<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thx James, I missed that in the e-mail.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div style=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Jun 2020, at 11:42, <a href="mailto:james@icann.guru" class="">james@icann.guru</a> <<a href="mailto:lists@ICANN.GURU" class="">lists@ICANN.GURU</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">
The ombuds specifically mentioned in the email that it was shareable in public.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="mb_sig"><span style="font-size: 8pt" class=""><b class="">---</b></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt" class=""><b class="">James Gannon</b></span></div></div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;" class="">On 6/10/2020 10:40:26 AM, Farell FOLLY <<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org" class="">farell@benin2point0.org</a>> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Dear Raphael,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the reply. As far as the EC list is concerned, I am aware that it is public.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for the ombudsman process, I must confess I know very little. Nevertheless, as you described it, the ombudsman answer (the whole e-mail) should have remained confidential, too. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On a separate note, this excess of confidentiality is a little bit surprising to me because: as people should be complaining about facts and also there will be people who can witness that, I don’t really see the need of that strict confidentiality (<b class="">strictly confidential not the same as confidential</b>). Of course, there could be some privacy issues around those facts, which, I believe, should be treated with due confidentiality. Anyway, this is a separate debate. Now I know et “je dormirais moins bête ce soir."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">____________________________________</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">(Ekue) Farell FOLLY</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">GNSO Councillor</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/farellf" class="">linkedin.com/in/farellf</a> <br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; 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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 10 Jun 2020, at 00:52, Raphael Beauregard-Lacroix <<a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@GMAIL.COM" class="">rbeauregardlacroix@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi all<br class=""><br class="">If you are interested in the action taken by the NCSG EC, which is referred<br class="">to by the Ombudsman in his communication, you may refer to the EC list,<br class="">which is publicly archived:<br class=""><a href="https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-June/thread.html" class="">https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-June/thread.html</a><br class=""><br class="">Otherwise, and generally speaking, the handling of complaints by the<br class="">Ombudsman Office is a confidential process, as specified on its website (<br class=""><a href="https://www.icann.org/ombudsman" class="">https://www.icann.org/ombudsman</a>):<br class=""><br class="">"Complaints to the ombudsman are completely confidential. The fact that you<br class="">have made a complaint is never disclosed unless you expressly waive<br class="">confidentiality. This is very important for those who are concerned about<br class="">an imbalance of power and consequences if a complaint is made."<br class=""><br class="">As you can see, the confidentiality extends to the existence of specific<br class="">complaints. By implication, the process surrounding such complaints and<br class="">their contents are also to remain confidential.<br class=""><br class="">The Ombudsman Office website also links to a flyer which gives more details<br class="">on how it handles complaints.<br class=""><br class="">Have a nice day,<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 5:32 PM Remmy Nweke <<a href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" class="">remmyn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Thanks Steph, hope you are keeping safe as well as all of us.<br class=""><br class="">I support Farell and Grace positions, it will help us all understand the<br class="">matter better and take caution where necessary, precisely on the complaint<br class="">sent to Ombdusman.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks in anticipation of your response.<br class=""><br class="">____<br class="">REMMY NWEKE, mNGE,<br class="">Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor,<br class="">DigitalSENSE Africa Media [*Multiple-award winning medium*]<br class="">(DigitalSENSE Business News<br class=""><<a href="http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews" class="">http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews</a>>; ITREALMS<br class=""><<a href="http://www.itrealms.com.ng" class="">http://www.itrealms.com.ng</a>>, NaijaAgroNet<br class=""><<a href="http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng" class="">http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng</a>>)<br class="">Block F1, Shop 133 Moyosore Aboderin Plaza, Bolade Junction, Oshodi-Lagos<br class="">M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, 8051000475, T: @ITRealms<br class=""><<a href="http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms" class="">http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms</a>><br class="">Author: A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria<br class=""><<a href="https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria%E2%80%8E" class="">https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria%E2%80%8E</a>><br class=""><br class="">*2020 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D & Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable<br class=""><<a href="http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng" class="">http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng</a>>*<br class="">JOIN us!!<br class=""><br class="">*Vice President, African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS<br class=""><<a href="http://www.acsis-scasi.org/en/" class="">http://www.acsis-scasi.org/en/</a>>)<br class="">_________________________________________________________________<br class="">*Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments<br class="">are confidential and may also be privileged information. It is intended<br class="">only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke does not accept legal<br class="">responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you are not the intended<br class="">recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete this document and do<br class="">not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor make<br class="">any copies. Violators may face court persecution.