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    Well said, I would like to echo those words.  Thanks to all you
    guys, you have really sacrificed to keep on top of this massive,
    thankless task.  Some of us had better sign up to help out on the
    next round.<br>
    Stephanie Perrin<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-02-24 6:10, Ayden Férdeline
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              <div>Dear Ed, Robin, and all those who have been involved
                in the <span style="line-height: 1.31;">Cross Community
                  Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability—</span></div>
              <div><span style="line-height: 1.31;"><br>
                </span></div>
              <div>Thank you for representing the constituency's views
                so well. You do not need me to tell you how monumental
                your work here has been, but your commitment, efforts,
                and patience here is most certainly noted. The final
                report you have linked to is overwhelmingly long but I
                will commit to reading it by Marrakech. I am thankful to
                Robin for writing a very clear minority statement which
                identifies some problematic areas in the report, and
                Milton's blog post is an extraordinarily useful
                introduction that makes approaching the report a much
                less daunting task. But I digress: THANK YOU again for
                everything that you have done.</div>
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              <div>Best wishes,</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Ayden</div>
              <div><br>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:04
                  AM, Edward Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                  wrote:<br>
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                        <div>Dear NCSG Member,</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>The numbers are staggering; 221+ calls or
                          meetings, 3 public consultations, more than
                          13,900 email messages. This has been the Cross
                          Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN
                          Accountability. Today we have released our
                          final report: </div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58723827"
                            target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/<wbr>pages/viewpage.action?pageId=<wbr>58723827</a>.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>NCSG Member and co-founder Milton Mueller
                          has termed the report “The Good, The Bad and
                          The Ugly”. I can tell you there has been a lot
                          of the Ugly the past few days. I can also tell
                          you that your NCSG members who have fought for
                          you day after day after day the past fourteen
                          months on the CCWG were there again today, at
                          1 in the morning in America and 6 in the
                          morning in the U.K., fighting for your
                          interests. We didn't win today but we have won
                          more than our fair shares of battles in the
                          past and if this proposal is even half
                          acceptable it is largely due to hard unending
                          unceasing work of the finest volunteers in
                          ICANN: those of the Noncommercial Stakeholders
                          Group.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>A special shout out goes to our Member on
                          the CCWG: Ms. Robin  Gross. I don't know how
                          Robin did all she did. Her unfortunate time
                          zone meant she often had biweekly calls at 4
                          a.m. Yet she was always there, always awake,
                          always fighting for you and for me. In the
                          early days we didn't have many volunteers and
                          Robin and I were covering everything
                          ourselves. I remember one evening we had just
                          finished our seventh call that day on
                          something called the Legal sub-team and I
                          wished Robin a good night. Night? She had an
                          eighth call coming up on something called Work
                          Area 2 (not to be confused with Work Stream 2,
                          Work Party 2, or the many Sub-team 2's we've
                          all been a part of). I felt like such a
                          slacker. Seven calls, that was nothing. Robin
                          had eight.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>Where are we now, you may ask, in the
                          process?</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>The final report goes to the GNSO Council
                          where your six Councillors (myself, Amr
                          Elsadr, David Cake, Stephanie Perrin, Stefania
                          Milan and Marilia Maciel) will by March 8th
                          cast votes on all twelve recommendations. As
                          we are the folks who represent you in this
                          process we need your input, we need you to
                          tell us what you think, we need your help. We
                          also understand it won't be easy. This Report
                          is in the hundreds of pages and it is not easy
                          reading. I'd like to offer to help.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>If you have any questions about the Final
                          Report please ask them here. One of our many
                          CCWG participants will be sure to see it and
                          will answer it. If not I pledge to go through
                          this list every 24 hours and if there is an
                          unanswered question about our Report here I
                          will either answer it or I will find someone
                          who can. If you'd prefer to ask me
                          something privately my e-mail address is <a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:egmorris1@milk.toast.net"
                            target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:egmorris1@milk.toast.net">egmorris1@milk.toast.net</a></a>.
                          You can reach me on the Wire app using the
                           address <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:turkued@gmail.com"
                            target="_blank">turkued@gmail.com</a>. You
                          can Skype me at ejmorris. I want each and
                          every one of you to have every opportunity to
                          view, understand and question any aspect of
                          this Final Report that is of interest to you.
                          This is the most important change in ICANN in
                          over a decade. I want our members to be the
                          best informed of any group in this community.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>Let the questions and the discussion begin.
                          Is this the ICANN you want, going forward? If
                          not, why not. If so, what do you like about
                          the proposal. Don't understand something? Ask
                          it here. How do you want me to vote on each of
                          the twelve recommendations? I ask for your
                          guidance.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>Thanks for considering - and thanks
                          for being part of the largest and most diverse
                          group in all of ICANN: the Noncommercial
                          Stakeholders Group. Thanks as well  for
                          trusting me to represent you on the GNSO
                          Council: it is a distinct honour that I
                          cherish each and every day.</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>Kind Regards,</div>
                        <div> </div>
                        <div>Ed Morris</div>
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                <div>Ayden Férdeline</div>
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