+2 - Chris and Andrew, well expressed - and to all, congrats!<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jordan <span></span><br><br>On Friday, 27 May 2016, Goran Marby <<a href="mailto:goran.marby@icann.org">goran.marby@icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1<br>
Goran<br>
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> On May 27, 2016, at 17:45, Andrew Sullivan <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'ajs@anvilwalrusden.com')">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear colleagues,<br>
><br>
>> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 11:36:04PM +1000, Chris Disspain wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> This has been a long, arduous and at times emotional<br>
>> process. Through all of the debate, discussion, disagreement,<br>
>> compromise and journey to consensus there have been many ups and<br>
>> downs but I have never failed to be anything other than impressed<br>
>> and sometimes overwhelmed by the commitment of those who chose to be<br>
>> involved and who have gave their time and effort selflessly to this<br>
>> process.<br>
><br>
> I of course want to express my joy that we have crossed this milestone<br>
> and my congratulations and thanks to everyone involved. But also, I<br>
> want to emphasise something in what Chris says above.<br>
><br>
> Doing things in the sort of open ways that the various Internet<br>
> operational communities do is hard work. Feelings run high, and<br>
> because we work on the Internet and in full view of everyone it takes<br>
> a great deal of personal discipline and good will for people to come<br>
> to compromises. And yet, over and over again, the community delivers.<br>
> "Awesome" is a much-overused word, but if ever I have felt awe it is<br>
> in response to the ability of people from many different backgrounds<br>
> and points of view, and with divergent needs, to come together in the<br>
> best interests of the Internet.<br>
><br>
> When I was in Washington earlier this week, there were a couple times<br>
> when I thought the line of questioning contained an underlying<br>
> implication: that you can't _really_ trust this sort of important<br>
> responsibility to an amorphous bunch of people on the Internet. But<br>
> the Internet works because of the way we work things out. We forge<br>
> proposals and build the future in the furnace of public discussion.<br>
> The Internet functions for everybody partly because everybody is<br>
> invited to help make it function.<br>
><br>
> We do, together, what none separately could do. The doubters will<br>
> continue to deride our ways as naïve and amateur, but our ways -- of<br>
> coming to consensus and constantly respecting the value of that<br>
> consensus -- give our results both effectiveness and the greatest<br>
> legitimacy. I am enormously grateful to be part of what can only<br>
> properly be called a global community.<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> A<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Andrew Sullivan<br>
> <a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'ajs@anvilwalrusden.com')">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br>Jordan Carter<br>Chief Executive, InternetNZ<p>+64-21-442-649 | <a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a><p>Sent on the run, apologies for brevity<br></p></p>