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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I am afraid I am
starting to feel this way as well. The end user voice that we
are here to provide is becoming a glaring absence. And we need
to do more than ask for a seat on the PIR board. We should be
joining our voice to others asking why and how the public
interest aspect of this corner of the ecosystem can be so easily
abandoned. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita </font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/8/2020 4:33 AM, Vittorio Bertola
via CPWG wrote:<br>
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<p>Il 2020-01-07 22:22 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> ha scritto:</p>
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<div><a
href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20200105_hilyard_has_a_historic_chance_to_activate_icann_at_large/"
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Activate ICANN At-Large</a></div>
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<div>The main reason why almost 20 years ago we fought to create
the ALAC and preserve some form of user representation in
ICANN after the cancellation of the original At Large election
mechanism was exactly to guarantee a voice for the global
public interest of billions of Internet users, against
possible capture or failure of ICANN's industry
self-regulation model. I have rarely seen a case in which that
global interest is so clear, so uniformly shared across the
community and so loudly voiced. IMHO, failing to act in this
case would easily become evidence in favour of those who
challenge ALAC's usefulness and ability to fulfill its
mission.</div>
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vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu
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