<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Jonathan,<div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sent from my mobile<br>Kindly excuse brevity and typos</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 3 Jan 2020, 20:17 Jonathan Zuck, <<a href="mailto:JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org</a>> wrote:<span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">.</span></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ol style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><li>The interesting wording in their letter "<span style="color:rgb(103,103,97);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important">We have therefore agreed to issue an Inspection Request
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whether the ASO had received any nudges from other members of the EC before filing the request."</span></span></li></ol></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">SO: The letter was actually written by the ASO EC themselves(note not the ASO AC) as it is the Chair of the EC that is a member of the empowered community[1].</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">1. <a href="https://www.nro.net/accountability/aso-and-icann-accountability/icann-empowered-community/">https://www.nro.net/accountability/aso-and-icann-accountability/icann-empowered-community/</a></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ol style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><li><br>
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<div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">I'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with it but I'm always interested in the genesis of such a, as Alan put it, "historic action." Make sense?</span></font></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 3, 2020 1:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jonathan Zuck <<a href="mailto:JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alan Greenberg <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>>; Christopher Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>>; <a href="mailto:cpwg@icann.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">cpwg@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:cpwg@icann.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">cpwg@icann.org</a>><br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, 2 Jan 2020, 22:17 Jonathan Zuck, <<a href="mailto:JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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I suspect, from reading how carefully this is worded, that EFF is behind this. Very interesting tactic.
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<div dir="auto">SO: Do you mind elaborating further on this? Am trying to understand the connection between EFF and the NRO that you've figured out.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 1, 2020 12:59:15 PM<br>
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lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>>;
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<div>Thanks Christopher.<br>
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Unless I missed something, this is a rather historic action. It is the FIRST time the accountability powers given to the ICANN community with its new Bylaws have been used in a proactive way, and by the part of the ICANN Community least expected to intervene
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<a href="https://circleid.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=71b27c0808a16ff6f58bfc4fc&id=e1426faeb7&e=0b1201fc7b" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">The Number Resource Organization (NRO) Issues Inspection Request to ICANN Concerning the .ORG Sale</a><br>
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