<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Chris and All,<br><br></div>Apologies that I have not been able to attend the most recent conference calls due to other pressing work commitments. I am new to ICANN Working Groups, so am not as familiar with the process as many of you are. My procedural question is this: how important is the date for delivering our Initial Report? It seems clear to me that our working group has not yet reached a consensus position. I also believe that issuing an initial report with multiple opinions may not be as helpful to the community in the policy making process. Is there another option of providing an update saying that the Working Group has not yet come to a consensus on the content of its initial report, so the initial report will be delayed while we continue to work on reaching consensus?<br><br>The question at hand is "am I in favor of having only one opinion in the initial report?" In theory, I am, but if we need to issue an initial report at this stage, I do not think we should include only one opinion as I do not think that reflects the current state of the Working Group.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Peter<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><br><div><div style="font-size:13.3px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><div style="font:10px 'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif">
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Dillon, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.dillon@ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank">c.dillon@ucl.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">During Thursday's call, we had a straw poll:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Are you in favor of having only one option in the initial report?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">As you know, in the versions of the draft initial report until now there have been two options (recommendations for and against mandatory transformation), but if it
is possible to have only one, the report will likely have a stronger effect. Whatever the result of the report, the arguments for and against will remain in it; this poll only concerns the options.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please send your vote to the list if you did not vote on Thursday. The options are:
<b>Yes, No </b>and<b> Abstain</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please vote by 14:00 UTC on Thursday 27 November</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">. (Note that there is no meeting
on that day; the next one is 4 December.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">In summary
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">- This is not a consensus call on the options.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">- This is to decide whether the initial report should have one set of recommendations or two sets of recommendations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">- If a majority believes it should be only one set, the WG, at a later stage (probably during our next meeting, on 4 December) will decide which set it will be.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">- Please bear in mind that this is the initial report and following public comments on it we will be able to modify/amend/change/reverse our draft recommendations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Incidentally, I shall email soon asking for your comments on version 5 of the report and including the rest of mine.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Chris.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Research Associate in Linguistic Computing, Centre for Digital Humanities, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT Tel <a href="tel:%2B44%2020%207679%201599" value="+442076791599" target="_blank">+44 20 7679 1599</a> (int 31599)
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