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Thanks, Milton. I think it is important that people understand who and what is behind the so-called "Consumer Constituency" proposed by Beau Brendler.<div><br></div><div>Have any of NCUC members who are consumer organizations been contacted by Beau Brendler (or anyone affiliated) in an effort to include existing noncommercial consumer organizations in the constituency that he and ICANN staff are promoting under the label of "consumer"?</div><div><br></div><div>I noticed that no consumer organizations commented in favor of Beau's petition during the <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-consumers-constituency/msg00007.html">ICANN Public Comment Period</a>, so I wonder on what basis Beau claims to be a consumer representative (other than he used to work for one).</div><div><br></div><div>Robin</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/9/22/4329523.html">http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/9/22/4329523.html</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; 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><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>