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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>Patrick Vande Walle<FONT
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<DIV><BR>And BTW, you could also extend the question to Desiree, who will be
part of the Euralo board, while at the same time being a member of the ISOC
board and an employee of a major gTLD technical operator and
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size=2>And no doubt you will get the same answer.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=005544816-05052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Interesting that this question is asked over and over again for ISOC
(yes, Adam, your impression was correct, you are not the
first).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=005544816-05052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>BTW, Bret Fausett</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>was
at the same time the ALAC Liaison to the GNSO and the lawyer of a company suing
ICANN, and the matter raised much less concern. Sometimes I wonder
why.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=005544816-05052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>To be extremely clear, Bret did an excellent job (as ALAC rep, I mean -
as for lawyer against ICANN I cannot judge), and to the best of my knowledge
managed to keep the two hats not interfering too much. However, you might agree
on the fact that it has been fairly embarassing for the GNSO, and to a certain
extent also for ALAC, to hold discussions with the presence of a lawyer
representing the counterpart.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=005544816-05052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=005544816-05052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Roberto</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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