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

[Salaets, Ken]

I would add that the letter suggests bipartisan support for its contents.  



> On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:14 PM, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org
> [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Dr
> Eberhard W Lisse
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 9:03 AM
> To: 'Accountability Cross Community'
> <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
> Cc: Lisse Eberhard <directors at omadhina.net>
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Good morning in Dublin.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The attached letter from Senators Thune and Schatz to the Chair of the 
>> ICANN Board will be of interest to many of you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I wish you good fortune in the meetings
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Paul
> [...]
> 
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