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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?
CESNET, Association of Legal Entities
(CESNET, zajmove sdruzeni pravnickych osob - in Czech language)
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?
CESNET.CZ , TEN.CZ
4. Does the Organization have a website and if so, would you provide
the URL?
http://www.cesnet.cz, http://www.ten.cz
B. Contact information for Representative of Organization
1. What is your name and title with the Organization?
Jan Gruntorad - CESNET Managing Director.
2. How can other representatives reach you? (email, telephone, fax
appreciated)
Jan.Gruntorad@cesnet.cz
phone: +420 2 24352975
fax: +420 2 24320269
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.)
Selected by the vote of the CESNET Association Board of Directors.
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?
Operation of the TEN-155 CZ = the National Research Network of the
Czech Republic.
2. What are the Organization's primary activities on the Internet?
i. Operation of the TEN-155 CZ = the National Research Network of the
Czech Republic
ii. Participation in the QUANTUM project and QUANTUM Test Programme
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.
The CESNET Association's purposes and activities conform perfectly
to the Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency. The TEN-155 CZ
network operated by the CESNET Association is a National Research
Network with strictly non-commercial Acceptable Use Policy; it is
a part of the TEN-155 Pan-European network of national research networks.
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?
CESNET Association of Legal Entities is an association of almost all
universities in
the Czech Republic together with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic. It does not have an `incorporated' status.
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?
CESNET Association of Legal Entities is a membership organisation with
approximately 30 members. Members are Universities and Czech Academy of
Science.
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.
CESNET Association of Legal Entities is not aware of any possible conflict
between the goals of the Constituency and the purposes,
functions or activities of CESNET Association of Legal Entities.
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.
No.
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.
I am currently Chairmen of the CEENet Association
(see http://www.CEENet.org)
G. Is there anything else you would like to add?
No
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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