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<DIV><SPAN class=814435015-04022009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
would support Avri's statement for the most part. My only quibble would be to be
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color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ICANN staff, under
direction of the Chairman, allowed for questions to be posted after the Meeting
and subsequently answered by appropriate staff."
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class=814435015-04022009><FONT face=Calibri>While obviously staff should answer
questions directed to them, i would not want to encourage ICANN to treat this
kind of staff mediation as a _substitute_ for direct interaction with the Board
at Public Forums</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Milton Mueller<BR>Professor, Syracuse University School of
Information Studies<BR>XS4All Professor, Delft University of
Technology<BR>------------------------------<BR>Internet Governance
Project:<BR><A
href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org</A><BR></FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Non-Commercial User Constituency
[mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>William
Drake<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 04, 2009 5:38 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: [council]
GNSO letter to the ICANN Board regarding Public
Participation<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Do NCUC people have any comments on the attached letter? if so
they're due by 23:59 UTC today. I'll be offline traveling so if yes
please send to Carlos or Mary.</DIV>
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<DIV>BD</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=5><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5>Avri Doria <<A
href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</A>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=5><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5>February 3, 2009 5:27:35
PM GMT+01:00</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=5><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5>GNSO Council <<A
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=5><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5><B>RE: [council] GNSO
letter to the ICANN Board regarding Public Participation</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=5><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 18px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=5><A
href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Updated version of the
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