<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div>Weren't we set up for failure from the start? Whenever there is a conflict of jurisdiction, only States can resolve the issue. If the government of the State of Wallawalla declares its courts have sole jurisdiction over all matters dealing with the abuse of ferrets, unless other States agree to waive jurisdiction of their courts over such matters and adopt procedural guidelines on how to transfer such authority, a unilateral declaration of jurisdiction over ferret matters is inapplicable. </div><div>It wold result in forum shopping, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>GDPR is inapplicable as it is written. </div><div> </div><div><br></div><div class="ydp3eccc104signature">Nathalie </div></div>
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On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 9:26:57 PM EDT, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
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<div>Dear colleagues,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I certainly appreciate the notice from the Chairs (and indeed, I have<br clear="none">not made my travel plans yet). But I think we are permitting<br clear="none">formalism to get in the way of plain talk:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 05:03:41PM -0700, Chuck wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Whatever happens, it will be up to the Council and the GNSO as a whole to<br clear="none">> determine the status of the RDS PDP WG going forward.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It seems to me blindingly obvious that the RDS PDP has not come to a<br clear="none">successful conclusion, but that events mean that we _have_ come to a<br clear="none">conclusion. The fact that all these other things are going on and<br clear="none">that there is all this uncertainty suggests to me that the ICANN<br clear="none">community would be better served if we simply admitted it and sent<br clear="none">them that message, loud and clear, before Panama. There is no hope<br clear="none">whatever that anything resembling this WG is going to be reconvened to<br clear="none">solve the same problems. We ought to state forthrightly that, at<br clear="none">least under our previous charter, we argued for two years and barely<br clear="none">made a dent in this topic.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We failed. We should have the courage to admit it so that the ICANN<br clear="none">community can take that into account in whatever it tries to do next.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best regards,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Andrew Sullivan<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com" href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a><div class="yqt3095976807" id="yqtfd98174"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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