<p dir="ltr">DNS is already a starting reference point and there is a colon (:) after policies then you have item "a" which talks about security and/or stability.....</p>
<p dir="ltr">So it seem in order to me. Nevertheless the professional proof reader may want to have a look.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 8, 2015 2:45 AM, "David Post" <<a href="mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com">david.g.post@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I believe that some (important) words have been inadvertently omitted from the Mission Statement in Annex 5. It currently reads:<br>
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ICANN's Mission, "in its role of coordinat[ing] the allocation and assignment of names in the root zone of the Domain Name System ("DNS")," is to<br>
"coordinate the development and implementation of policies:<br>
[a] For which uniform or coordinated resolution is reasonably necessary to facilitate the openness, interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability; and<br>
[b] That are developed through a bottom-up, consensus-based multi-stakeholder process and designed to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique names systems."<br>
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I believe that the words "of the DNS" should follow "security and/or stability" .... That's correct, no? [otherwise it doesn't make sense -- the "openness" etc. of what?]<br>
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