Excellent question, Bill
Especially when the original inputs by our volunteers have involved hours of unpaid time. The final resolution has to be endorsed by the Empowered Community. The community leaders should raise this anomoly before it gets to that stage. 

M

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024, 6:38 am Bill Jouris via CPWG, <cpwg@icann.org> wrote:
I am not a lawyer, but perhaps one of the lawyers among us can clear up something for me.  Olivier notes that 
It has asked, at least on one occasion, whether it was possible for it to have observers participate at bilateral contractual negotiations should these negotiations be allowed to introduce significant changes to the policy recommendations that were drawn by the Community in the Policy Development Process. This was refused since "Contractual negotiations have to be kept confidential" 

Can some one explain why "Contractual negotiations have to be kept confidential" ?  I can see some reasons why it might, in some cases, make negotiations smoother.  But is there some kind of legal requirement here?  If so, there's nothing more to say.  But if not, it seems worthwhile to push back a bit on this. 

Bill Jouris 

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On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 7:52 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG
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