Malcolm


"Global Public Interest" as a string conveys it more effectively. Would be great if it is a headline somewhere.


On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@linx.net> wrote:


On 24/04/2015 11:04, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
> Malcolm,
>
> ICANN has been using the phrase "Global Public Interest" for years, and
> there has not been a problem. "Global Public Interest" in fact, defines the
> mission of ICANN in the right language. I would agree with anyone who
> prefers this phrase.

Sivasubramanian,

What in your opinion is achieved by this phrase in the Core Values that
is not already sufficiently achieved by saying in the Fundamental
Commitments :


"3.     Employ open, transparent and bottom-up, private sector led
multistakeholder policy development processes that (i) seeks input from
the public, for whose benefit ICANN shall in all events act, [...]"

?

Kind Regards,

Malcolm.

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