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Hi,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20-Feb-15 17:58, Christopher
Wilkinson wrote:<br>
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<div>I rest my case: the ICANN Board is the Regulator; not a
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Just because some entity may or may not be a regulator under some
definition for 'regulator' does not say anything about whether or
not it is also a stakeholder grouping or comprised of stakeholders.<br>
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I personally I think of the Board as staff since they are paid by
ICANN. And I think that staff are stakeholders too.<br>
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There are probably many other ways in which their stakeholder nature
can be argued. From the most basic defintion, they too have a stake
in the recommendations and decisions being made. If one has a stake
in a decison, they are, by definition, a stakeholder.<br>
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One of the most surprising aspects of multistakeholderism is the
tendency some have to define others as not having a stake.<br>
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avri<br>
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