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:40 PM Farell FOLLY <<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org" class="">farell@benin2point0.org</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear Stephanie,<br class=""><br class="">Thanks for sending this to us. I appreciate you approach.<br class=""><br class="">However I do have one concern: Sending us the response of the Ombudsman<br class="">is good, but could we also read what the NCSG committee sent to him? Also<br class="">have both involved parties been heard by the Ombudsman or the NCSG EC just<br class="">wrote that one member was aggressive and forwarded some e-mail to witness<br class="">the case?<br class=""><br class="">If all this was done beforehand, I must have been missed those<br class="">conversation threads. Then, please *disregard last transmission*<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Be assured that my e-mail has the sole intention to understand the<br class="">process. I am not criticising, I am not accusing , I am not supporting.<br class=""><br class="">@__f_f__<br class=""><br class="">Best Regards<br class="">____________________________________<br class=""><br class="">(Ekue) Farell FOLLY<br class="">GNSO Councillor<br class=""><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/farellf" class="">linkedin.com/in/farellf</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 9 Jun 2020, at 21:28, Stephanie E Perrin <<br class="">stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Dear members,<br class=""><br class="">I forwarding the letter from the Ombudsman, informing us of his decision<br class="">in the matter of the recent disruption on the NCSG list. I would like to<br class="">thank him for his speedy action in this matter, and the EC for its<br class="">collaborative efforts in investigating and dealing with the matter.<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards<br class=""><br class="">Stephanie Perrin<br class=""><br class="">NCSG Chair<br class="">.................<br class=""><br class="">Dear NCSG Executive Committee,<br class=""><br class="">Please be advised I have contacted Mr. Aggarwal to advise him that I<br class="">support the action taken by the NCSG and NCUC Executive Committees in<br class="">removing him from participation in the NCSG-Discuss and NCUC-Discuss<br class="">mailing lists. In my opinion, his behavior was a clear violation of the<br class="">ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior.<br class=""><br class="">I will contact ICANN Legal to inform them of the situation.<br class=""><br class="">As Mr. Aggarwal is still a member of NCSG/NCUC I have advised him that if<br class="">he wishes to resume participating in the email lists to contact me and I<br class="">could facilitate a discussion if you should be willing to entertain the<br class="">idea. Of course, this direction would hinge on an explicit acceptance of<br class="">the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior.<br class=""><br class="">Should Mr. Aggarwal continue aggressive behavior towards any of you or<br class="">your constituents, please advise me immediately as I would consider a<br class="">continuation of his demonstrated behavior to be a violation of the<br class="">Community Anti-Harassment Policy.<br class=""><br class="">Please do not hesitate to share this response to your respective email<br class="">lists.<br class=""><br class="">Sincerely yours Herb<br class=""><br class="">Herb Waye<br class="">ICANN Ombudsman<br class=""><br class="">https://www.icann.org/ombudsman<br class="">https://www.facebook.com/ICANNOmbudsman<br class="">Twitter: @IcannOmbudsman<br class=""><br class="">ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior:<br class=""><br class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/expected-standards-15sep16-en.pdf<br class="">Community Anti-Harassment Policy<br class=""><br class="">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/community-anti-harassment-policy-2017-03-24-en<br class="">Confidentiality<br class="">All matters brought before the Ombudsman shall be treated as<br class="">confidential. The Ombudsman shall also take all reasonable steps necessary<br class="">to preserve the privacy of, and to avoid harm to, those parties not<br class="">involved in the complaint being investigated by the Ombudsman.The Ombudsman<br class="">shall only make inquiries about, or advise staff or Board members of the<br class="">existence and identity of, a complainant in order to further the resolution<br class="">of the complaint. The Ombudsman shall take all reasonable steps necessary<br class="">to ensure that if staff and Board members are made aware of the existence<br class="">and identity of a complainant, they agree to maintain the confidential<br class="">nature of such information, except as necessary to further the resolution<br class="">of a complaint<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><br class="">--0000000000001b8a3905a7ae9612<br class="">Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"<br class="">Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br class=""><br class=""><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all<div><br></div><div>If you are interested in the act=<br class="">ion taken by the NCSG EC, which is referred to by the Ombudsman in his comm=<br class="">unication, you may refer to the EC list, which is publicly archived:=C2=A0<=<br class="">a href=3D"<a href="https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-June/thread.html" class="">https://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-June/thread.html</a>">ht=<br class=""><a href="tps://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-June/thread.html" class="">tps://lists.ncsg.is/pipermail/ncsg-ec/2020-June/thread.html</a></a></div><div><=<br class="">br></div><div>Otherwise, and generally speaking, the handling of complaints=<br class=""> by the Ombudsman Office is a confidential process, as specified=C2=A0on it=<br class="">s website (<a href=3D"<a href="https://www.icann.org/ombudsman" class="">https://www.icann.org/ombudsman</a>"><a href="https://www.icann.or=" class="">https://www.icann.or=</a><br class="">g/ombudsman</a>):</div><div><br></div><div>"Complaints to the ombudsma=<br class="">n are completely confidential. The fact that you have made a complaint is n=<br class="">ever disclosed unless you expressly waive confidentiality. This is very imp=<br class="">ortant for those who are concerned about an imbalance of power and conseque=<br class="">nces if a complaint is made."