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Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On September 5, 2017 12:27:34 PM EDT, elliot noss <enoss@tucows.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">and I will add to this that I am not (at all) convinced that giving away money with a broader scope than the organizational mission would risk non-profit status in any way. ISOC, nominet cira and NLnet are all examples to the contrary.<br /><br />I also respect and appreciate ICANN legal giving us their view on the matter AND they are deeply incented to take a narrow view of this question. I do not begrudge them that. BUT, we should be able to avail ourselves of independant opinion, particularly in dealing with $230m!<br /><br />hopefully that is enough for mark to hold off on his resignation until this issue is determined, because it is relatively simply determinable.<br /><br />EN<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Sep 5, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Marc Gauw <marc.gauw@nlnet.nl> wrote:<br /> <br /> Hi all,<br /> <br /> After reading the Board reply with respect to 'Conflict Of Interest', it is getting obvious that the Board does not encourage that ccWG-members would also nominate for receiving/dispersing auction-funds later-on.<br /> <br /> I have to respect that, and therefor have decided to leave the ccWG per today.<br /> <br /> Note that NLnet Foundation over the last 20 years has been very active in dispersing our own charity-fund to hundreds of Internet projects, the last years primarily on open source and cybersecurity. <br /> <br /> It was our intention to share our 'Internet-charity-experience' with this team DURING the ccWG, AND to provide support with dispersing parts of the auction-funds to the right non-profit cybersecurity projects AFTER the ccWG.<br /> <br /> Now that it retrospectively turns out that the first support may exclude us from the second support, we have no choice than to leave the ccWG, since potentially receiving a (modest) part of the ICANN funds is crucial for our NLnet-battle against exponentially growing cybersecurity threats.<br /> <br /> Many thanks for working together with you, and all the best with the remaining work in the ccWG !<br /> <br /> Kind regards,<br /> Marc<br /> <br /> <br /> Op 4-9-2017 om 16:29 schreef Erika Mann:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> Dear All - <br /> <br /> herewith I'm forwarding Steve's reply to our letter. <br /> <br /> We will have a first exchange on Thursday this week, during our CCWG AP call. I send Steve already a quick reply, saying that we will discuss the Board letter then for the first time. <br /> <br /> Best, <br /> Erika<br /> <br /> <br /> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br /> From: Steve Crocker <steve.crocker@board.icann.org><br /> Date: Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 3:19 PM<br /> Subject: Board reply to CCWG-AP<br /> To: Erika Mann <erika@erikamann.com>, Ching Chiao <chiao@brandma.co>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org><br /> Cc: Steve Crocker <steve.crocker@board.icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, Icann-board ICANN <icann-board@icann.org>, Avri Doria <avri@apc.org>, "Sarah B. Deutsch" <sarahbdeutsch@gmail.com>, Board Operations <Board-Ops-Team@icann.org>, Sally Costerton <sally.costerton@icann.org>, Samantha Eisner <Samantha.Eisner@icann.org>, Lauren Allison <lauren.allison@icann.org><br /> <br /> <br /> Dear Erika and Ching,<br /> <br /> Thank you for your letter received on May 22, 2017 on behalf of the Cross Community Working Group on New gTLD Auction Proceeds (CCWG-AP) in response to the Board email of March 2nd 2017.<br /> <br /> On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to see that we are aligned in our thinking regarding the points discussed in the original email. Specifically, in response to your letter, please find attached a letter including additional acknowledgements and requested clarifications.<br /> <br /> Thank you again for your efforts leading this work. <br /> <br /> Steve<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><hr /><br /> Ccwg-auctionproceeds mailing list<br /> <br /> Ccwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org<br /> <a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds</a><br /></blockquote> <br /> <br /> -- <br /> Marc Gauw,<br /> Directeur Stichting NLnet<br /> + 31 6 24 874 224<br /> + 31 20 888 4252<br /> <br /> marc.gauw@nlnet.nl<br /> <br /> Science Park 400<br /> 1098 XH Amsterdam<br /> <br /><hr /><br /> Ccwg-auctionproceeds mailing list<br /> Ccwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org<br /> <a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds</a><br /></blockquote><br /><hr /><br />Ccwg-auctionproceeds mailing list<br />Ccwg-auctionproceeds@icann.org<br /><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccwg-auctionproceeds</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>