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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>FYI, I plan to file comments echoing most of what Milton is saying here. I agree that it is a critical problem that needs to be highlighted for change in the public comment period and I encourage everyone on the list to engage as strongly and as vocally as they feel comfortable doing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Paul Rosenzweig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>O: +1 (202) 547-0660<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>M: +1 (202) 329-9650<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/">www.redbranchconsulting.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>My PGP Key: <a href="https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9A830097CA066684">https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9A830097CA066684</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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>Edward Morris<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 9, 2017 9:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] My views on the supplementary rules for the Independent Review Process<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Hi Milton,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Thanks very much for this blog post. In our rush to meet deadlines I'm not sure we thought through clearly enough some of the specifics of our accountability mechanisms. We've changed the nature of the IRP from being an arbitration device to being a quasi-constututional court. Yet in areas like statutes of limitations we've kept rules more applicable to commercial arbitration proceedings than to the new broadened remit of the IRP.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>An extraordinarily well done and important blog post. Public comments are due on 25 January for the IRP Supplemental Procedures report. Hopefully we can get multiple comments submitted by NCSG members.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Ed Morris<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>: "Mueller, Milton L" <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">milton@gatech.edu</a>><br><b>Sent</b>: Monday, January 9, 2017 8:48 PM<br><b>To</b>: "<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br><b>Cc</b>: "<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>" <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>><br><b>Subject</b>: [NCUC-DISCUSS] My views on the supplementary rules for the Independent Review Process</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>This blog post takes a seemingly legalistic and obscure set of rules and shows how it is very important for the ICANN accountability reforms. My comments are intended to help NCSG develop public comments on the IRP rules, hope people can follow up. We still have time to fix the problem if we act. <a href="http://www.internetgovernance.org/2017/01/07/putting-your-rights-on-the-clock-the-irp-supplementary-rules/">http://www.internetgovernance.org/2017/01/07/putting-your-rights-on-the-clock-the-irp-supplementary-rules/</a> Dr. Milton L Mueller Professor, School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology Internet Governance Project <a href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org/</a> _______________________________________________ Ncuc-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">Ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a> <a href="http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss">http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>