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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thankyou for proving my point Guru. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However, if anyone does wish to provide
useful feedback to ICANN’s performance, the RFC is there. I hope I have
flagged it up sufficiently and made it clear that there is a clear route from
comment to consideration within ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I will now go back to being just an
occasional reader of this mailing list. If anyone wishes to contact me
personally, please email me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kieren<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Guru@ITfC
[mailto:guru@itforchange.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:48
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">governance@lists.cpsr.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: [governance] ICANN
RFC on its performance</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Kieren,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I am surprised
by the tenor of your mail. If one is genuinely interested in finding out
how one (or ones institution) can improve; humility and openness are
pre-requisites. If you have already decided what will be valuable and what will
not be valuable in others views, and also are using colorful language on possible
feedback (see excerpts below)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>"</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>the RFC is not about rolling out the usual fantasies about how
ICANN can be restructured, or moaning about something that happened three or
more years ago. As far as ICANN is concerned, those days are over " . </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"please do not waste your time and
mine writing a diatribe and then expect it to be included in discussions"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"I am sure this post will attract the
usual personal insults" </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"If it is, as I fear it will be, the
usual rants with a smattering of other comments, I have plenty of other things
to take up my time"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>it is unlikely
to be conducive to getting to know and understand what others think about
icann.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Bill Drake has
already responded with why the discussions on this list relating to icann are
not 'historical' or purely 'negative'. There are other reasons why your posting
on the RFC can be considered flawed.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>1. the critical
issue for this list is not just 'how icann can be made more efficient' but
rather that what is the ig space and includes what can be the icann role in
that space and what is the legitimacy icann requires in order to play such a
role (current icann structure is illegitimate - it plays a role in
governing global resources and is under the control of a single govt, secondly
with this illegitimacy, it seems to be moving from working for
'technical stability" to clearly issues of public policy domain as was
evident from the recent discussions on the .xxx gtld - see also the report from
Karl Auerbach). </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>2. the goal is
not merely being </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"driven solely by a
desire to improve the Internet and its functioning – and I think
it’s a real shame that you can’t simply assume that – one of
the most effective ways of doing that will be to work within ICANN’s self-changing
processes." ...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>it can also be
how to make a new paradigm as the internet meaningful to the large sections
across the world who have been historically marginalized. The focus is not
solely on the internet itself, but how development and equity goals can be
furthered (as they indeed can be) through the new information society that we
are attempting to build. The current set of internet users are the ones who may
benefit most from a better functioning internet, but to make internet actually
'available' (not in terms of mere access, but rather of effective
use) to everybody in the world is a challenge for internet governance, far
bigger than 'better functioning'. And as we have argued earlier on this list,
the internet community is not merely those who logon today, but all those who
are impacted by the net (which is or will soon be the entire humanity).
And in the same vein, the views in Dhaka or <st1:City w:st="on">Accra</st1:City>
may be different from what you may find in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">San Juan</st1:place></st1:City> on icann.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>3. The support
to the above view comes from the goal of a 'development oriented information
society' that the WSIS DOP calls for; and how icann and other institutions can
help towards building such a society. The goal also is how such a process
itself can be as participatory and democratic as possible, beyond usual
'inter-governmental pacts' or beyond 'privatised arrangments' (such as icann)
to one with greater role for civil society and other constitutencies. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Sorry to say it,
but the sort of arrogance / intolerance i see in your mail is what can put
others off. Just as we have to assume (and rightly so imo) that those who see
icann as the best possible institutional arrangement for internet governance
are driven by their vision of a better society, those that find icann an
illegitimate, non-transparent, exclusive, non-accountable institution
should be assumed to be equally so driven and discussions on this list have
often been brave efforts across this spectrum to figure out some ways
forward.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I have tried to
keep my post as mild as possible and hope it wont be labelled as a 'diatribe'!
