At 3:51 PM -0800 19/1/10, Robin Gross wrote: >Thanks for sending this draft council letter around. It is very >good except I do not agree that the review groups should operate >under Chatham House Rules on confidentiality. It would certainly be >a step backward for a group that is to assess the openness and >transparency of ICANN to operate in this secret fashion and contrary >to ICANN's promises of openness and transparency. Everything else >in the letter looks good however. I am going to agree with Brenden on Chatham House rules being valuable. I think a review team needs to be able to raise a wide range of concerns without worrying about it reflecting on them personally, and I think Chatham House rules enable a wider range of discussion of the issues than might otherwise occur if individual participant comments were made public. Regards David