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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In this letter, I find myself unable to decode the meaning of this passage, and am asking Heather and/or other GAC members to clarify:
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At this stage it would appear that the GAC and individual governments and inter-governmental organisations can best contribute at this level through the community process for domain name issues.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In this statement, does “this level” mean the ICG level? Or does the statement that “governments and inter-governmental organisations can best contribute at
this level through the community process for domain name issues” mean that GAC is agreeing with our suggestion that they contribute to the the operational community working level? I can’t tell for sure from this statement, but I fear it is the former.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If so, are GAC members are telling us that they are unable or unwilling to participate in the actual proposal development process in the operational communities?
If so, do they fully understand that the substantive proposals will actually come from that lower level, not from the ICG, and that neither GACs nor governments as actors will be able to second-guess, veto or otherwise modify or intervene substantively in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> internal-cg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrik Fältström<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 19, 2014 4:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alissa Cooper<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ICG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Internal-cg] FW: GAC Participation in ICG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FWIW, I created a folder in Dropbox named "communication" where I saved this letter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Patrik<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 19 aug 2014, at 05:18, Alissa Cooper <<a href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in">alissa@cooperw.in</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On behalf of the GAC Chair, please find attached a reply to the ICG's correspondence of 18 July 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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