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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Hi, Olivier,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Thank you very much for raising this issue. I
fully support the definition of "public interest" to be further discussed,
broadened, and re-defined in the Bylaws.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>In my opinion, the "public" or "consumers" are never
narrowly considered as registries and registrars, but the billions
of end-users using the Internet. In today's world, ICANN cannot be
considered merely as a technical entity, at least not anymore. Instead, as
the Internet is vital to all global economical, social and political areas,
ICANN, like it or not, actively or passively, must consider all these aspects in
its operation and policy making for all mankind, already using or yet to use the
Internet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>For example, as quoted in the letter, ICANN's Bylaw
states that </FONT><FONT size=2 face=宋体>"... the Internet is an international
network of networks, owned by no single nation, individual or organization, the
Corporation shall, except as limited by Article 5 hereof, pursue the charitable
and public purposes of lessening the burdens of government and promoting the
global public interest ..." This brings in the goal of ICANN as "One
world, one Internet". Thus, when facing potential threats of this goal,
including political threats, ICANN cannot turn its face around and pretend
nothing has happened, especailly it cannot do so under the excuse for being
technical but not political.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Nowadays our world is often described as the
"real world" vs. the "cyber world". All humans, as well as
ICANN, live in the real world governed by governments. However, ICANN is
also the United Nations of the cyber world, not of governments but of
"stakeholders". Thus, ICANN being the interface or buffer between the two
worlds, it cannot avoid but to deal with all the economical, social and
political issues of the real world, and do its very best to protect the cyber
world's operation and order, so that people in the real world may
harvest Internet's most benefits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Kaili</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ocl@gih.com href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>To:</B> <A title=alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:15 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Subject:</B> [ALAC] The Public Interest (was:
Fwd: [council] Updated [Correspondence] Steve Crocker to James Bladel re:GNSO
Query on Public Interest and Exclusive Registry Access for gTLDs)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear all,<BR><BR>further to discussions about the Public
Interest, please be so kind to find a response from the Chair of the ICANN
Board to the Chair of the GNSO concerning a query about Exclusive Registry
Access for gTLD Strings Representing Generic Terms.<BR>As a reminder, when the
ALAC discussed the Public Interest with the ICANN Board at the Marrakech
meeting, Bruce Tonkin, Board member, responded with a vision of the Public
Interest mission of ICANN that was purely technical in terms of making sure
Domain Names resolved to the proper IP addresses. During the ALT meeting with
the ICANN Board Chair, the ICANN Board Chair responded that this was not quite
correct and provided some language that broadened the use of the term "The
Public Interest" which was more aligned to the ALAC's view that all actions
that ICANN took needed to take into account the Public Interest. (I'll have to
read the transcripts back for the exact wording)<BR><BR>In the attached
letter, the Chair of the ICANN Board quotes Paragraph 3 of the Articles of
Incorporation - so that's a very technical baseline. He then explains the
current status of information collection from the ICANN research on the global
public interest framework. But nothing more so far.<BR><BR>I would like to
take this up with the Public Interest working group - but would appreciate
your feedback first.<BR><BR>Kindest regards,<BR><BR>Olivier<BR><BR><BR>
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<TD>[council] Updated [Correspondence] Steve Crocker to James Bladel
re:GNSO Query on Public Interest and Exclusive Registry Access for
gTLDs</TD></TR>
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<TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>Date: </TH>
<TD>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 23:16:08 +0000</TD></TR>
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<TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>From: </TH>
<TD>Glen de Saint Géry <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:Glen@icann.org"><Glen@icann.org></A></TD></TR>
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<TH vAlign=baseline noWrap align=right>To: </TH>
<TD>GNSO Council List (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A>) <A
class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
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lang=EN-US>Please find the updated correspondence Steve Crocker to James
Bladel re: GNSO Query on Public Interest and Exclusive Registry Access for
gTLDs.<BR><BR><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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