Hope you can reconsider your RFP terms and more importantly the underlying
thinking. It may enthuse more to contribute to your efforts in this regard, as
general manager for 'public participation'.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Guru</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Kieren
McCarthy [mailto:kierenmccarthy@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:57
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">governance@lists.cpsr.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] ICANN RFC on
its performance</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I recognise that raising this may be the
online equivalent of throwing a lump of meat to a pack of starving wolves, but
then *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>not raising it</span></b>* seemed more
stupid to me because of the depth of knowledge and expertise on this list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ICANN has put out a Request for Comments
on its performance. And since this list seems to discuss little else, I really
think you should review it and get involved. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Taking my newly acquired ICANN hat off for
a second, the idea of discussing ICANN at the IGF is, I assume, in order to
draw attention to the elements of the ICANN model that people don’t think
are working properly. There are some genuine grievances there and it’s
understandable that people would wish them raised at the Internet Governance
Forum. I would argue however that most of these grievances are rapidly becoming
historical, and that is the reason why the IGF will likely not discuss them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For those people that are driven solely by
a desire to improve the Internet and its functioning – and I think
it’s a real shame that you can’t simply assume that – one of
the most effective ways of doing that will be to work within ICANN’s
self-changing processes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>ICANN hat back on (yes, it was off for
that last paragraph). The RFC is out there for public comment. It is structured
around a series of questions about how ICANN is doing and how it has done (I will
list them below). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am ICANN’s general manager of
public participation. That means I consider it *<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>my job</span></b>* to encourage participation and input from the Internet
community. I also consider it my job to make sure that input is heard at the
relevant levels within ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am sure this post will attract the usual
personal insults but my record stands for itself when it comes to publicly
raising issues in this field. I would request that people make use of that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Let me make it quite plain though, the RFC
is not about rolling out the usual fantasies about how ICANN can be
restructured, or moaning about something that happened three or more years ago.
As far as ICANN is concerned, those days are over and now it is all about
getting the job done. So any feedback that focuses on helping ICANN get the job
done will be gratefully received. Plus feedback on recent changes in ICANN
– if ICANN is going along the right path. Do provide your views with as
many facts as possible. They will be listened to.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you do not want to provide this sort of
feedback, for whatever reason, then please do not waste your time and mine
writing a diatribe and then expect it to be included in discussions. You can
continue trying to get your issues raised outside ICANN. For those that want to
provide ICANN with a helpful outside perspective however, please do respond.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The deadline is 5 June. If there is enough
material on ICANN’s sites on 6 June (note: not on this governance mailing
list – I will not be considering material in response to this post) to
justify it, I will put in a request for a meeting at San Juan where we can
discuss this topic openly and freely and I’ll stick myself in as the
organiser. I will then produce a report on what is discussed and I will make
sure that everyone in ICANN knows about it, from the receptionist to the CEO.
But that’s only if the material is useful and if there is enough of it.
If it is, as I fear it will be, the usual rants with a smattering of other
comments, I have plenty of other things to take up my time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So, that RFC:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As part
of an ongoing interest in continuous improvement, ICANN is seeking community
feedback about its performance. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>All
responses are welcome. Targeted comments regarding several areas of
performance, which have been drawn from the ICANN Strategic Plan, are of
particular interest:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Is ICANN becoming more transparent, accessible
and accountable? What improvements have been observed and what still needs
to be done? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Has ICANN improved its operational performance?
What improvements have been observed and what still needs to be done? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Has ICANN improved its performance in the
development of Policy? What improvements have been observed and what still
needs to be done? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Has ICANN increased international participation?
What improvements have been observed and what still needs to be done? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Have there been improvements in participation and
in efficiency of the ICANN multi-stakeholder model? What more needs to be
done? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What plans and actions have been observed that
position ICANN for more comprehensive transition of the technical
coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers. What
more needs to be done? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What improvements have been made in dispute
resolution and the application of fairness and equity in the management of
complaints and other mechanisms of review that are available? These
include the work of the reconsideration committee, the Ombudsman and
independent review. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Comments will be
received at <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/performance-2007/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/performance-2007/</a>
until June 5, 2007 and should be sent to: <a
href="mailto:performance-2007@icann.org">performance-2007@icann.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You can see this announcement here: <a
href="http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08may07.htm">http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08may07.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have also put up a blog post about it
(open to comments) here: <a href="http://blog.icann.org/?p=125">http://blog.icann.org/?p=125</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And I have created a page on the Public
Participation site (wide open and proud of it) here: <a
href="http://public.icann.org/issues/performance">http://public.icann.org/issues/performance</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Feel free to discuss freely on the Public
Participation site. If you want a chatroom for it, just ask. If you want a
structured forum page for it, just ask.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And please do spread the news of this RFC
as far and as wide as you can.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers. See you all in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place> in a few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kieren<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Kieren McCarthy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>General manager of public participation,
ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>kieren.mccarthy@icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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