Evan and all, So far regarding this subject, I thought your comments and remarks were well made and properly stated. I detected no personal animosity of other nuance indicating such. On a personal note, and for anyone's edification, I as an American and firm believer in freedom of expression, firmly believe in expressing oneself in the way that best suites them, and let the others interpret or misinterpret such as they may or sometimes will. And if someone doesn't like your "Tone", that just too bad for them! In America, we refer this as our 1st Amendment Right. -----Original Message-----

From: Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> Sent: Apr 13, 2008 3:05 PM To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> Cc: At-Large Worldwide <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, NA Discuss <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] [At-Large] ALAC Draft Accountability Framework and Conflicts of Interest Policy

Alan Greenberg wrote:

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I greatly dislike cross-posting, but since the last two posters did cross-post, I feel that this statement needs to go to the same audience. Sorry. It was just that the original doc went to the ALAC list as well as _all_ the RALO lists. The only ones I'm able to post to are ALAC and NA.

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As anyone who read my comments knows, I'd onto support the document as drafted. ???

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However, in fairness to those that did draft it, I do not believe that it says ANYTHING about taking action against ALSs (for whatever reason).

It was Danny Younger who suggested this, saying that in his opinion, it was something that/ should/ have been included.

My rant was multi-faceted, though, and clearly directed against the original document as well as the subsequent discussions. I deliberately kept individuals out of my comment because it was directed at the groupthink indicated by the document and discussion more than any specific contribution.

Perhaps some elements of my commentary -- such as that ALAC has no business at this time reworking (and bloating) conflict of interest guidelines -- were more subtly stated than others. :-)

- Evan

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