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<DIV>I agree and support Milton's and Avri's version, particularly in view of the very tight time frame the PDP will take place in.</DIV>
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<TD><STRONG>From: </STRONG></TD>
<TD>William Drake <william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch></TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>To:</STRONG></TD>
<TD>NCUC Members List <NCUC-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>, NCSG-Policy <ncsg-policy@n4c.eu></TD></TR>
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<TD><STRONG>Date: </STRONG></TD>
<TD>2/21/2010 6:30 AM</TD></TR>
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<TD>[ncsg-policy] Re: Vertical integration charter</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Hi
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<DIV>On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:23 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:</DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Arial; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; 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" class=Apple-style-span>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My version, on the other hand,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">simply asks the WG to make a determination whether the staff deviated from existing policy/practices in drafting the contract. That is a more objective, well-defined and less open-ended objective and can be completed in a reasonable period of time.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=blue size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Therefore, I am asking for your support so that Avri and I can legitimate tell the Drafting Team that NCUC/NCSG support the first version of Objective 5.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>Of course. Our point was always to set in place a coherent and reasoned framework to replace decision making based on staff fiat, not to slow down new gTLDs. </DIV>
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