<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>For those that don't know me, I am a member of the Middle East and Adjoining Countries Special Working Group (MEAC-SWG), and I want to provide some context.</div><div><br></div><div>The two main staff members engaged in this process are Baher Esmat and Fahd Batayneh. Both are incredibly dedicated to our region (Middle East and Adjoining Countries) and work very hard with us (the MEAC-SWG). The working group is also quite small, and most of us working in it know each other. It's a very collegial, inclusive, and professional environment, and it includes respected professionals such as Walid Al-Saqaf, Manal Ismail, and Farzaneh.</div><div><br></div><div>To be clear -- at least from my perspective and not speaking about other staff members -- neither Fahd nor Baher have ever done or said anything to exclude non-commercial users. Fahd is the ICANN staff member that is tasked with preparing the document, but all of the text (excluding what was included in the 2016-2020 ICANN strategy document) was written by the individual members of the MEAC-SWG and (copy) edited by me. The exclusion of non-commercial users was not intentional but an oversight that Farzaneh noticed and addressed. I strongly supported her suggestion (such as this document), and will also advocate for it.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, the document is not perfect, but that's why comment periods exist. If anyone does not like how it is currently written, feel free to suggest edits.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best,</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Michael J. Oghia</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://igmena.org/" target="_blank">iGmena</a> communications manager<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2016 ISOC IGF returning ambassador<br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Independent #netgov consultant & editor</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Belgrade, Serbia<br></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Skype: mikeoghia<br></font></div></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></font></font></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Kathy Kleiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy@kathykleiman.com" target="_blank">kathy@kathykleiman.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I support submitting Farzi's documentary as a comment in this
matter. Farzi's concern about ICANN staff leaving out specific
consideration of Noncommercial Registrants and Noncommercial Users
is a huge one for us.</p>
<p>There is an ICANN tradition of submitting comments late when the
deadlines fall during a meeting, or just after. So I support the
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2016-2019 Strategy" <br>
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comments, they are
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