Milton is the best publicity the Consumer Constituency has ever had, if the last couple of days have been any indicator. And he's illuminating the path towards the reponsible choice, in my opinion: The opposite direction from whatever he wants. Pied Piper in reverse. -----Original Message-----

From: William Drake <william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch> Sent: Sep 25, 2009 1:38 PM To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> Cc: ALAC Working List <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [ALAC] William Drake added to ALAC Public Mailing List

On Sep 25, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:

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With your relationship to EURALO, all of this should be an easy fit for you, and I for one would welcome more than just "liaising" on your part. But of course, you need to mold the job into something that both you and the ALAC feel comfortable with.

Thanks Alan. Your description matches well how you've operated in the council to my knowledge. This context seems a bit more charged at the moment, so I just don't want anyone feeling like there's this foreign entity in the room who's overstepping, or they can't say what they think or it'll be reported externally in the wrong way, or whatever. I actually would like to help facilitate inter-species understanding and conflict management if I can, while recognizing that I do have clear preferences on some matters where's there's been disagreement (e.g. the charter). Anyway, as long as folks understand the intent I think things will gravitate toward the right balance, and if my views on anything are desired it won't be hard to elicit them.

Cheers,

Bill

PS: Uh, just got an email notice that Milton has posted a reply to replies, sigh...it's characteristically assertive but at least sticks closer to the charter/constituency issue, on which I do think we really should have had serious and reasonably inclusive dialogue before and are dealing with the consequences of that failure now.

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