<div dir="ltr">+1 McCarthy.<div><br></div><div>McCarty,</div><div>Steve paints the loophole; its crystal clear.</div><div><br></div><div>However, while we foresee Membership, how do we curb overzealous membership expectation?</div><div><br></div><div>With a clear process for equal representation, i believe that we can address it without excess.</div><div>Its our only opportunity to address transparency for the future ICANN.</div><div>-Akinbo.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Jonathan Zuck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JZuck@actonline.org" target="_blank">JZuck@actonline.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 3, 2015 12:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> James M. Bladel<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-Accountability] Work Stream 1 and the concept of Leverage<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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serving highly regulated sectors but lacking enforceable public interest commitments (<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/alac-to-icann-board-16oct14-en.pdf" target="_blank">link</a>). ICANN’s board and management might continue signing contracts
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