<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><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);"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Hi Ed.,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/John+Poole+SOI" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/John+Poole+SOI</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apparently he chose to be an observer.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">From: </span> <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" class="">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Edward Morris <<a href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net" class="">egmorris1@toast.net</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Reply-To: </span> Edward Morris <<a href="mailto:egmorris1@toast.net" class="">egmorris1@toast.net</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Date: </span> Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 6:09 PM<br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">To: </span> Chris Disspain <<a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au" class="">ceo@auda.org.au</a>>, Accountability Cross Community <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" class="">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Subject: </span> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] new blog<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><div class="">Hi Chris,</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">I've objected in the past to staff posting to this CCWG members list on behalf of others. To maintain consistency, I again do so here when the posting is done by a respected member of the Board. I do not know John Poole but what I do know is that he does
not seem to have a SOI on file. That's an important accountability tool we use here and I do not want to see individuals bypass that requirement by using others, even Board members, to post on their behalf. </div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Since we seem to want to link to articles today, even those of rather dubious uneven quality, I'll take the opportunity to link to a very perceptive article that appeared in Monday's Guardian by Emily Taylor:</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/21/icann-internet-us-government" class="">http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/21/icann-internet-us-government</a></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">The key paragraph:</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">"The community’s solution is for Icann to become a membership organisation. I agree that this is the only outcome likely to deliver accountability. It’s feasible, it gives backstop power to the community and is a well understood model common to many non-profits."</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Ed Morris</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><b class="">From</b>: "Chris Disspain" <<a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au" class="">ceo@auda.org.au</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent</b>: Friday, September 25, 2015 1:39 AM<br class=""><b class="">To</b>: "Accountability Cross Community (<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" class="">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" class="">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject</b>: [CCWG-ACCT] new blog</span><div class=""> </div><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">All,</span><div class=""> </div><div class=""><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Forwarded at the request of John Poole who cannot post to the list.</span></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><a href="http://www.domainmondo.com/2015/09/china-caict-objects-to-icann-ccwg.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.domainmondo.com/2015/09/china-caict-objects-to-icann-ccwg.html</a></span></div></blockquote><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(148, 67, 251); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Cheers,</span></div><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(148, 67, 251); min-height: 16px; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">
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