<html><head><base href="x-msg://1158/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Brian, for circulating these.<div><br><div>For some of you this public comment process may be new, or this may be a new level of involvement.</div><div>It is instructive to read the comments and to try to understand the background and origin of the comments.Recourse to the original submission is often helpful.</div><div><br></div><div>There are always those who take the opportunity to fight other battles - including the lost ones of the past;</div><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">IPC: The public is not
adequately represented in the governance model, including the Board. business
and intellectual property community should have a substantial role on the Board
and the governance structure should be reformed</span><!--EndFragment-->
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<div style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>and it may be the first time for some of us that one's own transparent and independent processes get re-characterized:</div><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This system, in which ICANN
reviews itself, is clearly biased and ICANN answers to no one but contracted
parties. A recent example is the request for an “independent expert” for its
Accountability and Transparency Review. ICANN is choosing its own researcher to
assess its decision-making to determine if it is aligned with the principles of
the AoC. Doing this creates an inappropriate relationship between ICANN and the
experts involved.</span><!--EndFragment-->
</div><div><br></div><div>Others are just factually wrong:</div><div><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Board decided to launch
the new gTLD program, in spite of concerns by GAC that its principles were not
fully reflected</span><!--EndFragment-->
</div><div><br></div><div>(The new gTLD programme has not yet launched, and efforts are underway to understand and deal with GAC concerns)</div><div><br></div><div>It makes winnowing out the useful comments and recommendations more difficult, but is an instructive exercise.</div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Peter </div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Brian Cute wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">RT,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Attached is a draft summary, prepared by Olof Nordling, of public comments received to date in response to the ATRT’s questions to the community. Please read, if you have not already, the public comments received. If you have any suggested edits to the draft, please send them to the list. If you could do so by close of business on Friday, August 6 that would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Brian<o:p></o:p></div></div><span><ATRT Summary of Comments v1 (3).doc></span>_______________________________________________<br>AT-Review mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT-Review@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">AT-Review@icann.org</a><br><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-review" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-review</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>