<br></div><div><br></div><div>As you can =<br class="">see, the confidentiality extends to the existence of specific complaints. B=<br class="">y implication, the process surrounding such complaints and their contents a=<br class="">re also to remain confidential.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ombudsman Offi=<br class="">ce website also links to a flyer which gives more details on how it handles=<br class=""> complaints.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Have a nice day,=C2=A0</div><di=<br class="">v><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><di=<br class="">v><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"=<br class="">gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 5:32 PM Remmy Nweke <<a href=3D"mailt=<br class="">o:<a href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" class="">remmyn@gmail.com</a>"><a href="mailto:remmyn@gmail.com" class="">remmyn@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote cl=<br class="">ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid=<br class=""> rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Steph, hope you=<br class=""> are keeping safe as well as all of us.<div><br></div><div>I support Farell=<br class=""> and Grace positions, it will help us all understand the matter better and =<br class="">take caution where necessary, precisely on the complaint sent to Ombdusman.=<br class=""></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in anticipation of your response.<br><div>=<br class=""><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"l=<br class="">tr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr=<br class="">"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div =<br class="">dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"=<br class="">ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d=<br class="">iv dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">____<div>REMMY NWEKE, <fon=<br class="">t size=3D"1">mNGE</font>,=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div>Lead Consulting Strategist/=<br class="">Group Executive Editor,=C2=A0<br><span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,0,=<br class="">0)">DigitalSENSE Africa Media</span>=C2=A0<span>[<i>Multiple-award winning =<br class="">medium</i>]<br></span>(<a href=3D"<a href="http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/busi=" class="">http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/busi=</a><br class="">nessnews" target=3D"_blank">DigitalSENSE Business News</a>; <a href=3D"http=<br class="">://<a href="http://www.itrealms.com.ng" class="">www.itrealms.com.ng</a>" target=3D"_blank">ITREALMS</a>, <a href=3D"<a href="http://w=" class="">http://w=</a><br class="">ww.naijaagronet.com.ng" target=3D"_blank">NaijaAgroNet</a>)</div><div>Block=<br class=""> F1, Shop 133 Moyosore Aboderin Plaza, Bolade Junction, Oshodi-Lagos<br>M: =<br class="">234-8033592762, 8023122558, 8051000475, T:=C2=A0<a href=3D"<a href="http://www.twitt=" class="">http://www.twitt=</a><br class=""><a href="http://er.com/ITRealms" class="">er.com/ITRealms</a>" target=3D"_blank">@ITRealms<br></a><div>Author: <a href=3D=<br class="">"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria%E2%80%8E" class="">https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria%E2%80%8E</a>" target=<br class="">=3D"_blank">A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria</a></div><div><br></div><d=<br class="">iv><b><font color=3D"#ff0000">2020=C2=A0<a href=3D"<a href="http://www.digitalsensea=" class="">http://www.digitalsensea=</a><br class="">frica.com.ng" target=3D"_blank">Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D & Ni=<br class="">geria IPv6 Roundtable</a></font></b>=C2=A0</div><div>JOIN us!!</div><div><b=<br class="">r></div><div>*Vice President, <a href=3D"<a href="http://www.acsis-scasi.org/en/" class="">http://www.acsis-scasi.org/en/</a>" ta=<br class="">rget=3D"_blank">African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS</a>=<br class="">)</div><div>_______________________________________________________________=<br class="">__<br><font size=3D"1">*Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this do=<br class="">cument and attachments are confidential and may also be privileged informat=<br class="">ion. It is intended only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke do=<br class="">es not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you =<br class="">are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete t=<br class="">his document and do not disclose the contents of this document to any other=<br class=""> person, nor make any copies. Violators may face court persecution.<br></fo=<br class="">nt><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></=<br class="">div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div=<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=<br class=""></blockquote>e"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:40 PM Far=<br class="">ell FOLLY <<a href=3D"<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org" class="">mailto:farell@benin2point0.org</a>" target=3D"_blank">=<br class=""><a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org" class="">farell@benin2point0.org</a></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=<br class="">quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,=<br class="">204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Dear Stephanie,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for s=<br class="">ending this to us. I appreciate you approach.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><di=<br class="">v>However I do have one concern: Sending us the response of the Ombudsman i=<br class="">s good, but could we also read what the NCSG committee sent to him? Also ha=<br class="">ve both involved parties been heard by the Ombudsman or the NCSG EC just wr=<br class="">ote that one member was aggressive and forwarded some e-mail to witness the=<br class=""> case?</div><div><br></div><div>If all this was done beforehand, I must hav=<br class="">e been missed those conversation threads. Then, please *disregard last tran=<br class="">smission*</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Be assured that my e-mail=<br class=""> has the sole intention to understand the process. I am not criticising, I =<br class="">am not accusing , I am not supporting.