<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dear Eberhard, all,</div><div>for the sake of clarity I have pasted my e-mail sent to the list yesterday below:</div><div><br></div><div>***</div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dear Kavouss,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">we will make unambiguously clear that we are not presenting a consensus position but that we are soliciting input from the community with this report we are currently preparing. Even more so, the report will likely present different options that have been discussed in the CCWG or in sub-teams, which makes it clear that the group has not made its conclusions yet. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kind regards,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thomas</span><br></div><div>***</div><div><br></div><div>Rest assured we will stick to this.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Thomas</div><br><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">---</span></div><div><a href="http://rickert.net">rickert.net</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>Am 21.04.2015 um 12:14 schrieb Dr Eberhard Lisse <<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na">el@lisse.na</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Dear Co-Chairs,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Though I stand my ground here, I find Mr Arasteh's suggestion</span><br><span>helpful.</span><br><span></span><br><span>greetings, el</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 2015-04-21 10:49, Kavouss Arasteh wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Thomas</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thank you in confirming that the minority position could be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>reflected in the report</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Whatt you are saying is ,at this stage, we are not formulating any</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>consensus on any issue. Just we are submitting a preliminary</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>output on which there is been no attempt for consensus .Then THIS</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NON Consensus status of the document SHOULD BE EXPLICITLY</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>REFLECTED IN THE DOCUMENT SENT FOR PUBKLIC COMMENT.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regrads</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kavouss</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2015-04-21 10:33 GMT+02:00 Thomas Rickert <<a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de">rickert@anwaelte.de</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de">mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de</a>>>:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Dear Kavouss and Eberhard,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> the e-mails that have been exchanged on this all need to be read in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> context. In summary:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> - There will be the opportunity to file minority statements when the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> CCWG publishes consensus recommendations it has worked on.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> - The CCWG is now in a phase where interim findings will be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> presented to the community for input. These are not consensus</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> recommendations. The chairs have not determined the consensus level</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> in the group.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> - In the absence of a consensus determination, the rules of the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Charter are not applicable at this stage.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> I hope this clarifies the situation.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Thomas</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> ---</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://rickert.net">rickert.net</a> <<a href="http://rickert.net">http://rickert.net</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>