<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Farell Folly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farellfolly@gmail.com" target="_blank">farellfolly@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">However, divergence is sometimes needed to make a better agreement and implement a sustainable solution.</blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">+1 </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">I took a vacation. Seeing I have always invested my usual 3 weeks of vacation time to ICANN endeavours, this is the first time in almost 10 years!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">The narrative we're supposed to credit says there are no agendas in an ICANN/GNSO PDP WG. I generously grant that opinion status. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">The airing of disagreements, even to the point of what diplomats term 'a full and frank expression of views', sooner rather than later, is the best approach for negotiating consensus. Might sound counterintuitive at first blush but......</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small">-Carlton</div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>==============================<br>Carlton A Samuels<br>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><i><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i><br>=============================</div></div>
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