At 10:37 PM 8/10/2015, Paul Rosenzweig wrote: >I would like to suggest that the single most >critical aspect that the NCSG could comment on >(and on which I plan to comment independently) >is the one that has already been raised on this >list by Milton – that is the ambiguity as to the >role of governments in the reformed ICANN. My own view is as follows: > >1) If they wish, governments could >participate as all other stakeholders do in the >new community structure. If they did that, >however, they would lose the privileged status >that their advice gets in board consideration. [SNIP] Paul: can you explain that? Why would participating in the new community structure mean that GAC would lose its privileged status? David ******************************* David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation blog (Volokh Conspiracy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post book (Jefferson's Moose) http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n music http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic publications etc. http://www.davidpost.com *******************************