I agree and support Milton's and Avri's version, particularly in view of the very tight time frame the PDP will take place in. Cheers Mary Mary W S Wong Professor of Law & Chair, Graduate IP Programs Franklin Pierce Law Center Two White Street Concord, NH 03301 USA Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage: http://www.piercelaw.edu/marywong/index.php Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 >>> From: William Drake <[log in to unmask]> To:NCUC Members List <[log in to unmask]>, NCSG-Policy <[log in to unmask]> Date: 2/21/2010 6:30 AM Subject: [ncsg-policy] Re: Vertical integration charter Hi On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:23 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote: My version, on the other hand, simply asks the WG to make a determination whether the staff deviated from existing policy/practices in drafting the contract. That is a more objective, well-defined and less open-ended objective and can be completed in a reasonable period of time. Therefore, I am asking for your support so that Avri and I can legitimate tell the Drafting Team that NCUC/NCSG support the first version of Objective 5. Of course. Our point was always to set in place a coherent and reasoned framework to replace decision making based on staff fiat, not to slow down new gTLDs. Bill