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Full agreement with Milton here.<br><div><br></div><div class="mb_sig"><span style="font-size: 8pt"><b>---</b></span><div><span style="font-size: 8pt"><b>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;">On 7/23/2020 4:27:05 PM, Mueller, Milton L <milton@gatech.edu> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;color: #1F497D">Jacky:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Current members low engagement in policy work <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;color: #1F497D">This would not be helped by a merger, but it would not be harmed, either. It’s a different issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Administrative overload for Maryam and the members of the various ECs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;color: #1F497D">This most definitely WOULD be helped by a merger. One of the reasons there is too much administrative work is that we have duplicative, overlapping structures.
And they confuse members or potential members constantly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Need to grow the membership base (new members)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;color: #1F497D">Have you every tried explaining to new members the difference between NPOC and NCUC and why it matters? I have been doing that for 10 years, and I can tell you
it doesn’t help recruit new members. It is serious friction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4) To develop and maintain a strong voice in ICANN for our stakeholders<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;color: #1F497D">A more unified voice would be stronger.
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<p class="MsoNormal">It's far too early to determine that a merger is the solution,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;color: #1F497D">Disagree, it has been obvious that a merger is the solution for about 5 years. It’s way late to come to this recognition, though I am delighted that Sam and other
NPOC members have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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