APPLICATION AND INFORMATION FORM FOR PARTICIPATION IN NON-COMMERCIAL
DOMAIN
NAME HOLDERS CONSTITUENCY
Draft June 30, 1999
BACKGROUND:
The Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency has a special place
in
the DNSO. The NCDNHC is intended to be independent of commercial
interests.
Its members will be those organizations whose uses and applications of
the
Internet are primarily non-commercial. Its purpose is to support
non-commercial speech and activity on the Internet, to protect the
rights
of non-commercial domain name holders, and to forge together the
interests
of non-commercial domain name holders. NCDNHC must provide the voice and
representation for organizations that serve non-commercial interests and
provide services such as community organizing, promotion of the arts,
children's welfare, religion, education, scientific research, human
rights
and the advancement of the Internet as a global communications system
available to all segments of society. The interests of such
organizations
are not necessarily represented by the other constituencies of the DNSO
and
deserve to be represented in the NCDNHC.
SIGN UP PROCEDURE:
The NCDNHC represents a large and heterogenous group of
organizations, many of whom are not yet aware of the ICANN, its
processes,
and their impact. It is crucial to the success of the constituency that
it
be operated in an open manner which will encourage new organizations
meeting the membership criteria to join and participate.
It is also important that those within the constituency have the
opportunity to learn about a member, any possible conflicts the member
might have, and the position and title of the person designated to
represent the member.
Please provide the following information in order to participate in
the Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency of the Domain Name
Supporting Organization of ICANN.
A. Basic Information for Organization
1. What is the name of your Organization?
- ISOC-BENIN
2. Is the Organization a member of any other constituency in the
Domain Name Supporting Organization of ICANN?
- NO
3. What is the major domain name of the Organization?
.bj
4. Does the Organization have a website and if so, would you
provide
the URL?
-www.isoc.bj
B. Contact information for Representative of Organization
1. What is your name and title with the Organization?
- Pierre Dandjinou, President
2. How can other representatives reach you? (email, telephone, fax
appreciated)
- email : sdnpaf@intnet.bj
-Telephone : 229-31 53 84/229-31 54 27
- fax : 229-330838
3. How is it that you have come to represent the Organization in
this Constituency? (Please furnish appropriate indication that the
Organization
has authorized your participation, for example, vote of membership, vote
of
directors, action by officer(s) or consensus of members.)
- by consensus of the members of Isoc benin, I was instructed to
register and represent the association within the NCDNHC
4. Are there other representatives from your Organization who
will
be participating in this Constituency? Is so, who is authorized to vote
on
behalf of the Organization?
-NO
C. Purpose of Organization:
1. What are the Organization's primary activities?
- to promote a sustainable development of the Internet and related
activities in Benin
2. What are the Organization's primary activities on the Internet?
- Training and capacity building in internetworking through local
and national workshops;
- Facilitating collaboration and partnerships among members on
the one hand and the world at large on the other hand
3. Please furnish a statement of how the Organization's purposes
and
activities conform to the NCDNHC Constituency's goals and membership
requirements. This should be a narrative statement which specifically
describes the Organization's purposes and activities and may include
references to charter or by-law provisions.
- Isoc benin was registered as a not for profit association which aims
at spreading the use of the Internet all over the country. It is a group
of dedicated professionals who give part of their time for training and
promoting use of the internet in public administration, ngos and schools
as well. It is currently building a partnership with the national
Telecoms whereby it will provide consultancy and networking management
services as a way of opening up the P&T to the Internet world and lower
tariffs for the end users.
D. Type of Organization:
Please furnish information regarding your Organization's
legal status -- is it incorporated (if so, in what jurisdiction) or
unincorporated? If incorporated, doe it have a not-for-profit or
non-commercial status?
-Isoc benin has a not-for-profit statuts and is registered at thge
Ministry of Home Affiars of Benin
E. Size of Organization:
The NCDNHC will have two subgroups: one for Large and
the
other for Small Organizations. Please indicate the category of
membership
or employee size. If the Organization has both members and employees,
please answer both questions.
1. Are you a membership organization? If so, does the
Organization have under or over 1000 members? What type of individuals
or
entities are members of your Organization? Yes we are! and we are under
1000 members. In fact, total number as of today is 54 profesionals from
networking and information systems background. there is also a few
members that are just Internet users.
2. If you are a non-member organization, do you have
under
or over 200 employees?
F. Conflict of Interest
Note: Conflict of Interest may or may not be a bar to joining the
NCDNHC.
The hope is that by circulating information about our views,
backgrounds,
and possible conflicts of interests, others in the NCDNHC will have a
better idea how to interpret and weigh the ideas that we put forward.
1. For the Organization:
Please furnish a brief statement concerning any possible
conflict
between the goals of the Constituency and the Organization's purposes,
functions or activities.
- NONE WHATSOEVER
Has the Organization been involved in Internet governance
before?
Does it have any developed positions that you would like others to know
about? If so, please describe below or provide a URL.
Isoc Benin was involved in the organisation in Benin in December 1998 of
the first ever held African Conference on Internet Governance (see
www.afridev.net/aig)
2. For the Representative:
As individuals, many of us have been involved in Internet
governance
before. If you have any positions on Internet governance that you would
like others to read about (taken on behalf of this Organization or
others
or as an individual), please feel free to tell us about them or drop a
URL
below.
As the coordinator of the Africa Internet group, I organized the Africa
regional conference on Internet Governance in Cotonou in december 1998;
I consecutively developed a web site (www.afridev.net/aig) and have also
given papers on the Internet Governance both on national and regional
levels.
G. Is there anything else you would like to add?
H. To submit this membership form, you must send the above information
to
NCDNHC-Application@LYRIS.ISOC.ORG.
In addition to being circulated on the NCDNHC list hosted by
ISOC,
this information will be made available on the NCDNHC website so that
new
organizations, as they join the Constituency can read and learn about
existing members.
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