Well said, I would like to echo those words.  Thanks to all you guys, 
you have really sacrificed to keep on top of this massive, thankless 
task.  Some of us had better sign up to help out on the next round.
Stephanie Perrin

On 2016-02-24 6:10, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
> Dear Ed, Robin, and all those who have been involved in the Cross 
> Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability—
>
> Thank you for representing the constituency's views so well. You do 
> not need me to tell you how monumental your work here has been, but 
> your commitment, efforts, and patience here is most certainly noted. 
> The final report you have linked to is overwhelmingly long but I will 
> commit to reading it by Marrakech. I am thankful to Robin for writing 
> a very clear minority statement which identifies some problematic 
> areas in the report, and Milton's blog post is an extraordinarily 
> useful introduction that makes approaching the report a much 
> less daunting task. But I digress: THANK YOU again for everything that 
> you have done.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:04 AM, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     Dear NCSG Member,
>     The numbers are staggering; 221+ calls or meetings, 3 public
>     consultations, more than 13,900 email messages. This has been the
>     Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability.
>     Today we have released our final report:
>     https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58723827
>     <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=58723827>.
>     NCSG Member and co-founder Milton Mueller has termed the report
>     “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. I can tell you there has been a
>     lot of the Ugly the past few days. I can also tell you that your
>     NCSG members who have fought for you day after day after day the
>     past fourteen months on the CCWG were there again today, at 1 in
>     the morning in America and 6 in the morning in the U.K., fighting
>     for your interests. We didn't win today but we have won more than
>     our fair shares of battles in the past and if this proposal is
>     even half acceptable it is largely due to hard unending unceasing
>     work of the finest volunteers in ICANN: those of the Noncommercial
>     Stakeholders Group.
>     A special shout out goes to our Member on the CCWG: Ms. Robin
>      Gross. I don't know how Robin did all she did. Her unfortunate
>     time zone meant she often had biweekly calls at 4 a.m. Yet she was
>     always there, always awake, always fighting for you and for me. In
>     the early days we didn't have many volunteers and Robin and I were
>     covering everything ourselves. I remember one evening we had just
>     finished our seventh call that day on something called the Legal
>     sub-team and I wished Robin a good night. Night? She had an eighth
>     call coming up on something called Work Area 2 (not to be confused
>     with Work Stream 2, Work Party 2, or the many Sub-team 2's we've
>     all been a part of). I felt like such a slacker. Seven calls, that
>     was nothing. Robin had eight.
>     Where are we now, you may ask, in the process?
>     The final report goes to the GNSO Council where your six
>     Councillors (myself, Amr Elsadr, David Cake, Stephanie Perrin,
>     Stefania Milan and Marilia Maciel) will by March 8th cast votes on
>     all twelve recommendations. As we are the folks who represent you
>     in this process we need your input, we need you to tell us what
>     you think, we need your help. We also understand it won't be easy.
>     This Report is in the hundreds of pages and it is not easy
>     reading. I'd like to offer to help.
>     If you have any questions about the Final Report please ask them
>     here. One of our many CCWG participants will be sure to see it and
>     will answer it. If not I pledge to go through this list every 24
>     hours and if there is an unanswered question about our Report here
>     I will either answer it or I will find someone who can. If you'd
>     prefer to ask me something privately my e-mail address is
>     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. You
>     can reach me on the Wire app using the  address [log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. You can Skype me at ejmorris. I want
>     each and every one of you to have every opportunity to view,
>     understand and question any aspect of this Final Report that is of
>     interest to you. This is the most important change in ICANN in
>     over a decade. I want our members to be the best informed of any
>     group in this community.
>     Let the questions and the discussion begin. Is this the ICANN you
>     want, going forward? If not, why not. If so, what do you like
>     about the proposal. Don't understand something? Ask it here. How
>     do you want me to vote on each of the twelve recommendations? I
>     ask for your guidance.
>     Thanks for considering - and thanks for being part of the largest
>     and most diverse group in all of ICANN: the Noncommercial
>     Stakeholders Group. Thanks as well  for trusting me to represent
>     you on the GNSO Council: it is a distinct honour that I cherish
>     each and every day.
>     Kind Regards,
>     Ed Morris
>
>
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> Statement of Interest 
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