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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Exactly. We already have a (flawed but open and somewhat workable) institution that does just what NMI claims it will do: IGF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">And if your problem with IGF is that it doesn’t allow for the forging of policy recommendations the way MNI might be able to do, well, ask some of the supporters
of NMI why they oppose allowing the IGF to do that. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joly MacFie<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 29, 2016 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: NMI meeting - follow online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">I can't argue with the fact that ICANN's scope at the moment is narrower and is supposed to limit it to the technical matter of naming and numbering, but
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<p class="MsoNormal">This was Fadi's whole rationale for NMI - and ICANN's support of it - that there should be a multistakeholder forum for non-ICANN issues, to prevent mission creep. Or at least that's my understanding. Why NMI and not IGF, well..<o:p></o:p></p>
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