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</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">No matter where we start, there are forces at play to drive the discussion off the table
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">and over the edge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You hit the nail on the head, Sam.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">To ignore the consequences of existing structures, and simply treat this as
but another <span style="color:#1F497D">></span>exercise in outreach, may protect some in-house structural entitlements but it will not
<span style="color:#1F497D">?></span>attract a broader membership that joins with a sense of engagement and agency. Also, it
<span style="color:#1F497D">></span>will not strengthen our voice within the work of ICANN. Lastly, it will not make us more
<span style="color:#1F497D">></span>engaged with or accountable to the global ngo/civil society sector and its non-commercial
<span style="color:#1F497D">></span>stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">So true, and so well said. I appeal to the leadership of NCSG, NPOC and NCUC to stop fiddling around and get this process underway.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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