<br><div><br class=""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-alig=<br class="">n:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing=<br class="">:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);lett=<br class="">er-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit=<br class="">e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"auto" sty=<br class="">le=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0=<br class="">px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:=<br class="">none"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;tex=<br class="">t-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-s=<br class="">pacing:0px"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:norm=<br class="">al;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;=<br class="">word-spacing:0px"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:H=<br class="">elvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-wei=<br class="">ght:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-tran=<br class="">sform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div dir=3D"auto"><br>@__f_=<br class="">f__<br><br>Best Regards<br><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helve=<br class="">tica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:=<br class="">normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transfor=<br class="">m:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">_______________________________=<br class="">_____</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:1=<br class="">2px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-sp=<br class="">acing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-spa=<br class="">ce:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-f=<br class="">amily:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;f=<br class="">ont-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;te=<br class="">xt-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">(Ekue) Farell FOLLY<=<br class="">/div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;fo=<br class="">nt-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:=<br class="">normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:nor=<br class="">mal;word-spacing:0px">GNSO Councillor</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);f=<br class="">ont-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:nor=<br class="">mal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0=<br class="">px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href=3D"http=<br class="">://<a href="http://linkedin.com/in/farellf" class="">linkedin.com/in/farellf</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/farellf" class="">linkedin.com/in/farellf</a></a>=<br class="">=C2=A0<br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-s=<br class="">ize:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;lett=<br class="">er-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit=<br class="">e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);f=<br class="">ont-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:nor=<br class="">mal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0=<br class="">px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><br><=<br class="">/div></div><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12=<br class="">px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spa=<br class="">cing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-spac=<br class="">e:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvet=<br class="">ica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:n=<br class="">ormal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform=<br class="">:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 9 Jun 2020, at 21:28, Stephanie =<br class="">E Perrin <<a href=3D"<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" class="">mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a>" target=3D=<br class="">"_blank"><a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" class="">stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a></a>> wrote:</div><br><div><p =<br class="">style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-varian=<br class="">t-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;tex=<br class="">t-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-d=<br class="">ecoration:none">Dear members,</p><p style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-siz=<br class="">e:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter=<br class="">-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-=<br class="">space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">I forwarding the letter=<br class=""> from the Ombudsman, informing us of his decision in the matter of the rece=<br class="">nt disruption on the NCSG list.=C2=A0 I would like to thank him for his spe=<br class="">edy action in this matter, and the EC for its collaborative efforts in inve=<br class="">stigating and dealing with the matter.</p><p style=3D"font-family:Helvetica=<br class="">;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:norm=<br class="">al;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:no=<br class="">ne;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Kind regards<s=<br class="">pan>=C2=A0</span><br></p><p style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;f=<br class="">ont-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing=<br class="">:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:no=<br class="">rmal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Stephanie Perrin</p><p style=3D=<br class="">"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:n=<br class="">ormal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent=<br class="">:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoratio=<br class="">n:none">NCSG Chair<br></p><div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12p=<br class="">x;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spac=<br class="">ing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space=<br class="">:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">.................<br><br><di=<br class="">v><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,=<br class="">sans-serif">Dear NCSG Executive Committee,<u></u><u></u></div><div style=3D=<br class="">"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u>=<br class=""></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt=<br class="">;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please be advised I have contacted Mr. Agg=<br class="">arwal to advise him that I support the action taken by the NCSG and NCUC Ex=<br class="">ecutive Committees in removing him from participation in the NCSG-Discuss a=<br class="">nd NCUC-Discuss mailing lists. In my opinion, his behavior was a clear viol=<br class="">ation of the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior.<u></u><u></u></div><div =<br class="">style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-se=<br class="">rif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-s=<br class="">ize:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I will contact ICANN Legal to info=<br class="">rm them of the situation.<u></u><u></u></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0=<br class="">.