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Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 07:10AM -06:00 from David Post <<a href="mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com">david.g.post@gmail.com</a>>:<br><br><blockquote style='border-left:1px solid #FC2C38; margin:0px 0px 0px 10px; padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;' cite="14393021960000075597">
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<div id="style_14393021960000075597_BODY">At 10:37 PM 8/10/2015, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:<br>
<div class="mail-quote-collapse">>I would like to suggest that the single most <br>
>critical aspect that the NCSG could comment on <br>
>(and on which I plan to comment independently) <br>
>is the one that has already been raised on this <br>
>list by Milton that is the ambiguity as to the <br>
>role of governments in the reformed ICANN. My own view is as follows:<br>
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>1) If they wish, governments could <br>
>participate as all other stakeholders do in the <br>
>new community structure. If they did that, <br>
>however, they would lose the privileged status <br>
>that their advice gets in board consideration. [SNIP]<br>
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Paul: can you explain that? Why would <br>
participating in the new community structure mean <br>
that GAC would lose its privileged status?<br>
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David<br>
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