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I'm not so keen on the amendment re: Chatham House rule. I don't like the idea that the review teams can decide its a secret and its a secret. Its too easy and there is no limitation on what they can decide is an exceptional circumstance. I prefer the amendment we discussed in the call today which deletes the entire reference to Chatham House rule.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Robin<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 27, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Mary Wong wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div>Although I don't have a problem with the Chatham House rule, in deference to other members' concerns and to avoid a scenario where striking out the clause entirely would be an exercise unsupported by the other groups, how about a friendly amendment along the lines of:</div> <div> </div> <div>"It is expected that any communications or other input sought and received will be provided in good faith, and that SOs/ACs will exercise prudence and make use of the opportunity when it is necessary to support the teams and/or convey major concerns. In exceptional circumstances, a SO or AC, the review teams or members thereof may consider it necessary to subject such communications or other input to reasonable restrictions such as the Chatham House rule, and where this is the case, the relevant parties to the affected communication or input shall, as far as possible, be informed in advance."</div> <div> </div> <div>It's been a long day here too (and not just because of vertical integration and ICANN!) so if anyone more familiar with the issue cares to amend further, please feel free!</div> <div><br>Cheers</div> <div>Mary</div> <div> </div> <div> <div><strong><font color="#800080">Mary W S Wong</font></strong></div> <div>Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs</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><br><br>>>> </div> <table style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 15px; FONT-SIZE: 1em" border="0" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 7px"> <table style="FONT: 8pt Tahoma" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>From: </strong></td> <td>William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@GRADUATEINSTITUTE.CH">william.drake@GRADUATEINSTITUTE.CH</a>></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>To:</strong></td> <td><<a href="mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCUC-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>></td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Date: </strong></td> <td>1/27/2010 3:28 PM</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Subject: </strong></td> <td>motion on Chatham</td></tr></tbody></table>"Obviously, any such communications would need to respect reasonable<br>restrictions like the review teams adherence to the Chatham House rule, and the SO/ACs<br>should be expected to exercise prudence and to only make use of the opportunity when it is<br>necessary to support the teams and/or convey major concerns.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></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></div></body></html>