[NCSG-Discuss] NCSG members and the closed generic issue

[Carl Smith]

You've got my ++ Ron

Lou

On 3/4/2013 10:07 PM, Kathy Kleiman wrote:
> +1, 2 and 3.
> Kathy
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> :
>> On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>>
>>> Dear NCSG members:
>>>
>>> A group of us, including so far Robin Gross, Avri Doria, Andrew 
>>> Adams, Nicolas Adam and Brenden Kuerbis, have developed a comment 
>>> with ICANN on the closed generic issue.
>>> You can read our comments at this Google docs link: 
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tPuEELJ2y6-d0hwF_qPupQb0V5OEFpqkMwcApDRNZf0/edit?usp=sharing
>>> We can still add names to the list of supporters, or you could file 
>>> a quick and easy individual comment with ICANN expressing your 
>>> support for the statement after it comes out.
>>
>> hi Milton and other signers of the document.
>>
>> i am disturbed by the title of the proposed submission as it implies an
>> endorsement of the NCSG.
>>
>> in reading the content of the document, it also suggests this is the
>> position held by a majority of NCSG stakeholders and fails to mention 
>> that
>> this issue has been one of the more lively topics on our mailing list 
>> with
>> contrasting/opposing views.  i especially find that the wording borders
>> on "bullying" when you state that "we find these claims to be 
>> hysterical..."
>> i don't recall hysterical language being used by dissenting views posted
>> on the mailing list.   i find the use of emotional language unpersuasive
>> and unfitting in a position document.
>>
>> would it be impolite to ask that the title be changed and the content
>> modified to limit the scope of general support/consensus implied on 
>> the full membership of the NCSG?
>>
>> -ron wickersham
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