<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span class="gmail_default" style="font-style: normal;"><font class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Dear Jeff and Cheryl,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">At the end of this long effort, I want to thank you very much for your willingness to lead what appears to have turned out to be a major life event for you both!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I would like to note for the record that I support the concerns raised by Greg, Elaine Pruis, Jim Prendergast, Jessica Hooper, Kathy Kleiman and others on Topic 9 about RVCs, and specifically oppose draft recommendations 9.9 and 9.10. I do not think these recommendations have consensus without absolute clarity and determination that PICs and RVCs must not and will not violate the scope and mission of ICANN.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I share the current Board members worries, and the dilemma that ICANN will be asked to enforce things outside its scope and mission, which it cannot do (directly or through a third party).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> The Board members who have contributed their views on this are right; we cannot allow this to happen.</span><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I do not think these recommendations have consensus to move forward - under any definition of consensus that I know. This certainly would not pass the carefully considered consensus evaluation of RFC 7282, which is in my opinion one of the most careful and considerate studies of the factors that are relevant and important in assessing a degree of consensus.</span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">George</div></font></span></div></body></html>