Aha ... I misunderstood - David At 10:29 AM 8/11/2015, Paul Rosenzweig wrote: >Should not would. My idea not the plan >-- >Paul >Sent from myMail app for Android >Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 07:10AM -06:00 from >David Post <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]>: > >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>http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post >book (Jefferson s Moose) ><http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n>http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n >music <http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic>http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic >publications etc. <http://www.davidpost.com>http://www.davidpost.com >******************************* ******************************* 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 *******************************