Dear James,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for being concerned and caring. We are all working together on glitches (change in email address), process and substance. I must take the blame for this situation caused by an error in one of my email and which started this.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope all is well with you</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards, Alain<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:22 PM, James Njoroge Gitau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kaswesha@gmail.com">kaswesha@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! Colleagues and good members.</p>
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Is there conflict in the leadership? It won’t be
a very good picture nor will it sound any good. Kindly solve the issue
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Concerned;<br>
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James Njoroge.</p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Hughes, Debra Y. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Debra.Hughes@redcross.org" target="_blank">Debra.Hughes@redcross.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Robin,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I sent the email because I received the attached rejection notices. Thanks for adding my address.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">American Red Cross<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2025 E Street, NW<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Washington, D.C. 20006<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:202.303.5356" value="+12023035356" target="_blank">202.303.5356</a> (p)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Robin Gross [mailto:<a href="mailto:robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG" target="_blank">robin@IPJUSTICE.ORG</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hughes, Debra Y.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alain Berranger; <a href="mailto:npoc-voice@icann.org" target="_blank">npoc-voice@icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Statement Explaining Our Deferral of the Vote<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not sure why you think you aren't the list. You are and just posted to it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Hughes, Debra Y. wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Since I appear to have been removed from the NCSG/NCUC list, can you please post to the list. I remain the representative for American Red Cross within the<span> </span>
NPOC and NCSG.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2025 E Street, NW</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:Debra.Hughes@redcross.org" target="_blank">Debra.Hughes@redcross.org</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Hughes,
Debra Y.<span> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>'Robin Gross';<span> </span><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>RE: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Statement Explaining Our Deferral of the Vote</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Can you please clarify the precise results of the vote by NCSG on this decision for deferral, including whether there was any opposition to this decision by
any NCSG constituency? </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Debra Y. Hughes </span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2025 E Street, NW</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Washington, D.C. 20006</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:202.303.5356" value="+12023035356" target="_blank">202.303.5356</a> (p)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>]<span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Robin Gross<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" target="_blank">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>[NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Statement Explaining Our Deferral of the Vote</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">NCSG finds it impossible to bypass ICANN’s bottom-up policy development process in this way. At a time when multi-stakeholder processes on the Internet are being challenged, this proposal
is both questionable on the merits, and contrary to ICANN’s processes. Therefore, the NCSG has no option at this stage but to defer the vote at least until the public comment period is closed.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">One of the most important parts of the ICANN process is the public comment period, which allows public engagement and permits those affected by policies to express their views. Public comments
constitute a quintessential part of iCANN’s ecosystem. How can ICANN depend on public comments when it makes a decision before they have all been received? The council should not hold a vote on something as important as the implicit creation of a new form
of reserved names, especially one that singles out some international organisations for special consideration while ignoring others without full comment. The critical importance of public comments was recognized by our colleague Mr. Steve Metalitz, chair of
the IPC in a recent comment. Mr Metalitz said:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"">“In trying to make the decision before the public comment period has closed, ICANN has failed to fulfill its pledge, in the Affirmation of Commitments, to employ “responsive
consultation procedures that provide detailed explanations of the basis for decisions, including how comments have influenced the development of policy consideration,” and to “continually assess[] and improv[e] the processes by which ICANN receives public
input (including adequate explanation of decisions taken and the rationale thereof).” <a name="136138531ac8fe42_136131df73f625a8__ftnref1"></a><a title="">[1]</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">We could not agree more with this statement by our fellow stakeholder group – the IPC.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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the Not-for-profit Operations Constituency that are intended to create a more fair and less arbitrary standard for reserved names.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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deferral of this vote.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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