[CCWG-ACCT] FW: Chairman Thune and Senator Schatz letter to Steve Crocker ahead of ICANN 54

[Paul Rosenzweig]

Eberhard

There are several plausible explanations -- not all of which are equally
likely and which are to some degree inconsistent.  Here is my best
speculation:

1) The most plausible is that on the Democratic side, the Chairman had
delegated most of this issue to Senator Schatz to follow.  He may have more
direct knowledge and/or interest and this might be a bandwidth question.
Some of that is plausibly supported by the fact that the DOTCOM Act referred
to in the letter is co-sponsored by Thune and Schatz and not Thune and
Senator Nelson (the full committee ranking member).

2) It is possible that Nelson may disagree with the substance of the letter
and/or the DOTCOM Act.   Since DOTCOM has passed the Senate committee
without his violent objection this might be a slight/modest disagreement --
enough to keep him off the letter but not enough to make him actively
engaged in the issue.

3) The Senate is actually on recess might now.  It might be as simple as the
fact that Nelson was in Florida (his home state) and busy with other matters
so he couldn't focus and that they realized that the letter would be better
sent sooner than later, so they did not let the perfect be the enemy of the
good.

4) Finally, on the Republican side it may reflect that the Chairman is
actively interested in the issue and has "taken" it to the full committee
from his subcommittee chair.  For that half of the equation, I am reasonably
confident that my speculation is accurate.

Cheers
Paul

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[mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Dr
Eberhard W Lisse
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 9:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] FW: Chairman Thune and Senator Schatz letter to
Steve Crocker ahead of ICANN 54

Can someone explain to me, what it means, if anything, if the letter is
signed by the Chair of the main Committee and the Ranking Member of a
Subcommittee?

I was expecting either the Chair and Ranking Member of the main Committee or
Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee.

Or Chair of the Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee.

el

On 2015-10-16 00:25 , Paul Rosenzweig wrote:
> Colleagues
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> Good morning in Dublin.
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> The attached letter from Senators Thune and Schatz to the Chair of the 
> ICANN Board will be of interest to many of you.
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> I wish you good fortune in the meetings
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> Regards
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> Paul
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