On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Farell Folly <farellfolly@gmail.com> wrote:
However, divergence is sometimes needed to make a better agreement and implement a sustainable solution.

​+1 

I took a vacation. Seeing I have always invested my usual 3 weeks of vacation time to ICANN endeavours, this is the first time in almost 10 years!

The narrative we're supposed to credit says there are no agendas in an ICANN/GNSO PDP WG. I generously grant that opinion status. 

The airing of disagreements, even to the point of what diplomats term 'a full and frank expression of views', sooner rather than later, is the best approach for negotiating consensus. Might sound counterintuitive at first blush but......​

-Carlton

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