[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Response from Working Group co-chairs to George Kirikos' written submission

[George Kirikos]

Hi folks,

To respond briefly (I'll have more on Thursday's call), that letter
purports to respond to the PDF of last week, see:

http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-igo-ingo-crp/2018-January/001035.html

Folks will note that it fails to acknowledge most of the serious and
detailed points that were made in that prior PDF (which would have
corresponded to the oral arguments I planned for last week).

In addition, it attempts to invent/manufacture a "brand new reason" to
ex-post justify anonymity by attempting to attack my own behaviour (on
pages 4 and 5). That new reasoning is entirely without merit. Sections
2.2.1, 3.4 and 3.5 of the PDP Working Group Guidelines have specific
procedure in place in the event any behaviour *actually* breached the
guidelines.

https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-01sep16-en.pdf

The fact that I've not been given a formal warning, private or public
(see Section 3.5), by the co-chairs speaks for how weak and
unjustified this "brand new reason" is, and how they're stretching to
justify anonymous participation, regardless of the ICANN principles of
transparency and accountability. By their weak reasoning, it implies
that each and every PDP I'm involved with (and even those I'm not
involved with, but decide to comment on publicly!) should have
anonymous input/polling, lest folks have their positions be be
criticized and scrutinized (an important accountability mechanism).
There are defamation laws in place for anyone who damages another
person's reputation based on false statements. I'm sure most folks are
aware of why free speech exists, and I need not waste folks' time
repeating the standard reasons.

I'll have more to say on Thursday with regards to the actual basis for
the Section 3.7 appeal focusing on the long-established principles of
transparency and accountability, but just wanted to put the above on
the record.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
http://www.leap.com/


On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> This email is being sent by staff on behalf of Phil and Petter, co-chairs of this Working Group.
>
> As part of the procedural agreement that was reached on the call between George, Phil and Petter last Thursday 11 January (also attended by Paul Keating, Paul Tattersfield and ICANN Ombudsman Herb Waye as an observer), a deadline of 1800 UTC today (Tuesday 16 January) was agreed for Phil and Petter to respond in writing to George’s written submission from Thursday.
>
> Staff confirms that a written response was sent to George before this deadline. A copy of that response is attached for your reference. A further call has been scheduled for this Thursday between the parties concerned. As was done with the call last week, this call will also be recorded and the recording and transcript posted to the Working Group wiki space.
>
> Cheers
> Mary and Steve
>
> On 1/11/18, 10:44, "Gnso-igo-ingo-crp on behalf of George Kirikos" <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org on behalf of icann at leap.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi folks,
>
>     In the spirit of transparency, attached is documentation for the basis
>     of the Section 3.7 appeal (meeting today at noon Eastern time, as
>     previously noted), for the benefit of all members of this PDP.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     George Kirikos
>     416-588-0269
>     https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.leap.com_&d=DwIBaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DJ69mAe-idEhpAMF1nu2x6c2w3xl7xb5cjS_7sB4h6Y&m=_JjgSClWjfv0M3yKNP0cwFt5D76H1UUIyBEf4mLMTGA&s=mZsL1yoQG-FMywjFIxMF033f8C_jmZz25otmSYnrY08&e=
>
>     On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 6:33 PM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
>     > Just confirming receipt of the invitation to a call on Thursday, 11
>     > January 2018 at 17:00 UTC for 60 minutes.
>     > (09:00 PST, 12:00 EST, 17:00 London GMT, 18:00 Paris CET) that I was
>     > sent off-list. If others interested in the Section 3.7 appeal want to
>     > attend, presumably they can contact ICANN Staff (Mary, etc.) for the
>     > relevant passcode/invite and call-in details.
>     >
>     > Have a nice weekend!
>     >
>     > Sincerely,
>     >
>     > George Kirikos
>     > 416-588-0269
>     > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.leap.com_&d=DwIBaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DJ69mAe-idEhpAMF1nu2x6c2w3xl7xb5cjS_7sB4h6Y&m=_JjgSClWjfv0M3yKNP0cwFt5D76H1UUIyBEf4mLMTGA&s=mZsL1yoQG-FMywjFIxMF033f8C_jmZz25otmSYnrY08&e=
>
>
>
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