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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a name="_MailEndCompose">For the record, and as I stated on Friday's WG call, the views expressed in that article, as indicated by repeated use of the word “we”, were those of my then-client the ICA and not my personal views.<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Therefore, nothing expressed in that article should be taken as indicative of my current personal view regarding any aspect of the URS, much less any position that may or may not be taken on
any URS issue by my current employer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Philip S. Corwin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Policy Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">VeriSign, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">12061 Bluemont Way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">Reston, VA 20190<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">703-948-4648/Direct<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">571-342-7489/Cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose"></span>
<p class="MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: gnso-rpm-wg [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of George Kirikos<br>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:14 PM<br>
To: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org><br>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [gnso-rpm-wg] URS Proposal #33 - putting URS providers under contract</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">In preparing for tomorrow's presentation, I stumbled upon the following blog post by Philip Corwin (then of the ICA) in 2013:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.internetcommerce.org/urs_truth_breach/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.internetcommerce.org/urs_truth_breach/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">which documented that "the STI-RT unanimously recommended that URS providers be placed under contract, and then the board unanimously adopted all of its recommendations regarding the URS"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Steve Crocker (ICANN Chairman at that time), in response to a question, noted that:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">"Yes, a contract is being developed and additional URS providers will be added."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The blog post went on to say:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">"But to ICANN we give a total FAIL for its disingenuous response to our question about contracts for URS providers. Rest assured, this is a subject on which we do not intend to rest or retreat."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I didn't reference this document in my proposal, but did want to put it into the record in advance of our call, to further support the background and rationale of the proposal. Folks may want to read it in its entirety, instead of simply
the snippets above.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">George Kirikos<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">416-588-0269<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.leap.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.leap.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">gnso-rpm-wg mailing list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rpm-wg</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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