<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>Paul,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is no problem in GAC using the word "abuse". It's the word that the industry uses anyways; I use it in a daily basis. The problem is not in using it, but using it in a way that implies it has a clear definition that could base a framework on. As long as we remember that it is a "I know it when I see it" term, we can make progress. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="">Thanks Michele. While I am sympathetic to the point that you and Rubens are making, we have a concrete problem in that the GAC uses the word "abuse." So, unless we want to respond back (and I am not suggesting this, only pointing out how awkward it would be) that "we don't know what the word "abuse" means, we need to move past this initial observation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Paul</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana;" class=""><div id="wmQuoteWrapper" class="">-------- Original Message --------<br class="">Subject: Re: [council] For your review - GNSO Review of GAC Communique<br class="">Hyderabad<br class="">From: Michele Neylon - Blacknight <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">michele@blacknight.com</a>><br class="">Date: Tue, December 13, 2016 6:25 am<br class="">To: "<a href="mailto:policy@paulmcgrady.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">policy@paulmcgrady.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:policy@paulmcgrady.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">policy@paulmcgrady.com</a>>, Rubens<br class="">Kuhl <<a href="mailto:rubensk@nic.br" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rubensk@nic.br</a>><br class="">Cc: Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">marika.konings@icann.org</a>>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">"<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br class=""><br class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Paul<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Unfortunately while there are plenty of references to “abuse” there are no clear definitions of what is or isn’t “abuse”.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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