<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Thanks Avri.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That may well be a useful way of looking at. I’ll ponder during my meetings today and get back toy as soon as I can with my thoughts.<br class=""><div class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9 Sep 2015, at 09:07 , Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" class="">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi,<br class=""><br class="">Not sure about buses, but I agree with the rest. Given the Board's role<br class="">in the finalization of the Accountability WS1 plan, they are not, and<br class="">cannot be considered, ordinary participants in this process.<br class=""><br class="">I think the Board members have three modes of interaction, at least:<br class=""><br class="">- as individual participants who voices are as important as any other<br class="">individual voice, but whose opinions give us a clue as to what the Board<br class="">might do.<br class="">- as liaisons<br class="">- as members of the Board, where they have the power to mark our<br class="">recommendations with grades indicating their degree of acceptance. It is<br class="">the Board that is the gate on moving forward with any plan for ICANN<br class="">Accountabilty. These are the folks we had the Thursday meeting with.<br class=""><br class="">I very much hope we can find a way to share making the decision on the<br class="">plan to be submitted to NTIA, because I think it is the only option at<br class="">this multistakeholder juncture.<br class=""><br class="">avri<br class=""><br class="">On 08-Sep-15 15:52, Greg Shatan wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Did anyone get the license plate number of the bus that "participated"<br class="">with me?<br class=""><br class="">We can choose to treat the Board's intervention as "participation,"<br class="">but it did not have the feeling of participation to me. It had the<br class="">feeling of the Board attempting to exercise its position of power.<br class=""><br class="">On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a><br class=""><<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" class="">mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""> Hi,<br class=""><br class=""> Even though I would have preferred seeing board's comment earlier<br class=""> than now. I believe what is written below is still order. I quote<br class=""> a section below that may need to be in bold as well.<br class=""><br class=""> "....if we have views on that proposal, we should participate with<br class=""> the community."<br class=""><br class=""> We are still in proposal development process and board is<br class=""> participating in the process.<br class=""><br class=""> Regards<br class=""><br class=""> Sent from my Asus Zenfone2<br class=""> Kindly excuse brevity and typos.<br class=""><br class=""> On 8 Sep 2015 19:58, "Paul Rosenzweig"<br class=""> <<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com" class="">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a><br class=""> <<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com" class="">mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a>>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""> All<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> In preparation for our call today, I wanted to share with you<br class=""> the following that I pulled from the hearing that the Senate<br class=""> Commerce Committee held earlier this year:<br class=""><br class=""> ***<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> The Chairman: Will the ICANN Board send a proposal to NTIA<br class=""> that lessens the Board’s power or authority?<br class=""><br class=""> Mr. Chehade: We will if the community and the stakeholders<br class=""> present us with a proposal. We will give it to NTIA, and we<br class=""> committed already that we will not change the proposal, that<br class=""> if we have views on that proposal, we should participate with<br class=""> the community. Once that proposal comes from our stakeholders,<br class=""> we will pass it on to NTIA *as is*.<br class=""><br class=""> ***<br class=""><br class=""> I would read this as a commitment from ICANN and the Board.<br class=""><br class=""> Paul<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> Paul Rosenzweig<br class=""><br class=""> Red Branch Consulting, PLLC<br class=""><br class=""> 509 C St. NE<br class=""><br class=""> Washington, DC 20002<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com" class="">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a><br class=""> <<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweigesq@redbranchconsulting.com" class="">mailto:paul.rosenzweigesq@redbranchconsulting.com</a>><br class=""><br class=""> O: +1 (202) 547-0660 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20547-0660><br class=""><br class=""> M: +1 (202) 329-9650 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20329-9650><br class=""><br class=""> VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20738-1739><br class=""><br class=""> Skype: paul.rosenzweig1066<br class=""><br class=""> <a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com" class="">www.redbranchconsulting.com</a> <<a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/" class="">http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/</a>><br class=""><br class=""> <a href="http://www.paulrosenzweigesq.com" class="">www.paulrosenzweigesq.com</a> <<a href="http://www.paulrosenzweigesq.com/" class="">http://www.paulrosenzweigesq.com/</a>><br class=""><br class=""> Link to my PGP Key<br class=""> <<a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=9" class="">http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=9</a>><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> _______________________________________________<br class=""> Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br class=""> <a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" class="">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br class=""> <<a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" class="">mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a>><br class=""> <a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> _______________________________________________<br class=""> Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br class=""> <a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" class="">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br class=""> <<a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" class="">mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a>><br class=""> <a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org" class="">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">---<br class="">This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br class=""><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" class="">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br class="">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org<br class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></span></body></html>