<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I second the motion...it's quite well constructed and realistically addresses the dynamics of interest aggregation and representation, and the development process was quite correct. Kudos...<div><br></div><div>BD<br><div><br><div><div>On Feb 28, 2009, at 11:30 PM, Mary Wong wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <div>I just wanted to place on public record my appreciation to Milton, Robin and everyone else who contributed feedback, suggestions and their time towards completing and submitting the current NCSG proposed charter. In particular, I wanted to thank Milton for taking on the original, daunting task of proposing language and ideas to meet the ICANN Board's restructuring goals as well as various (and sometimes conflicting) critiques and suggestions from a number of constituents and other groups, and Robin for preparing a succinct yet comprehensive (and to my mind persuasive) summary of the proposal to the Board. Everyone involved also handled external relations tactfully and well.</div> <div> </div> <div>Even if some of our members may disagree with specific aspects of the proposal, I believe we can all agree on the fact that it was a thankless and difficult task, and that those who took it on accomplished a lot in time-straitened and occasionally difficult circumstances.</div> <div> </div> <div>Best,</div> <div>Mary</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong><font color="#800080">Mary W S Wong</font></strong></div> <div>Professor of Law</div> <div>Franklin Pierce Law Center</div> <div>Two White Street</div> <div>Concord, NH 03301</div> <div>USA</div> <div>Email: <a href="mailto:mwong@piercelaw.edu">mwong@piercelaw.edu</a></div> <div>Phone: 1-603-513-5143</div> <div>Webpage: <a href="http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php">http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php</a></div> <div>Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=437584">http://ssrn.com/author=437584</a></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></body></html>