Given the nuisances of this so-called waiver, can we as the community send a feedback to ICANN even at this point, especially the Board and see how it does as a matter of protest? ___________________ REMMY NWEKE, *mNUJ, mNGE, mGOCOP* Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor, *ITREALMS Media* group [*Multiple-award winning medium*] (ITREALMS <http://www.itrealms.com.ng/>, DigitalSENSE Business Magazine <http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews>; NaijaAgroNet <http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng/>) No. 36 Afariogun Street, Oshodi-Lagos M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, T: @ITRealms <http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms> @DigitalSENSEng 2022 *Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D*, Thursday June 9 <https://www.itrealms.com.ng/> 2022 *ITREALMS* e-Waste Dialogue, Thursday December 8 <https://www.itrealms.com.ng/> @Welcome Center Hotels, Int'l Airport Road, Lagos-Nigeria <http://welcomecentrehotels.com/> Former Vice President, African Civil Society on Information Society (ACSIS) ______________________________________________________________ *Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments are confidential and may also be privileged information. It is intended only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete this document and do not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor make any copies. Violators may face court persecution. On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:09 PM Marita Moll via At-Large < at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
Dear colleagues. If you are planning to attend ICANN74, please note that you will be required to sign a very broadly worded waiver that goes well beyond any issues related to the pandemic. You can read the waiver here: https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICANN-waiver.pdf
Several registrars have asked that this requirement be dropped https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed.
Michele Neylon, Managing Director of Blacknight Solutions, seeking legal advice on behalf of himself and staff, was advised that neither he nor his staff should sign a waiver granting ICANN blanket exclusion of liability. *https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-20... <https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-20...> .
It is an unsettling way to begin what was looking like a new beginning after so many hours at virtual public meetings. I have attended more public meetings in my life than I could ever count, and have never been asked to sign such an extensive waiver. I would be interested to know if others have ever encountered this.
Marita Moll, ALAC rep. for NARALO
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