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u>=<br class=""></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Cali=<br class="">bri,sans-serif">As Mr. Aggarwal is still a member of NCSG/NCUC I have advis=<br class="">ed him that if he wishes to resume participating in the email lists to cont=<br class="">act me and I could facilitate a discussion if you should be willing to ente=<br class="">rtain the idea. Of course, this direction would hinge on an explicit accept=<br class="">ance of the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior.<u></u><u></u></div><div s=<br class="">tyle=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-ser=<br class="">if"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-si=<br class="">ze:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Should Mr. Aggarwal continue aggres=<br class="">sive behavior towards any of you or your constituents, please advise me imm=<br class="">ediately as I would consider a continuation of his demonstrated behavior to=<br class=""> be a violation of the Community Anti-Harassment Policy.<u></u><u></u></div=<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,s=<br class=""></blockquote>ans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;=<br class="">font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please do not hesitate to sh=<br class="">are this response to your respective email lists.<u></u><u></u></div><div s=<br class="">tyle=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-ser=<br class="">if"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-si=<br class="">ze:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sincerely yours Herb<u></u><u></u><=<br class="">/div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calib=<br class="">ri,sans-serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></div><div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in =<br class="">0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font=<br class="">-size:10.5pt">Herb Waye<u></u><u></u></span></div><div><div style=3D"margin=<br class="">:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span styl=<br class="">e=3D"font-size:10.5pt">ICANN Ombudsman<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div=<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,s=<br class=""></blockquote>ans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></di=<br class="">v></div><div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-fami=<br class="">ly:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt"><a href=3D"<a href="https://=" class="">https://=</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.icann.org/ombudsman" class="">www.icann.org/ombudsman</a>" target=3D"_blank"><a href="https://www.icann.org/ombudsman" class="">https://www.icann.org/ombudsman</a><=<br class="">/a><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.000=<br class="">1pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size=<br class="">:10.5pt"><a href=3D"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ICANNOmbudsman" class="">https://www.facebook.com/ICANNOmbudsman</a>" target=3D"_bla=<br class="">nk"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ICANNOmbudsman" class="">https://www.facebook.com/ICANNOmbudsman</a></a><u></u><u></u></span></div><=<br class="">/div><div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:=<br class="">Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt">Twitter: @IcannOmbudsm=<br class="">an<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001=<br class="">pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:=<br class="">10.5pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin:0i=<br class="">n 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=<br class="">=3D"font-size:10.5pt">ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior:<u></u><u></u></=<br class="">span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;=<br class="">font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.=<br class="">5pt"><a href=3D"<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/expected-standa=" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/expected-standa=</a><br class="">rds-15sep16-en.pdf" target=3D"_blank"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files=" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files=</a><br class="">/files/expected-standards-15sep16-en.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><div=<br class=""> style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-s=<br class="">erif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt">Community Anti-Harassment Policy<u><=<br class="">/u><u></u></span></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt=<br class="">;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size:10.5pt"><a href=<br class="">=3D"<a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/community-anti-harassment-policy-=" class="">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/community-anti-harassment-policy-=</a><br class="">2017-03-24-en" target=3D"_blank"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/comm=" class="">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/comm=</a><br class="">unity-anti-harassment-policy-2017-03-24-en</a><u></u><u></u></span></div><d=<br class="">iv style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans=<br class="">-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Con=<br class="">fidentiality</span><span lang=3D"EN-NZ" style=3D"font-size:12pt"><u></u><u>=<br class=""></u></span></div><div style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-=<br class="">family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:Garamond,serif;color:=<br class="">rgb(31,73,125)">All matters brought before the Ombudsman shall be treated a=<br class="">s confidential.=C2=A0 The Ombudsman shall also take all reasonable steps ne=<br class="">cessary to preserve the privacy of, and to avoid harm to, those parties not=<br class=""> involved in the complaint being investigated by the Ombudsman.The Ombudsma=<br class="">n shall only make inquiries about, or advise staff or Board members of the =<br class="">existence and identity of, a complainant in order to further the resolution=<br class=""> of the complaint.=C2=A0 The Ombudsman shall take all reasonable steps nece=<br class="">ssary to ensure that if staff and Board members are made aware of the exist=<br class="">ence and identity of a complainant, they agree to maintain the confidential=<br class=""> nature of such information, except as necessary to further the resolution =<br class="">of a complaint</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>=<br class=""></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""><br class="">--0000000000001b8a3905a7ae9612--<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></blockquote>
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