<HTML><BODY><p style='margin-top: 0px;' dir="ltr">The Board has said it will not accept the community membership proposal under any circumstances. That isn't a "comment" it's an ultimatum. </p>
<p dir="ltr">This response from the Board precisely demonstrates why the community's accountability mechanism is so vital.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am glad I chose the wedding over 2 days of listening to the Board justify it's "superior" judgment. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Paul</p>
<p dir="ltr">--<br>
Paul<br>
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Sunday, 27 September 2015, 00:33PM -04:00 from Chris Disspain <<a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au">ceo@auda.org.au</a>>:<br><br><blockquote style='border-left:1px solid #FC2C38; margin:0px 0px 0px 10px; padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;' cite="14433716840000079284">
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<div id="style_14433716840000079284_BODY"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana';font-size: 13px;color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Carlos,<div ><br ></div><div >Respectfully, I disagree. We provided comments in quite some detail. We will happily provide more detail, answer questions etc. To do so in a vacuum would be unproductive and quite possibly counter-productive.<br ><div ><div >
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<br ><div><div class="mail-quote-collapse"><blockquote type="cite" ><div >On 28 Sep 2015, at 02:30 , Carlos Raul <<a href="//e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3acarlosraulg@gmail.com" target="_blank" >carlosraulg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br ><div ><p dir="ltr" >Dear Chris,</p><p dir="ltr" >As both ATRT exercises showed, as well as studies in between, one common and longstanding complaint is the lack of understanding by the community of the Boards positions and decsisons. They have always emphasized the need for a clearer (and independent) rationale of those positions and decision. You just confirmed the need for a better rationale again. Even if the question was not explicitly asked.</p><p dir="ltr" >Wish you a nice Sunday</p><p dir="ltr" >Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez</p>
<div >On Sep 27, 2015 10:21 AM, "Chris Disspain" <<a href="//e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3aceo@auda.org.au" target="_blank" >ceo@auda.org.au</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" ><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" ><span style="font-family:'Verdana';font-size:13px;color:rgb(102,102,102)" >Hi Malcolm,<div ><br ></div><div >The Board was not asked that question.<br ><div ><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;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;word-spacing: 0px;" ><br ><br ></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;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;word-spacing: 0px;" >Cheers,</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);min-height: 16px;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;word-spacing: 0px;" ><br ></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;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;word-spacing: 0px;" >Chris</div>
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<br ><div ><blockquote type="cite" ><div >On 28 Sep 2015, at 02:16 , Malcolm Hutty <<a href="//e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3amalcolm@linx.net" target="_blank" >malcolm@linx.net</a>> wrote:</div><br ><div ><br ><br >On 27/09/2015 15:48, Nigel Roberts wrote:<br ><blockquote type="cite" >Unless the community give up the idea of ICANN having members (whether<br >one or seven billion) the Board will not agree a common proposal.<br ></blockquote><br >I wish I had been able to attend the face-to-face meeting.<br ><br >Were the Board able to be any more clear as to why they insist on the<br >community giving up on the idea of having at least a single member?<br ><br ><br >-- <br > Malcolm Hutty | tel: <a value="+442076453523" target="_blank" ><span class="js-phone-number">+44 20 7645 3523</span></a><br > Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog<br > London Internet Exchange | <a href="http://publicaffairs.linx.net/" target="_blank" >http://publicaffairs.linx.net/</a><br ><br > London Internet Exchange Ltd<br > 21-27 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RY<br ><br > Company Registered in England No. 3137929<br > Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA<br ><br ><br >_______________________________________________<br >Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br ><a href="//e-aj.my.com/compose/?mailto=mailto%3aAccountability%2dCross%2dCommunity@icann.org" target="_blank" >Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br ><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community" target="_blank" >https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a><br ></div></blockquote></div><br ></div></span></div><br >_______________________________________________<br >
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