<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good job Ayden and everyone for such a well done job. I think so far, all looks good to me, the comment reads well and captures many aspects that we care for. I will use suggest mode when i have edits to suggest.<div><br></div><div>I have the impression that our public comments are more and more of good learning materials that we should widely share with our members. Not everyone is able to understand the issues (especially for those not ‘yet’ directly involved in pdps) but public comments can give to them an opportunity to understand them throug a public comment and know what we stand for.</div><div><br></div><div>I therefore would encourage our PC Chair and SG/C chairs to find a way for our (submitted) public comments to be regularly shared with the community.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Arsene<br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div>-----------------</div><div>Arsène Tungali,</div><div><a href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali">about.me/ArseneTungali</a></div><div>+243 993810967</div><div>GPG: 523644A0</div><div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)</div><div><br>On Feb 9, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Ayden,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">thanks for the draft which is coming at a good time and allow us to work on it without pressure,</div><div class="gmail_extra">about the intercessional which is a separate topic not necessarily related to the budget, I am for an evaluation and assessment. I am not that convinced that issues were a matter of planning. The content is almost the same every year, just with small changes of few topics. I think after 5 years or more, it is a good time to review and think about improvement. I believe our CSG friends will be open and welcome that. Organizing it every other year can provide that opportunity and possibility for real change. <br>
<br>I will review the budget and add my comments there.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rafik</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-02-09 6:21 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" target="_blank">icann@ferdeline.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>I think this year's Intersessional was unsuccessful, partially because of insufficient planning on our part, as well as the wrong delegates being in attendance. But I do think the concept itself is a good one and one which should continue. I am happy to remove this paragraph from the document altogether, however, if we do not have a common agreement on their value. I don't think it ranks among our most pressing concerns!<br></div><span class="im HOEnZb"><div><br></div><div class="m_-5675982007964337429protonmail_signature_block"><div class="m_-5675982007964337429protonmail_signature_block-user"><div>Ayden <br></div></div><div class="m_-5675982007964337429protonmail_signature_block-proton m_-5675982007964337429protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>-------- Original Message --------<br></div></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div> On 8 February 2018 10:14 PM, Dr. Tatiana Tropina <<a href="mailto:t.tropina@mpicc.de" target="_blank">t.tropina@mpicc.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="m_-5675982007964337429protonmail_quote" type="cite"><p>I am one of those who questions the value of the intersessionals.<br></p><p>I won't support continuing them every year. Every other year is a
compromise I can accept.<br></p><p>Cheers,<br></p><p>Tanya <br></p><div><br></div><div class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-cite-prefix">On 08/02/18 20:14, Mueller, Milton L
wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="m_-5675982007964337429WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">Ayden</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">I’ve
had a chance to read your comments and congratulate you on
doing so much work to go through the budget and prepare an
intelligent evaluation of it.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">I
agree with most of the comments but propose a few minor
amendments here and there, which I will put onto the Google
doc using suggest mode.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">The
only point of disagreement is #17 your support for continued
intersessionals. I don’t think there is consensus on that
and in fact after the last one I heard several people who
supported them question their value or frequency. A good
middle ground might be to have them once every other year.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">Anyway,
I’ll enter my comments on the doc.</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">Dr.
Milton L Mueller</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">Professor, <span class="TSRSpan" id="TSRSpan_32"><img class="TSRWebRatingIcon" src="chrome-extension://cfeleongjhdjephegmmmdjgbfjiindbe/./images/webicon_green.png" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><a href="http://spp.gatech.edu/" target="_blank" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">School of Public Policy</span></a></span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">Georgia
Institute of Technology</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">Internet
Governance Project</span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"><span class="TSRSpan" id="TSRSpan_33"><img class="TSRWebRatingIcon" src="chrome-extension://cfeleongjhdjephegmmmdjgbfjiindbe/./images/webicon_green.png" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><a href="http://internetgovernance.org/" target="_blank" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://internetgovernance.org/</span></a></span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></span></b><span class="m_-5675982007964337429font" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_-5675982007964337429size" style="font-size:11pt"> Ayden Férdeline [<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-txt-link-freetext" target="_blank">mailto:icann@ferdeline.com</a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 8, 2018 7:27 AM<br> <b>To:</b> ncsg-pc <a href="mailto:ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is" class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" target="_blank"><ncsg-pc@lists.ncsg.is></a>;
Mueller, Milton L <a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" target="_blank"><milton@gatech.edu></a>; <a href="mailto:crg@ISOC-CR.ORG" class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-txt-link-abbreviated" target="_blank">crg@ISOC-CR.ORG</a>; <a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@REDBRANCHCONSULTING.COM" class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-txt-link-abbreviated" target="_blank">paul.rosenzweig@<wbr>REDBRANCHCONSULTING.COM</a>; Corinne Cath <a href="mailto:corinnecath@gmail.com" class="m_-5675982007964337429moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" target="_blank"><corinnecath@gmail.com></a><br> <b>Subject:</b> [Draft] Proposed NCSG Comment on the
FY19 Budget</span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have prepared a first draft of a
proposed NCSG comment on the FY19 budget. This took quite
some time to comb through, and I might have missed some
things. So before I share this comment on the main
discussion list and face the inevitable wrath of criticism
and dislike, I thought I might share it here to get some
initial feedback. I have also cc'd in a few other people
who might not be on this mailing list but who I think
might be able to offer some constructive edits on its
contents: <br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tBia4z5QQFGz9vFUQUkS0lbZNqU6C5n4pyUmlH3m8e8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1tBia4z5QQFGz9vFUQUkS0lbZNqU6C<wbr>5n4pyUmlH3m8e8/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a><br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for your help,<br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ayden<br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">P.S. Carlos, if one sentence looks
familiar, it's because I copied and pasted it from an
email you sent to the NCSG list last year re: our Reserve
Fund comment. I hope this is okay. Thanks!<br></p></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><pre>______________________________<wbr>_________________
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