<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Stephanie, all,</div><div><br></div><div>Although it is perfectly understandable why it is being proposed and the annoyance or disappointment this kind of blockage can bring to months of diligent work, I also disagree with going for this statement, especially for a community so diverse as the NCSG. </div><div><br></div><div>Even when we have meaningful participation in the working groups, sometimes our representatives may have different perspectives that do not reflect the position of the overall community - and this position may be noted by others only later when reading the outputs. Our collective views on certain issues also be modified by new facts or new arguments after some steps within a WG have already been completed, and having the possibility to improve or correct a previous position is not a bad thing. The statement looks like a laudable effort in search of efficiency, to avoid rework and rediscussion, but at the expense of checks and balances - and guaranteeing those seems to be a more central principle of ICANN bureaucracy.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cordially,</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><b>Pedro de Perdigão Lana</b><br></font></font></span><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.nic.br/" target="_blank">Lawyer</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.gedai.com.br/" target="_blank">GEDAI/UFPR</a> Researcher</font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)</font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2">Board Member @ <a href="https://br.creativecommons.net/" target="_blank">CC Brasil</a>, </font></font></span><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="1"><font size="2"><a href="https://isoc.org.br/" target="_blank">ISOC BR</a></font></font></span> and <a href="https://ioda.org.br/" target="_blank">IODA</a></font></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif">This message is restricted to the sender and recipient(s). If received by mistake, please reply informing it.</span></font></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em qui., 30 de mai. de 2024 às 13:01, Johan Helsingius <<a href="mailto:00001963cc94b85a-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">00001963cc94b85a-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 30/05/2024 16:03, Ken Herman wrote:<br>
> Can you clarify what’s behind the need for this? <br>
<br>
Basically a couple of cases where some constituencies haven't been happy<br>
with the consensus result achieved in a working group, so they block it<br>
in Council. Unfortunately it works both ways, but I don't think trying<br>
to force the council to always agree with WG recommendations is the<br>
solution - what is needed is some sort of "provide good justification<br>
to disagreeing".<br>
<br>
Julf<br>
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