[CPWG] Yet Even Further Revised Statement

[John Laprise]

Thanks for your input George. We will take it into consideration.

I would note that your statement regarding a statement from a collective
group is exactly how the ALAC functions in practice as described in the
bylaws and humbly submit that your argument is with them.

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John Laprise, Ph.D.


On Thu, May 2, 2019, 1:00 PM George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:

> Would folks please send whatever version is being contemplated for
> discussion using the open PDF format? I don't use Microsoft Word, and
> different viewers that I'm trying to read these documents (Google
> Docs, ChromeOS' reader, etc.) are giving different results, with some
> words completely disappearing in some documents.
>
> I noticed some of the wording has changed, too, and overall disapprove
> of the document, for reasons previously explained (e.g. imposition of
> the URS, and the fee increases), as per my own public comments:
>
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> https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-org-renewal-18mar19/2019q2/003178.html
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> Sometimes, long sections of the text are used to speak to one side of
> an issue, but much less is spent discussing the other side of that
> issue. e.g. the document stretches to include every possible
> justification for allowing unlimited fee increases, but doesn't point
> to the strong arguments on the other side, reflected not only in my
> statement, but the statement of thousands of members of the public.
>
> Nowhere does it mention that under a competitive tender, for example,
> that registry fees would be less than $1.00 per domain name per year,
> and that registry operators are already making enormous profits. All
> the arguments have already been posted.
>
> For the record, as discussed previously, I don't support a statement
> being made as a collective group. Folks should have made individual
> statements, if they felt strongly about the issue, and thereby attach
> their own name to their own statement, rather than purport to
> represent a consensus of 3.9 billion or more users.
>
>
> https://www.statista.com/statistics/273018/number-of-internet-users-worldwide/
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
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> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 1:29 PM Judith Hellerstein
> <judith at jhellerstein.com> wrote:
> >
> > HI Greg,
> >
> > This is an excellent statement.  I have made some grammatical changes to
> the document and have attached these as a revision in track changes
> >
> > See all at 4pm
> >
> > Judith
> >
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> > On 5/2/2019 12:04 PM, Greg Shatan wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Building on Justine’s excellent last draft, I have edited and revised
> the draft somewhat for consideration on today’s call.  The redline is
> attached.  i will send a clean and a PDF asap.
> >
> > I look forward to today’s call.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Greg
> > --
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