Re: This Constituency

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Bret and all,

  Very interesting and of course informative post here.  It would be
interesting
to know when in March these groups, AIPPI, AIPLA, FICPI, ECTA, and INTA
met and when they started planning forming a constituency.  Would
you happen to know?

Bret A. Fausett wrote:

> As some of you may know, the constituencies of the DNSO are supposed to
> self-organize, define themselves, and create their own rules of
> membership and operation. The formation of the Intellectual Property
> constituency is "self-organizing" on two fronts: face-to-face meetings
> among representatives from established trademark organizations and via
> this list.
>
> The first meeting of the established trademark organizations (AIPPI,
> AIPLA, FICPI, ECTA, and INTA) was held, by invitation only, in Toronto in
> March. I am informed that work began at that meeting to develop a
> constituency that would be composed solely of organizations, with no
> individual membership. At a just completed follow-up meeting in
> Wellington, the same organizations proposed a two-tiered membership,
> composed of organizations in one category ("foundation members"), and
> individuals and companies in another ("at-large members").
>
> They propose that this constituency will be run by an IP Council,
> composed of two foundation members and one at-large member. I am told
> that annual dues will be ~$2000 per foundation member and ~$95 per
> at-large member. I have not been provided information about how members
> will participate in the activities of this proposed constituency or
> whether foundation members and at-large members will have different
> rights within the constituency. The organizers of this effort have
> pledged to publish draft bylaws in the next day or two. I will forward
> the URL for those draft bylaws when they becomes available.
>
> It seems appropriate to consider the merits of this proposed structure
> and whether it or something else would best serve the varied interests in
> this community.
>
>     -- Bret

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number:  972-447-1894
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208