From the transcript: >>MASON COLE: THANK YOU, STEPHANE. I JUST HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT TO READ FROM THE REGISTRAR STRARLD GROUP. ALTHOUGH THE REGISTRAR STAKEHOLDER GROUP INTENDS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, WE RECOGNIZE THE EFFORT TO PROTECT THE MARKS OF THE IOC AND THE RED CROSS ORIGINATED WITH THE BOARD. THE REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO ALTER THE BOTTOM-UP POLICY DEVELOPED BY THE GNSO COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO THE NEW gTLD PROGRAM CONSTITUTES, IN OUR VIEW, A CIRCUMVENTION OF THE BOTTOM-UP POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS AT THE CORE OF OF BOTH THE GNSO AND OF ICANN. THE GNSO COUNCIL SHOULD EXPECT THE BOTTOM-UP PDP TO BE HONORED AND ADHERED TO BY THE COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. On 03/15/2012 12:35 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > Can someone send me an email or link to the registrar statement on the IOC/RC - you know, the one where they say, "this proposal completely breaks our process but we are going to vote for it anyway" > > Milton L. Mueller > Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies > Internet Governance Project > http://blog.internetgovernance.org > -- Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] +1 914-374-0613 Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html https://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/ http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/