<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">Agonising over the definition of "public interest" has been a primary tactic of distraction. Constantly in search of its perfect definition, ICANN has been able to thoroughly avoid its service.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 03:51, Kan Kaili <<a href="mailto:kankaili@gmail.com">kankaili@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi, Julf,<br>
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You have raised a very interesting question.  However, according to the attached article of mine, the "public interest" is exactly the consumers/end-users' interest, which is to be represented by At-Large.  That is, as long as the govermental regulator is fairly elected by the public.<br>
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Kaili<br>
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From: "Johan Helsingius" <<a href="mailto:julf@julf.com" target="_blank">julf@julf.com</a>><br>
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Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2018 3:21 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [At-Large] [lac-discuss-en] Vistaprint is abandoning .vista<br>
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> On 14-07-18 08:23, Kan Kaili wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> ● Such a refocus demands redefining the global public interest as the<br>
>> initiator and driver of<br>
>> ICANN policy rather than its current status of reactive adviso<br>
> <br>
> But who defines "global public interest"? Unfortunately the standard<br>
> answer tends to be "governments/UN/ITU".<br>
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> Julf<br>
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