<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">The letter was ICANN org's Pontius Pilate move; "we find no fault and we wash our hands of it". Notice how it laid out all its burdens. You didn't see the word ' you ingrates' but it could have very well been plastered in the subject header.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">First of all, realpolitik. The .amazon delegation was a foregone conclusion. Why? Because the extant ICANN rules, nominative facts on the ground and the commercial realities makes it so. The political reality is ICANN Org cannot make the ACTO countries a supra-GAC. When the GAC decision was to ask ICANN org to 'facilitate' the negotiations between the parties, that was the GAC's 'duck and run' signal.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I take a bet the Reconsideration Request will, after a decent interval and without missing a beat in the current delegation process, be also politely dismissed on a burden of facts.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">If I were advising ACTO I would tell them to bitch and moan a little more, quietly and grudgingly accept Amazon's latest proffer and declare victory. I would even write the release for the hometown papers for free. [Hint: Go heavy on taking a 2x4 to the head of the giant corporation until they yield to superior reasoning.]</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">-Carlton </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>==============================<br><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Carlton A Samuels</font></i><br><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Mobile: 876-818-1799<br><font color="#33CC00">Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround</font></i></font><br>=============================</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:13 AM Bartlett Morgan <<a href="mailto:me@bartlettmorgan.com">me@bartlettmorgan.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-9001457223546296642WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">On first read, I agree with Carlos. The letter borders on prevarication too much. First, it is suggested that ICANN basically figured everything was good so it gave the go-head. Then a few lines down: the parties were still deliberating this whole time. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😃</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">That said, is it fair to say that this letter is ICANN ORG washing its hands of the whole thing?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">-</p><p class="MsoNormal">Bart</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:carlosraul@gutierrez.se" target="_blank">Carlos Raul Gutierrez</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 3, 2018 8:20 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:lac-discuss-en@icann.org" target="_blank">lac-discuss-en@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [lac-discuss-en]CEO Letter to the C+GAC explaining dot AMAzon...</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">[[--Translated text (es -> en)--]]</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Subject:Re: CEO Letter to the C+GAC explaining dot</p><p class="MsoNormal"> AMAzon...</p><p class="MsoNormal">Desde:Carlos Raul Gutierrez <<a href="mailto:carlosraul@gutierrez.se" target="_blank">carlosraul@gutierrez.se</a>></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Vanda,</p><p class="MsoNormal">after reading this I have the feeling I know less than before ........... yes, but no, but yes?</p><p class="MsoNormal">---</p><p class="MsoNormal">Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:carlosraul@gutierrez.se" target="_blank">carlosraul@gutierrez.se</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">+506 8837 7176</p><p class="MsoNormal">Aparatado 1571-1000</p><p class="MsoNormal">COSTA RICA</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">On 2018-12-02 12:39, Vanda Scartezini wrote:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-ismail-28nov18-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-ismail-28nov18-en.pdf</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Since this is relevant to our region I believe we shall be aware and informed about all details. This document reflects the movements and explain step by step the negotiation during the last 12 months.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Happy Hanukkah to all this celebration is relevant.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Vanda Scartezini</p><p class="MsoNormal">Polo Consultores Associados</p><p class="MsoNormal">Av. 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