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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Bruna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Appreciate you taking this up, but the proposed charter is really two groups. Why don’t we just recognize that fact and form both of them? We can keep them separate
so that each one can be more focused.<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">From long experience, I can tell you that a volunteer group that is given two completely different, unrelated tasks to do will probably not execute either one
of them very well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">On engagement, I really don’t think a study is going to help. As Farzaneh’s message indicated, the answer to better engagement is to do things that engage people.
It’s a very different and almost unrelated task from the one I proposed, which is to explore the merger idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sorry to be blunt, but it’s very clear that some people see the study of “why people don’t engage” as a way of diverting our attention from the merger topic,
because they don’t favor a merger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">To that I will say, if you don’t favor a merger, don’t join the task force! And/or vote against a merger when or if it is proposed! The task force is just trying
to identify the problems and requirements of a merger. Understanding and exploring those issues does not by itself create a merger. It just allows us to more accurately identify its consequences should we choose to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">It is kind of unethical to say “you can’t discuss this or work on it because we don’t like the whole idea of a merger,” isn’t it?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">People who don’t favor a merger: either get on the task force to help us uncover FACTS about how it wouldn’t work, or get out of the way and let others do that
work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dr. Milton L Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Georgia Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">School of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://internetgovernance.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Internet Governance Project</span></a>
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<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"> Bruna Martins dos Santos <bruna.mrtns@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mueller, Milton L <milton@gatech.edu>; Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix <rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com>; Brenda Brewer <brenda.brewer@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> NCSG List <NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello NCSG, <o:p></o:p></p>
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In light of the discussions hosted on both NCUCs and NCSGs open meetings at ICANN69, <a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" id="plusReplyChip-0">@Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix</a> and myself worked on some amendments to the proposed charter for the Strategic
Review Working Group.<br>
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The charter can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IZOoZVn-SmvZ2peYYULmQ6dTNAMEjb63jWCtOmGCJc/edit">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IZOoZVn-SmvZ2peYYULmQ6dTNAMEjb63jWCtOmGCJc/edit</a><br>
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And, in case any of you is still interested in joining these efforts, please email <a href="mailto:rbeauregardlacroix@gmail.com" id="plusReplyChip-1">@Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix</a>, Maryam, <a href="mailto:brenda.brewer@icann.org" id="plusReplyChip-4">@Brenda
Brewer</a> or myself. <br>
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Best regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bruna Santos <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:27 PM Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The task of the Working Group will be to explore the issues raised by an attempt to merge the two constituencies into an integrated Noncommercial Stakeholder Group. The group will
conduct a thorough fact-finding operation to address:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">1. Whether or not double constituencies creates duplicate administrative work<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">2. The impact of a merger on ICANN travel support and other resource availability<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">3. The charter changes that would have to be made to implement a merger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">4. Whether diverse policy perspectives would be reduced by a merger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">5. Any other relevant issues related to a merger it uncovers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Milton L Mueller<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Georgia Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">School of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Bruna Martins dos Santos </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">@boomartins<o:p></o:p></p>
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