enhance the GNSO’s ability to carry out policy-development responsibilities.
1.4 How the constituency will augment the value of the GNSO and ICANN’s existing structures?
Section 2.0: Membership
2.1 Information regarding membership representation.
2.2 The number of current membership, its size, its reach as well exposure towards the public.
2.3 What kind of organizations would be allowed to join the constituency?
2.4 How the constituency would provide adequate representation to members at the International level?
2.5 Plans for recruitment and expansion.
These were some of the basic contents of the NOIF which are needed to be filled in by the applicant wishing to form a new GNSO constituency. [1]
NOIF and ICANN
The NOIF concept was introduced by the staff of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The ICANN Board, in a meeting held on October 1, 2008 hailed its staff for coming up with the idea of the NOIF and also directed its staff to come up with a charter template and formal petition that would assist the new constituency applicants as well as satisfy the formation criteria in accordance with the ICANN Bylaws. [2]
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