Hi Kurt, Hi John,

Nice work! I made some comments and suggested edits for consideration -- some point to phrases / words which I thought could be improved.

Kind regards,
Justine



On Mon, 8 Sept 2025 at 10:12, kurt kjpritz.com via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> wrote:
Hi Prudence: 

Thanks for sending your comments in this format. Allows you to set up the reasoning with the proposed change. 

Regarding: 

3.1 General Findings

I’ll let the comments stand on their own with a neutral introduction. I did do a little survey of sorts and my kids all thought the statements were contradictory. I understand how the first comments points to the back and forth with the Board and the second focusses on the rejection only, but that is a fine parsing: I think the first comment is “rejection fine" and the second is “rejection bad.” Nonetheless, it’s probably better for us to let the reader arrive at her/his own conclusions. 

Regarding: 

3.2 Board Liaison Role

I certainly don’t want the reader to entertain the possibility that the Board might be pursuing its own agenda, rather than being responsive to that of the community’s. So good suggestion there. 

Thanks again for your thoughts here.

Kurt


On 5 Sep 2025, at 10:59 pm, Prudence Malinki via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> wrote:

Hi Kurt and John and everyone,
 
I’m just going through the document (which looks great).
 
Instead of adding notes I’ve just got a couple of comments (literally only 2) that I will post here. Due to time zones and schedules, I’m not sure how practical, or necessary, it is to jump on a call. Please see below:
 
3.1 General Findings
  • During our last meeting we agreed that the wording of “contradictory” in the third paragraph would be amended as it wasn’t directly contradictory with several small team members suggesting edits to the wording. I can see the addition of the term “somewhat” but that appears to be the only change. Can we still edit this as previously discussed?
 
3.2 Board Liaison Role
  • In the 3rd paragraph, there is a reference to the phrase “putting the finger on the scale” can we please consider revising this. This phrase has connotations and associations with dishonesty and cheating, which I’m not sure is what you’re wanting to convey, if we are wanting to state “unduly influence” as a team we should just be transparent and say the thing.
 
Other than that- looks brilliant- thank you for putting this together.
 
As always let me know your thoughts.
 
Kind Regards,
 
Prudence Malinki 
Head of Industry Relations, Markmonitor 
Skype: Malinkip 
 
T   +44 207 433 4869 
Time zone: GMT/BST 


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From: kurt kjpritz.com via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org>
Sent: 05 September 2025 01:35
To: John Emery via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org>
Cc: John Emery <john.emery@icann.org>; kurt kjpritz.com <kurt@kjpritz.com>
Subject: [Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam] Re: Final Report: Review by EOB Monday 8 September
 
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Hi Everyone:  
 
If you want to chat about any aspects - where a brief conversation would be more effective to explain suggested changes - I am available Friday and through the weekend. 
 
For a quick response, send me a text or WhatsApp or Telegram to +1-310-400-4184. I can also respond to email questions. 
 
Standing by,
 
Kurt
 
 
 
 




On 4 Sep 2025, at 9:20am, John Emery via Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam <gnso-board-readiness-smallteam@icann.org> wrote:
 
Hello Board Readiness Small Team,
 
I just got off a call with Kurt and we have put the final draft of the report into the proper format in a combined google doc. Given the tight timeframe prior to the GNSO Council meeting on 18 September, we ask that you keep comments to substantive issues or egregious spelling/grammar errors. Stylistic changes should be left alone in favor of the big picture question of: IIs the report conveying the findings accurately in a clear manner?
 
 
Please complete your comments by your time zone EOB Monday 8 September
 
Thank you for your comments,
 
John R. Emery, Ph.D.
Policy Development Support Senior Specialist
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
 
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