Folks let me say this:
1.  Milton, you were not supposed to publish it!  I needed to edt it to 
reflect the new status of it being a minority report, and also no 
mention of JF Baril
2.  We need to be sure I am correct.  IF they are right and i have 
misread the report, then I look like an idiot.
3.  Most of the report is still concensus.  AS I think I said in the 3 
pager, recently, certain principles put everything slightly out of 
balance....
Sheesh.  Can they bann me from ICANN?
ON a positive note, I must say your blog is well read Milton, I got a 
sweet note from Mikey.  I guess he knows what I feel like right now...
cheers steph

On 2014-06-08, 3:48 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
> probably "occupy" the 2 public sessions for EWG i.e. attending them ,  
> ask the hard questions and debunk the myth of having consensus.
> privacy issue was suggested by Marilia as 1 of the topics for the 
> meeting with Board too,
> we also should comment the report itself in due time.
>
> Rafik
>
> Hi
>
> p. 6  "This Final Report, including its recommendations and proposed 
> principles for the next- generation RDS, reflects a consensus.”
>
> p. 164  "With the delivery of this Final Report and its 180 
> consensus-supported principles, the Board’s vision has indeed 
> materialized.”
>
> p. 165 "Among the EWG members were seasoned entrepreneurs and global 
> leaders (Ajayi, Ala- Pietilä, Neylon, Rasmussen, and Shah). Their 
> collective expertise in balancing risks and their results-oriented 
> problem solving style paved the way to reaching an early consensus 
> among the EWG.”
>
> This characterization doesn’t seem to quite fit with Stephanie’s 
> excellent and (astonishingly) suppressed Dissenting Report…
>
> How shall we proceed in London?
>
> Bill
>
>>
>> *From:*Denise Michel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> *Sent:*samedi 7 juin 2014 19:36
>> *Subject:*Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) Final 
>> Report
>> Dear All:
>> The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has issued 
>> their Final Report 
>> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-06jun14-en.pdf>. 
>> Given your group's interest in this topic, I wanted to bring this to 
>> your attention, along with the public sessions the EWG has scheduled 
>> at the ICANN London meeting:
>>
>>   * An introduction to the Final Report: EWG Overview of Final Report
>>     <http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ewg-final-overview>,
>>     Monday, 23 June, 1515 – 1615
>>   * Two cross-community discussion sessions:
>>       o EWG Final Report Discussion Session
>>         <http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-ewg-final-discussion>, Monday,
>>         23 June, 1700 - 1900
>>       o EWG Final Report Discussion Session
>>         <http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-ewg-final-discussion>,
>>         Wednesday, 25 June, 0800 – 1000
>>
>> The Final Report fulfills the ICANN Board's directive to help 
>> redefine the purpose and provision of gTLD registration data, and 
>> provides a foundation to help the ICANN community (through the GNSO) 
>> create a new global policy for gTLD directory services. This 
>> report represents the culmination of an intense 15 month period of 
>> work during which this diverse group of volunteers 
>> <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-directory-services-2013-02-14-en> created 
>> an alternative to today's WHOIS to better serve the global Internet 
>> community -- a next-generation Registration Directory Service (RDS).
>> The EWG looks forward to discussing this with the ICANN community. 
>> Thank you for sharing this notice broadly.
>> Regards,
>> Denise
>> Denise Michel
>> VP Strategic Initiatives
>> ICANN
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