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<div style=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Oct 2018, at 13:30, Malcolm Hutty <<a href="mailto:malcolm@linx.net" class="">malcolm@linx.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">On 23/10/2018 18:39, Chris Disspain wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Malcolm,<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Replying to your questions in reverse order:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">the record supports your (1) reservation of your continued objection;<br class="">and (2) agreement that the interim rules could proceed so long as<br class="">ICANN's commitment to make future transition arrangements was included<br class="">in the Interim Procedures. [Note, that commitment was already in a<br class="">footnote and remains in there<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">I’m asking if the transcript is incorrect in your view and you didn’t<br class="">say what the transcript sets out?<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">If you really want to focus on the transcript, and insist on my comment<br class="">on its accuracy, then I must note that the transcript does have some<br class="">mis- and failed transcriptions of words, omissions, and one point where<br class="">my comments were marked as "indiscernible". So I have gone back to the<br class="">audio recording, and made my own corrected transcript:<br class=""><br class="">Malcolm Hutty:<br class="">"Thank you, David. You are handling this meeting in an especially formal<br class="">manner, so I think it important that I respond accordingly with a formal<br class="">statement for the record on this point. I am already on record as saying<br class="">that I do not believe this time for filing is consistent with the<br class="">Bylaws. We are in dispute about that, and we have decided to adopt this<br class="">interim procedure to create the time to resolve this dispute but without<br class="">holding up what ICANN assures us is urgent for these bylaws on an<br class="">interim basis. So, I'm OK with that, but only on the understanding that<br class="">I want understood for the record that that in no way waives or resiles<br class="">at all from the disagreement or the dispute as to the compatibility of<br class="">this clause with the bylaws or its propriety. Thank you."<br class=""><br class="">None of that could reasonably be construed as support for or agreement<br class="">with the provision in question.<br class=""><br class="">Instead it shows acceptance that there was no further opportunity for<br class="">discussion within the IOT, but determination to seek resolution through<br class="">other channels.<br class=""><br class="">Now I'm not sure what this really matters to the Board - surely it is<br class="">the substance of the issue you should be considering - but I do think<br class="">that reporting the above to Cherine as "No objections were received" is<br class="">less than frank, and conceals from him the real nature of the decision.<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Are you suggesting that the Oct 9th meeting constituted a test for<br class="">unanimous consent?<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">No. <br class=""></blockquote><br class="">In that case, what does it matter what I said, whether this might be<br class="">misconstrued as agreement, or even whether I in fact agreed? The<br class="">majority supported reporting out, so that's what was done. Please note<br class="">that I never raised a complaint about this: this enquiry is at your [the<br class="">Board's] instigation.<br class=""><br class="">That still leaves the Board with the responsibility to consider whether<br class="">the claim of inconsistency with the Bylaws has merit.<br class=""><br class="">Cherine is now in receipt of a formal letter from and on behalf of the<br class="">whole NCPH constituent entities (BC, IPC, ISPCP and NCSG) advising you<br class="">of substantive concerns with the Interim Rules, matching my own.<br class=""><br class="">My suggestion would be to focus on that, rather than picking over the<br class="">IOT meeting of 9th October, which neither David nor I requested.<br class=""><br class="">Malcolm.<br class=""><br class="">P.S. Bernie: please would you have the transcript corrected to match the<br class="">section quoted above.<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""> Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523<br class=""> Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog<br class=""> London Internet Exchange | <a href="http://publicaffairs.linx.net/" class="">http://publicaffairs.linx.net/</a><br class=""><br class=""> London Internet Exchange Ltd<br class=""> Monument Place, 24 Monument Street London EC3R 8AJ<br class=""><br class=""> Company Registered in England No. 3137929<br class=""> Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>