<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Malcolm,</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Are you suggesting that the Oct 9th meeting constituted a test for<br>unanimous consent?</span></font></div></blockquote><br></div><div>No. Sam’s note says:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the record supports your (1) reservation of your continued objection; and (2) agreement that the interim rules could proceed so long as ICANN's commitment to make future transition arrangements was included in the Interim Procedures. [Note, that commitment was already in a footnote and remains in there</span></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>I’m asking if the transcript is incorrect in your view and you didn’t say what the transcript sets out? <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Cheers,<div><br></div><div>CD</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 23 Oct 2018, at 19:06, Malcolm Hutty <<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net">malcolm@linx.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On 23/10/2018 16:17, Chris Disspain wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Malcolm,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As you know, the board is intending to look at this on Thursday.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>With respect, your note below to Sam does not deal with the matter in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>hand which Sam has set out in detail in her note to you. The Board will</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have before it a report from the WG signed off by the WG Chair and an</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>explanatory letter from the Chair dealing with your position. It would</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>be most helpful to the Board if you could address the issues outlined in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sam’s note to you regarding your acceptance of the report as an interim</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>measure with a clear footnote about the timing issue. Are you suggesting</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that you did not agree to this and that the transcript is wrong? </span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Dear Chris,</span><br><span></span><br><span>At the time I understood the Interim Report was being approved despite</span><br><span>my objections. I therefore simply restated for the record that I stood</span><br><span>by them, and reserved the right to dispute the consistency of this</span><br><span>provision with the Bylaws through other means.</span><br><span></span><br><span>So I am confused by what you mean by "acceptance of the report".</span><br><span></span><br><span>Are you suggesting that the Oct 9th meeting constituted a test for</span><br><span>unanimous consent?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Perhaps David should clarify: David, in your mind, was that meeting a</span><br><span>test of unanimous consent?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Malcolm.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span> Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523</span><br><span> Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog</span><br><span> London Internet Exchange | <a href="http://publicaffairs.linx.net/">http://publicaffairs.linx.net/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span> London Internet Exchange Ltd</span><br><span> Monument Place, 24 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ</span><br><span></span><br><span> Company Registered in England No. 3137929</span><br><span> Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>