Fair point, Phil. Thanks. Keith -----Original Message----- From: owner-soac-discussion@icann.org [mailto:owner-soac-discussion@icann.org] On Behalf Of Phil Corwin Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:44 AM To: Michele Neylon - Blacknight Cc: soac-discussion@icann.org; gnso-secs@icann.org; council@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [soac-discussion] Joint Statement from Contracted Party House on GNSO Elections I have no objection to spending some of tomorrow on this matter. But I believe that the non-contracted side of the Council will need to work out its own issues before we can productively engage with the contracted parties. Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal Virtualaw LLC 1155 F Street, NW Suite 1050 Washington, DC 20004 202-559-8597/Direct 202-559-8750/Fax 202-255-6172/Cell Twitter: @VLawDC "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey Sent from my iPad
On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com> wrote:
Like many in the GNSO Community, the Contracted Party House is disappointed in the unprecedented outcome of the Council election. It is particularly unfortunate that this scenario occurred at a time when ICANN is in the global spotlight.
Throughout the election process, the common theme has been an agreement amongst all Councilors that either candidate would have made a competent and effective GNSO Chair. However, the qualifications of both candidates were ultimately disregarded.
In the interests of stability and continuity we have selected Volker Greimann to continue to serve as the Contracted Party House Vice-Chair during this interim period.
We ask ICANN Staff to consider repurposing Friday's scheduled Council Development Session to instead allow for a facilitated discussion amongst GNSO community leaders to work within the process to arrive at a mutually satisfactory and expeditious result, that will enable the Council focus on the important work ahead.
Regards
Michele, RrSG Chair
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