That is correct. But the issue has been raised again in the subgroup, and that is why I raised it here. Alan At 16/02/2018 01:45 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:

As a FYI, the ICANN Board responded during the public comment period last month <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-accountability-diversity-26oct17/attachments/20180116/539b3dfe/ICANNBoardComments-WS2Diversity-0001.pdf>http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-accountability-diversity-26oct17/attachments/20180116/539b3dfe/ICANNBoardComments-WS2Diversity-0001.pdf

saying that the office will not be established given lack of consensus and budget constraints.

Dev Anand