+1. Clarification - and proper grammar - needed. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VLawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey Sent from my iPad On Dec 8, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Matthew Shears <mshears@cdt.org<mailto:mshears@cdt.org>> wrote: Agree with David and Milton - clarity is key On 08/12/2015 14:00, Mueller, Milton L wrote: This is not a proofreading issue. It is a substantive issue. Please put the words that were agreed back in, as David suggests. Unambiguous mission statement is important From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Seun Ojedeji Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 1:25 AM To: David Post <david.g.post@gmail.com><mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com> Cc: accountability-cross-community@icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] An Inadvertent Omission in Annex 5 - Mission Statement DNS is already a starting reference point and there is a colon (:) after policies then you have item "a" which talks about security and/or stability..... So it seem in order to me. Nevertheless the professional proof reader may want to have a look. Regards On Dec 8, 2015 2:45 AM, "David Post" <david.g.post@gmail.com<mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com>> wrote:. ICANN's Mission, "in its role of coordinat[ing] the allocation and assignment of names in the root zone of the Domain Name System ("DNS")," is to "coordinate the development and implementation of policies: [a] For which uniform or coordinated resolution is reasonably necessary to facilitate the openness, interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability; and [b] That are developed through a bottom-up, consensus-based multi-stakeholder process and designed to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique names systems." I believe that the words "of the DNS" should follow "security and/or stability" .... That's correct, no? [otherwise it doesn't make sense -- the "openness" etc. of what?] 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 ******************************* _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org<mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org<mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community -- Matthew Shears Director - Global Internet Policy and Human Rights Center for Democracy & Technology mshears@cdt.org<mailto:mshears@cdt.org> + 44 771 247 2987 [https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/logo-avast-v1.png]<https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-ema...> _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org<mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community