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    Would be good if we could come up with a positive agenda item as
    well - something we can work with the Board on, perhaps?  Or is
    there something positive that we want to update the Board on?<br>
    <br>
    Matthew<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/26/2016 11:56 AM, Edward Morris
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>Hi Seun,</div>
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        <div>I understand what you are saying and agree in part with it.
          WE should always be civil and respectful. I'd like to know
          what the Board thinks, though, not what ICANN Legal thinks. If
          you give them enough detail in advance my experience suggests
          they just will parrot what Legal tells them to say. It's only
          when we catch them by surprise, as Robin did last meeting,
          that any useful information comes out. And, yes - given that
          Board members now receive a stipend equal to yearly wages for
          many people in the world, I want to know if they actually know
          the issues without too much preparation. We have some
          fantastic Board members, we also have some tourists. This is
          an opportunity to sort who belongs in each category.</div>
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        <div>Ed</div>
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        <div><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,sans-serif;
            font-size: 10pt;"><b>From</b>: "Seun Ojedeji"
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com"><seun.ojedeji@gmail.com></a><br>
            <b>Sent</b>: Friday, February 26, 2016 11:49 AM<br>
            <b>To</b>: "Edward Morris" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net"><egmorris1@toast.net></a><br>
            <b>Cc</b>: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a><br>
            <b>Subject</b>: Re: Questions to the Board?</span>
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          <p dir="ltr">Hi,</p>
          <p dir="ltr">Is the goal to catch them by surprise and then
            show to the world that they are not capable board members OR
            to have them prepared to provide responses that we can
            hopefully hold them accountable on.</p>
          <p dir="ltr">I will prefer the latter.</p>
          <p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
          <p dir="ltr">Sent from my LG G4<br>
            Kindly excuse brevity and typos</p>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On 26 Feb 2016 12:43 p.m., "Edward
            Morris" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net">egmorris1@toast.net</a>>
            wrote:
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              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">Hi
                  Tapani,</span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">I
                  think this is wrong.</span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">It
                  just gives them time to come up with justifications
                  for some of their improprieties.</span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">For
                  example, I want them to justify their action in the
                  CCWG last week where they ignored our timeline,
                  process, Charter and pretty much every procedural
                  nicety to put us in crisis mode and threaten the
                  transition. If Markus is there I want him to justify,
                  as our appointee, siding with the Board on all votes
                  that this mess created last Tuesday and point blank
                  ask him why we should reappoint someone so out of
                  touch with the NCSG (with one exception).</span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">I
                  guess we could label that as questions bout the
                  Board's relations with the CCWG and intent regarding
                  the transition.</span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">I'd
                  be interested in their response to questions about
                  retainment of The Analysis Group and why the bottom up
                  process seems to be under threat by ICANN retaining
                  more and more "experts".</span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"> </span></div>
              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">I
                  guess that's two topics.</span></div>
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              <div><span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">Ed</span></div>
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                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"><span
style="font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><b>From</b>:
                    "Tapani Tarvainen" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO"
                      target="_blank">ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO</a>><br>
                    <b>Sent</b>: Friday, February 26, 2016 11:12 AM<br>
                    <b>To</b>: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU"
                      target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
                    <b>Subject</b>: Questions to the Board?</span> </span>
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                <span
                  style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;font-size:12px">
                  Dear all,<br>
                  <br>
                  One regular event at ICANN meetings is that we get to
                  meet the Board,<br>
                  talk with them about and ask them whatever we want.<br>
                  <br>
                  The Board would, however, like to know in advance what
                  we're going<br>
                  to ask them, so they could better prepare for it.<br>
                  <br>
                  If you have suggestions for topics for our meeting
                  with the Board in<br>
                  Marrakech, please let me know as soon as possible
                  (feel free to post<br>
                  to the list or me directly, as you prefer).<br>
                  <br>
                  Thank you,<br>
                  <br>
                  --<br>
                  Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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