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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">My responses to Becky’s two specific questions:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "To the extent<br>
that registry operators voluntarily assume obligations with respect to<br>
registry operations as part of the application process, ICANN should have<br>
the authority to enforce those commitments.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "ICANN shall not<br>
regulate services that use the Internet's unique identifiers, or the<br>
content that such services carry or provide.” - Wherever you land, please<br>
explain what you mean by “regulate” and “services."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">DISAGREE, to the extent that provisions in contracts entered into after full opportunity for public comment are defined as “regulation.” Also DISAGREE
to the extent that “services that use the Internet’s unique identifiers” includes, e.g., domain name registration.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">One of the defining features of the multi-stakeholder model for management of the DNS is the reliance on contractual arrangements, in lieu of governmental
regulation. If ICANN’s mission is defined in a way that impinges substantially on the ability to enforce those contracts, then it seems to me the entire model is at risk.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">One point that those in this discussion who are relatively new to ICANN may not fully appreciate is the extent to which all the terms of contracts between
ICANN and gTLD registries and accredited registrars are subjected to public comment and robust debate before they are executed. For example, not only were there two or three rounds of formal public comment on draft versions of both the standard new gTLD Registry
Agreement and the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement; there were also numerous earlier opportunities for public input into the structure and contents of these agreements, including (for the RAA) through a joint GNSO-ALAC drafting team that identified and
prioritized issues for inclusion in the RAA revision (its final report was published in October 2010) and (for the gTLD Registry Agreement) through the public comment proceedings on the numerous drafts of the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook between 2008 and 2012.
Proposed contract renewals for the legacy gTLDs are also posted for public comment, and sometimes multiple rounds of such comments.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">While these opportunities for public debate and input are not the same as the full-blown Policy Development Process used within the GNSO to develop consensus
policies, they constitute an extraordinary level of transparency, compared to contract negotiations in almost any other setting, whether private sector or public sector. While this transparency has certainly been irksome to contracted parties at times, and
also frustrating to interested non-parties at times (since many of our suggestions, tendered through the public input and comment processes, were not ultimately incorporated into the agreements), it has become a firmly established feature of contract development
in the ICANN environment. The concerns expressed by some in this discussion about the potential for outlandish or rogue contract provisions, or the asserted lack of “checks and balances” in the system, need to be evaluated in light of this reality.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve DelBianco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 11, 2015 10:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Burr, Becky; Malcolm Hutty; Accountability Community; ACCT-Staff (acct-staff@icann.org)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Attempt to summarize discussion regarding Mission and Contract<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As Becky noted, the BC supports a limited mission for ICANN that would not allow content regulation — but the BC also insisted that ICANN could enforce its contracts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Anyone citing the BC position should understand the full BC comment on CCWG’s 2nd draft:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">2.1) Element of potential concern to the BC:
<i>New bylaws might prevent ICANN from enforcing contracts and Public Interest Commitments with registries and registrars.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In our Jun-2015 comments on the CCWG’s 1</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">st
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">draft, the BC raised a concern with the proposal to limit the scope of ICANN’s mission via the Bylaws, worrying that it would prevent ICANN from taking appropriate steps to
enforce certain provisions of its contracts.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As we stated in our Jun-2015 comments, the BC believes that ICANN should be able to enforce contracts that are voluntarily entered by registries and registrars, and to enforce
contract terms that are voluntarily added by new gTLD registries in the form of Public Interest Commitments </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">However, public comments from Danielle Kehl and David Post at New America requested stress tests designed to suggest that ICANN’s enforcement of contract provisions such as section
3.18 of the 2013 RAA could violate the new limited mission and prohibition on regulation of services and content</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">12</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The BC believes that the CCWG’s bylaws text is not clear on the tension between contract enforcement and a limited mission for ICANN.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">On the one hand, CCWG’s text could be read to prevent ICANN from enforcing Public Interest Commitments, or from agreeing to other contract provisions implementing consensus policies.
On the other hand, CCWG’s text does not effectively limit ICANN from acting outside consensus policy in the implementation of those contracts.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The BC asks CCWG to resolve the ambiguity with more clarity in the final proposal. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Becky Burr <<a href="mailto:Becky.Burr@neustar.biz">Becky.Burr@neustar.biz</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 11:10 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Malcolm Hutty <<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net">malcolm@linx.net</a>>, Accountability Community <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>>, ACCT-Staff <<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Attempt to summarize discussion regarding Mission and Contract<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">to ³regulate services that use the DNS or the regulation of content these<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">enforce its contracts. What are we to make of this? IMHO it reflects a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">With all due respect Malcolm, I will take a back seat to no one as a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">consistent and ardent defender of ICANN¹s limited mission. I completely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">hard in defense of that line. That is the original bargain, and I<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">commitment to honor the "picket fence.²) That said, I believe I have<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">fairly represented the diversity of views on the specific language in the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">proposed Mission statement. Of course, all are free to disagree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">So I will restate the specific questions for the CCWG:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "To the extent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "ICANN shall not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">On 11/10/15, 7:55 PM, "Malcolm Hutty" <<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net">malcolm@linx.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I am writing to supply evidence that two of your consensus level<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">estimations are not consistent with these standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I am writing to disagree with your estimation of the level of consensus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">o To the extent that registry operators voluntarily assume obligations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">ICANN should have the authority to enforce those commitments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> /NOTE: There is not ³full consensus² on this position/.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">To the extent that this principle as stated would override the principle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">that ICANN should not seek to regulate the content of web sites or the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">general business practices of domain registrants (parties who have no<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">privity of contract with ICANN), I believe there is widespread<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">disagreement with your proposal in evidence in the public comment record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Please find attached 11 comment extracts from the first public comment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">period. I have chosen these 11 comments as being examples that clearly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">and unequivocally expresses opposition to your proposed principle, to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">the extent stated above. These comments come from a broad range of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">stakeholders, including a Congressional Resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I therefore content that the correct assessment is that there is *no<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">consensus* in favour of this principle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">*We do not appear to have consensus on the following concept*: /Without<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">in any way limiting the foregoing absolute prohibition, ICANN shall not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">regulate services that use the Internet's unique identifiers, or the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">content that such services carry or provide./<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The same attached comments express clear support for this concept, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">in many cases explicit endorsement of the wording.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The only criticism of it in the public comment was from the intellectual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">property stakeholders spread across BC/IPC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Since there is both broadly based support and the only objections to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">this principle come from a narrow segment of the community, I contend<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">that the proper assessment is that this principle *has achieved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">consensus, stopping short of full consensus*.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Policy, as defined by Specification 1 of the New gTLD Registry Agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Becky, I'm afraid the only person who keeps coming back to Specification<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1/Spec 4 as an adequate statement of the bounds of the Mission is you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">And whenever you do so, it is challenged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I don't think you have any basis whatsoever for claiming that this group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">as a whole has selected these documents as its view of the best or most<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">bounds of ICANN's Mission in this area. Unlike those demanding further<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">changes, I offer evidence in support of this claim, in the form of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">It seems to me deeply regretable and contrary to our declared aims of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">transparency and inclusion to disregard both the general tenor and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">explicit recommendations of the public comment, and to allow vitally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">important last minute changes to be pushed through at the behest of a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">small group merely because that group has greater stamina for conducting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">a war of attrition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Removing the widely popular restriction on ICANN's Mission would<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">dishonour the public comment. For that reason, this group really ought<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">not to support your proposal. Public comment replies should matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">There being no new proposal that has reached consensus and that still<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">honours the public comment response, the only proper course is to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">proceed with the existing text. Those few that disagree may be invited<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">submit a minority statement, should they wish to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Malcolm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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