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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Thank you, Evan, for providing this wonderful document
"A Call for ICANN to Embrace its Inner Regulator". It is hereby attached
for anybody interested, and the following is a quote from it:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 848px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.02261)">The
first step in solving any problem lies in the admission that a problem exists.
The next step is</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 872px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.02563)">the
recognition that ICANN must assume the role analogous to that of a regulator,
that it is so </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 895px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.01925)">well
positioned to be.</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 942px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.02679)">In
its aim to achieve international acceptance as a regulatory body, ICANN must be
prepared for</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 966px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.02006)">significant
change that more effectively asserts the public interest as the catalyst of,
rather than </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 989px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.02866)">the
response to, ICANN policy. In particular, while the multi-stakeholder model
needs to be </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 1013px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.02139)">maintained,
its current form should be inverted -- that the public interest bodies initiate
policy </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 1036px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(1.01901)">directions
and the industry serves in an advisory function. </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 120px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(0.951085)"> </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 120px; LEFT: 120px; transform: scaleX(0.951085)">In
summary:</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 167px; LEFT: 150px">●
Denial of regulatory function prevents ICANN from sufficiently serving the
public interest;</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 214px; LEFT: 150px">●
In the absence of a regulatory authority, ICANN has been captured by the
industry it has</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 237px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(0.936481)">the
duty to oversee, and has become dependent on its growth regardless of
public-</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 261px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(0.971289)">interest
consequences;</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 308px; LEFT: 150px">●
This situation has isolated ICANN from the public it is supposed to serve,
provoking both</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 331px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(0.934095)">public
authority and the marketplace to actively seek alternatives to an ICANN-managed
</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 355px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(1.01345)">DNS;</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 402px; LEFT: 150px">●
ICANN must recognize this deficiency and assume a role analogous to that of a
</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 425px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(0.921868)">regulator
-- refocused on the public interest -- if it is to maintain its position of
preference </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 449px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(0.943364)">amongst
the alternatives.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 496px; LEFT: 150px">●
Such a refocus demands redefining the global public interest as the initiator
and driver of</DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 18px; TOP: 519px; LEFT: 180px; transform: scaleX(0.946922)">ICANN
policy rather than its current status of reactive adviso</DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体>Kaili</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=宋体></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=evanleibovitch@gmail.com href="mailto:evanleibovitch@gmail.com">Evan
Leibovitch</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>To:</B> <A title=kankaili@gmail.com
href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com">Kan Kaili</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">ICANN At-Large list</A> ; <A
title=julf@julf.com href="mailto:julf@julf.com">Johan Helsingius</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 14, 2018 5:34 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 9pt 宋体"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [At-Large] [lac-discuss-en]
Vistaprint is abandoning .vista</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=auto>Every ICANN president has vigorously asserted that ICANN is not
a regulator. This is not merely a casual opinion, it is a demand imposed upon
them by ICANN's lawyers. To admit that ICANN is a regulator - - or even
provides some regulatory function - - is to invite even deeper state scrutiny
and attempts to make ICANN into a multilateral, treaty-based body than now
exists.
<DIV dir=auto><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=auto>In a submission to ICANN's Accountability and Transparency
review team more than a decade ago, a number of At-Large members submitted an
analysis that called on ICANN to recognize the obvious and embrace its inner
regulator:</DIV>
<DIV dir=auto><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=auto><A
href="https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-atrt2-02apr13/pdfNKvEtbrZ3u.pdf"
rel=noreferrer
target=_blank>https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-atrt2-02apr13/pdfNKvEtbrZ3u.pdf</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=auto><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=auto>Not much has changed. While a few references are dated, the
paper's observations and commentaries are as valid now as then. <BR><BR>
<DIV dir=auto data-smartmail="gmail_signature">___________________<BR>Evan
Leibovitch, Toronto<BR>@evanleibovitch/@el56</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_extra><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Jul 13, 2018 5:13 PM, "Kan Kaili" <<A
href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com" rel=noreferrer
target=_blank>kankaili@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR type="attribution">
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class=m_-6467318755049900765quote>Indeed Goran has said "ICANN is not a
regulator" many times. I have heard him saying that myself.
However, this is something I disagree with him.<BR><BR>Again, in my personal
opinion, as long as the positioning of ICANN stays blurry as it is now, the
confusion will only accumulate until it creats a crisis.
<DIV
class=m_-6467318755049900765quoted-text><BR><BR>Kaili<BR><BR><BR><BR>-----
Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Johan Helsingius" <<A
href="mailto:julf@julf.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
target=_blank>julf@julf.com</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
target=_blank>at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</A>><BR>Sent: Friday, July
13, 2018 8:33 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [At-Large] [lac-discuss-en] Vistaprint is
abandoning .vista<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=m_-6467318755049900765elided-text>> On 12-07-18 19:56, Kan
Kaili wrote:<BR>>> In my opinion, ICANN should play the role of a
regulator.<BR>> <BR>> Our esteemed CEO, Göran Marby, has a number of
phrases he repeats<BR>> fairly often. "ICANN is not a regulator" is one
of them.<BR>> <BR>> Julf<BR>> <BR>>
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