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<p>I have to agree with Andrew here, and have a suggestion. <br>
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<p>The Board will meet with whom they wish, but we can suggest that
time be set aside, before or after they meet, for a public
dialogue with the stakeholder constituencies of ICANN. That way we
can hear what they are thinking on this particular issue, and
share what we are thinking. This could be educational for all, and
possibly clear the ground for more productive pdp-wg work, and a
better common understanding as between the Board and the
constituency groups. <br>
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<p>While I can not be in Abu Dhabi, it might make excellent sense to
block out a piece of that meeting program for this particular
conversation with the Board. <br>
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<p> This also may be a topic for the intersessional in February in
L.A.<br>
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<p>Sam L. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="-1">On 9/22/2017 11:20 AM,
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<pre wrap=""><font size="-1">On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 03:15:58PM +0000, Vayra, Fabricio (Perkins Coie) wrote:
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<pre wrap=""><font size="-1"> Simply put, my concern is that these independent and misinformed conversations will result in bad decision making
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But what are the decisions that are being made? The decision-making
process is via PDP -- _this_ PDP.
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<pre wrap=""><font size="-1">if not render them useless altogether.
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If we worry about every occasion on which someone on the Internet is
wasting their time, we're _really_ going to be busy :-D
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