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    <p>Dear auction proceeds folks, REally important letter incoming
      from the Board re the limited scope and mission of ICANN WRT the
      auction proceeds disbursement.  James Gannon has been active on
      the list, I will forward some of his latest, and I must say I am
      persuaded by his argument.  There are plenty of things related to
      consensus policies that ICANN has enacted, we do not have to stick
      to DNS security issues which some of us find a tad boring.  But I
      agree that we must not open up content.</p>
    <p>There has been a proposal to define "the Open Internet" and use
      that as a means to broaden our scope.  I think it is a bad idea. <br>
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    <p>Let me know what you think....</p>
    <p>cheers Stephanie Perrin<br>
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            <td>[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] Fwd: Board reply to CCWG-AP</td>
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            <td>Mon, 4 Sep 2017 16:29:25 +0200</td>
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            <td>Erika Mann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:erika@erikamann.com"><erika@erikamann.com></a></td>
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        <div>Dear All - </div>
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        <div>herewith I'm forwarding Steve's reply to our letter. </div>
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        <div>We will have a first exchange on Thursday this week, during
          our CCWG AP call. I send Steve already a quick reply, saying
          that we will discuss the Board letter then for the first
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        <div>Best, </div>
        <div>Erika</div>
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          From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Crocker</b> <span
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          Date: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 3:19 PM<br>
          Subject: Board reply to CCWG-AP<br>
          To: Erika Mann <<a href="mailto:erika@erikamann.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">erika@erikamann.com</a>>, Ching
          Chiao <<a href="mailto:chiao@brandma.co"
            moz-do-not-send="true">chiao@brandma.co</a>>, Marika
          Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br>
          Cc: Steve Crocker <<a
            href="mailto:steve.crocker@board.icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">steve.crocker@board.icann.org</a>>,
          Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>,
          Icann-board ICANN <<a href="mailto:icann-board@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">icann-board@icann.org</a>>, Avri
          Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@apc.org" moz-do-not-send="true">avri@apc.org</a>>,
          "Sarah B. Deutsch" <<a
            href="mailto:sarahbdeutsch@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">sarahbdeutsch@gmail.com</a>>,
          Board Operations <<a href="mailto:Board-Ops-Team@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">Board-Ops-Team@icann.org</a>>,
          Sally Costerton <<a href="mailto:sally.costerton@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">sally.costerton@icann.org</a>>,
          Samantha Eisner <<a href="mailto:Samantha.Eisner@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">Samantha.Eisner@icann.org</a>>,
          Lauren Allison <<a href="mailto:lauren.allison@icann.org"
            moz-do-not-send="true">lauren.allison@icann.org</a>><br>
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                    style="font-size:11pt">Dear Erika and Ching,</span></div>
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                    style="font-size:11pt">Thank you for your letter
                    received on May 22, 2017 on behalf of the Cross
                    Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds
                    (CCWG-AP) in response to the Board email of March 2<sup>nd</sup><span
                      class="m_6067276337514841660Apple-converted-space"> </span>2017.</span></div>
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                    style="font-size:11pt">On behalf of the Board, I am
                    delighted to see that we are aligned in our thinking
                    regarding the points discussed in the original
                    email. Specifically, in response to your letter,
                    please find attached a letter including additional
                    acknowledgements and requested clarifications.</span></div>
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                    style="font-size:11pt">Thank you again for your
                    efforts leading this work.<span
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