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    Dear Milton,<br>
    <br>
    as I said, I decline having to make a judgement call whether there
    was consensus or not and since this does not appear to have been
    clear, I apologise for having been seen to be declaring consensus. <br>
    Others have confirmed there was a preference for 2. The face to face
    meeting in Frankfurt was supposed to be making such decisions and in
    the meantime the clock is ticking. As a result, I'd like to find out
    if there was any consensus on any of the discussions we had. I think
    it was a good meeting and I thought we had found consensus on some
    of the points.<br>
    <br>
    Kind regards,<br>
    <br>
    Olivier<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/11/2014 13:27, Milton Mueller
      wrote:<br>
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      <div>Olivier: </div>
      <div>Everyone knows that a face-to-face meeting where involving an
        arbitrary fraction of the people involved cannot be used as a
        basis for determining consensus. It always has to come back to
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      <div>No reasonable or fair person would think that there is
        consensus on this question at this point and therefore it's very
        disturbing that you're suggesting that there is. </div>
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      <div>Let me remind you that any attempt to arbitrarily declare
        consensus and then ram something through is simply not going to
        work, particularly since there are major checks and balances
        built into the process including the review by the ICG and a
        review by the US government.  It would undermine the legitimacy
        of the entire process, at a moment when legitimacy is absolutely
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      <div>At this stage you would do best to answer the arguments and
        the criticisms made and not try to get away with ignoring them
        by pretending that they don't have a significant amount of
        support. <br>
        <br>
        Milton L Mueller
        <div>Professor, <span style="font-size: 13pt;">Syracuse School
            of Information Studies</span></div>
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        On Nov 24, 2014, at 04:47, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond &lt;<a
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          Dear Guru,<br>
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          I'll let our Chairs decide on whether there was consensus or
          no consensus, bearing in mind consensus is not unanimity.<br>
          Kind regards,<br>
          <br>
          Olivier<br>
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          <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/11/2014 10:35, Guru Acharya
            wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Olivier,
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              <div>I don't agree that consensus was found on Option 2.</div>
              <div>Malcolm and Matthew strongly objected to Option 2 as
                reflected in the transcripts.</div>
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              <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 1:50 PM,
                Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
                <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  Dear Avri,<br>
                  Dear Milton,<br>
                  <span class=""><br>
                    On 24/11/2014 05:11, Avri Doria wrote:<br>
                    &gt; 1. Strong separability: every n (n= 2-7?) years
                    a new RFP is released<br>
                    &gt; and all comers, current contract holder
                    included, apply for the IANA<br>
                    &gt; contract and the best candidate is picked.<br>
                    &gt;<br>
                    &gt; 2. Weak seperability: every n (n=2-7?) years a
                    review of the current<br>
                    &gt; contract holder is reviewed and the review
                    committee has the option to<br>
                    &gt; put out an RFP for the IANA contract if there
                    are unresolved issues.<br>
                    <br>
                  </span>What I heard at the face to face meeting is
                  that the directly affected<br>
                  customers were looking for operational stability and
                  therefore preferred<br>
                  option 2. My understanding was that consensus was
                  found at 2 rather than 1.<br>
                  Kind regards,<br>
                  <br>
                  Olivier<br>
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