<div dir="ltr"><div>Martin</div><div>Thank you,</div><div>You took your British pen and proposed a British style new version with which I have no major problem ( BY THE WAY WHAT IS MAJOR ,I DO NOT TELL YOU, SINCE YOU DIS NOT DESCRIBE WHAT IS SMALL MINORITY  ).</div><div>However, As I explained many times I would like you kindly describe what is small minority .Until the time that this question is not answered, I have serious difficulties to accept such a vague term due to the fact that it would turned against a particular group if other groups decide to penalize that group</div><div>PLEASE KINDLY EXPLAIN QUANTITATIVELY OR GROUPWISE WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SMALL MINORITY</div><div>how many members out of 30 or how many communities out of 13 communities that was described in one output message ?</div><div>Secondly under second bullet relating to Recommandation, it is indicated</div><div>Quote</div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

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</font></div><div>r b</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-09-12 14:15 GMT+02:00 Martin Boyle <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Martin.Boyle@nominet.org.uk" target="_blank">Martin.Boyle@nominet.org.uk</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Thank you Kavouss.  As requested, I have made specific drafting suggestions on the latest draft in drop box (although there was also a suggestion from Joe in
 a separate drafting thread where I have a slightly different line from him).  I have left the comments in place as I think it is important that colleagues understand why I have concerns.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">I have not tried to change the filename:  as Alissa pointed out in her mail, this should wait for a new clean draft to avoid causing confusion.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 11 September 2014 21:34<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin Boyle<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alissa Cooper; Coordination Group<span><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Internal-cg] Consensus building discussion<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">Martin</span><u></u><u></u></p></font></span><span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">I agree with most of the things that you said.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">However, it might be useful that you suggest a revision marked text and move all of your comments to the covering.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">It seems that at least I have sympathy for many of your thoughts but prefer to see your text possibly not coming back to square one. No one believes that anyone else
 should be excluded. A team work means everybody should be given the opportunity to comment.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">What bothers me is that some people want to restrict the process to only three operational communities .While we agree that their interest should be met but we want to
 give opportunity to others </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">I am happy that you also agree to maintain the case by case approach.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">Waiting your editorial and other sort of amendment in a revision mark approach not introducing square bracket and comments in the margin</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">SUGGEST CONCRETE AMENDMENTS and give the name to the file as you wish</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">However, I wish to reiterate that I would have serious difficulties if one focus on a particular case or particular community or the language and approach used by a particular
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">We need to be general and cover every body&#39;s case
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:14pt">Regards</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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