It always had to be a political decision, pure and simple. The fellas simply bit the lemon and then puckered up. Here's THE relevant notation "By adopting the GAC advice, the NGPC notes that the decision is without prejudice to the continuing efforts by Amazon EU S.à r.l. and members of the GAC to pursue dialogue on the relevant issues." [Note my emphasis....it didn't say 'the GAC'.] -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>wrote:

https://new.icann.org/resources/board-material/ resolutions-new-gtld-2014-05-14-en

Alan

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