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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>BC Members Comments at the mike in the Public Forum in Prague 28th June 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Globalization of ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>>>STEVE CROCKER: WE'RE RUNNING CONSIDERABLY BEHIND TIME AND THERE'S JUST SIMPLY CHOICES TO BE MADE. WE CAN KEEP GOING WITH THIS. WE HAVE GLOBALIZATION OF ICANN AND NEW gTLDs AND SOME TOPICS THAT ARE LISTED UNDER ANY OTHER BUSINES."<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>LET ME JUST DO A QUICK SHOW OF HANDS HERE.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>WHICH OF THESE WOULD YOU LIKE NOT TO TALK ABOUT.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT TALKING ABOUT GLOBALIZATION OF ICANN, RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW gTLDs, RAISE YOUR HAND. OHHHH.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>[ LAUGHTER ] >> THERE'S ONE BACK THERE.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>[ LAUGHTER ] >>STEVE CROCKER: I SEE. SO PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>YOU GET -- YOU GET 20 SECONDS HERE. GO. SERIOUSLY. CRAM IT IN. 140 CHARACTERS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><edit><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>>>MARILYN CADE:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'> MY NAME IS MARILYN CADE AND I AM GOING TO CHANGE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE WE JUST SENT A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>[ APPLAUSE ]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT. HERE'S WHY I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. THIS ORGANIZATION, I HEARD A METAPHOR ON MONDAY ABOUT ICANN BEING AN OASIS. WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO COME HERE. AND GLOBALIZATION IS SO ESSENTIAL WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH MORE ACTIVELY. SO I THINK ACTUALLY FOR THE FUTURE OF ICANN, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, GLOBALIZATION AS A TOPIC IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NEW gTLDs.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>[ APPLAUSE ]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>>>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>>>MARILYN CADE</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>: SO I'M GOING TO MENTION A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION THAT B.C. MADE ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ICANN COULD HAVE GRASPED TO SEND A WONDERFUL MESSAGE TO THE WORLD ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO GLOBALIZATION. WE COULD HAVE PRIORITIZED IDNs. WE DIDN'T DO IT BUT WE COULD HAVE. THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GIFT TO US AND TO THE WORLD TO SAY WE ARE ACTING IN THE GLOBAL PUBLIC INTEREST. WE ARE IN FACT IN TROUBLE OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING US, NOT KNOWING US NOT CARING. LET'S DO SOMETHING ACTIVE AND PROACTIVE, AND WE STILL CAN. BUT LET'S ALSO STILL REALIZE THAT GLOBALIZATION IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>>>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. NEXT.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br style='orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>