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Hi,<br>
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I doubt it would make a difference to those who hate us on
principle.<br>
Or based on our ontogeny<br>
<br>
A last point on attaboys, they come off as condescending.<br>
Especially when they come from people you consider your inferiors.<br>
In fact to those who consider us to be lowlifes, <br>
an attaboy is as bothersome as criticism, <br>
perhaps even more so.<br>
<br>
And they don't all hate us.<br>
I think we worry way too much about what the Board thinks of us.<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06-Nov-14 10:17, Stephanie Perrin
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:545ACC27.1040307@mail.utoronto.ca" type="cite">So
can we right a congratulatory letter?
<br>
I am not kidding. We criticize so often, and board members do
appear to be aggrieved in some measure by that criticism....a nice
"attaboy" note might be welcome.
<br>
cheers stephanie
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On 2014-11-05, 14:01, Robin Gross wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Yes, I'm encouraged by the board's letter
to GAC on this issue and its defense of the critical role of the
GNSO in ICANN's policy development process. I'm also happy to
read the board's concern for following the process stated in the
organization's bylaws. Better late than never!
<br>
<br>
Best,
<br>
Robin
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On Nov 4, 2014, at 1:16 AM, David Cake wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I think this is a very welcome and
appropriate action by the board.
<br>
And a very welcome push back against some GAC members who seem
to think the GACs role is whatever they would like it to be,
and a very solid and appropriate defence of the GNSOs (and
therefore multi-stakeholder policy making) in policy
development.
<br>
<br>
David
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<br>
<br>
On 4 Nov 2014, at 1:39 pm, Avri Doria <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:avri@ACM.ORG">avri@ACM.ORG</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:avri@ACM.ORG"><mailto:avri@ACM.ORG></a>> wrote:
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-------- Original Message --------
<br>
Subject: [council] Letter from Steve Crocker to GAC
Chair regarding GNSO/GAC role in gTLD policy development
<br>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 04:33:11 +0000
<br>
From: Mary Wong <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org"><mary.wong@icann.org></a>
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a>
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<br>
Dear Council members,
<br>
<br>
You and your communities will likely be interested in the
latest letter sent
<br>
by Board Chair Steve Crocker to new GAC Chair Thomas
Schneider, responding
<br>
to that part of the GAC advice in its London Communique in
which the GAC
<br>
commented that protections for Red Cross designations ought
not to be
<br>
conditioned on a PDP:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-schneider-03">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-schneider-03</a>
<br>
nov14-en.pdf
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<br>
Pertinent parts of Dr Crocker¹s letter include the following
excerpt: "While
<br>
the GAC may participate in the policy development process,
and has a role to
<br>
³provide advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to
concerns of
<br>
governments, particularly matters where there may be an
interaction between
<br>
ICANN¹s policies and various laws and international
agreements or where they
<br>
may affect public policy issues,² the GNSO has the authority
to recommend
<br>
substantive policies on topics that are within the scope of
ICANN¹s mission
<br>
statement, has potentially broad applicability to multiple
situations or
<br>
organizations, is likely to have lasting value or
applicability, and will
<br>
establish a guide or framework for future decision-making.
The Board has
<br>
concerns about the advice in the London Communiqué because
it appears to be
<br>
inconsistent with the framework established in the Bylaws
granting the GNSO
<br>
authority to recommend consensus policies to the Board, and
the Board to
<br>
appropriately act upon policies developed through the
bottom-up consensus
<br>
policy developed by the GNSO.²
<br>
<br>
Dr Crocker¹s letter also serves to ³kick off² the prescribed
Board-GAC
<br>
consultation process envisaged in the ICANN Bylaws in
instances where the
<br>
Board disagrees with GAC advice.
<br>
<br>
Cheers
<br>
Mary
<br>
<br>
Mary Wong
<br>
Senior Policy Director
<br>
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
(ICANN)
<br>
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Email:mary.wong@icann.org">Email:mary.wong@icann.org</a>
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