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Aha ... I misunderstood -<br>
David<br><br>
At 10:29 AM 8/11/2015, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Should not would. My idea
not the plan<br>
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Paul<br>
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Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 07:10AM -06:00 from David Post
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<dd>At 10:37 PM 8/10/2015, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:<br>
<dd>>I would like to suggest that the single most <br>
<dd>>critical aspect that the NCSG could comment on <br>
<dd>>(and on which I plan to comment independently) <br>
<dd>>is the one that has already been raised on this <br>
<dd>>list by Milton – that is the ambiguity as to the <br>
<dd>>role of governments in the reformed ICANN. My own view is as
follows:<br>
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<dd>>1) If they wish, governments could <br>
<dd>>participate as all other stakeholders do in the <br>
<dd>>new community structure. If they did that, <br>
<dd>>however, they would lose the privileged status <br>
<dd>>that their advice gets in board consideration. [SNIP]<br><br>
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<dd>Paul: can you explain that? Why would <br>
<dd>participating in the new community structure mean <br>
<dd>that GAC would lose its privileged status?<br><br>
<dd>David<br><br>
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