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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I agree, Evan, that
most people do not want to be involved in governance -- but I
think they would support the notion that there was a group
representing their interests at the governance table, that it
was not just commercial interests sitting at the table. The
extent to which that is important to the end user might be an
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/13/2021 3:38 AM, Evan Leibovitch
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 19:19, Marita Moll via
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Ind. users
might not distinguish the Internet from Facebook</font></p>
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class="gmail_default">That is actually relevant to us,
because that portion of the end-user base isn't really
impacted by domain names at all if their whole online
world is accessed through apps rather than domains. Yes,
*we* know that Internet addressing is being used, but
these end-users are hidden from it totally. I actually
think it is valuable for ICANN to know how much of the
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> -- but they
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they should play in the governance of the Internet.
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class="gmail_default">IG is important to we who are
engaged in it. But most people don't care about being
involved in the governance of their electrical grid,
public transit or air traffic control, and don't think of
these things' governance at all unless something goes
wrong. Internet domains -- a small part of the (physical,
protocols, etc) infrastructure needed to connect people to
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class="gmail_default">It's something of a conceit among
those inside the bubble (or a plea to share the load) to
assert that everyone ought to get involved. I disagree.
Everyone has lives to lead, and also has a right to expect
reliable and trustworthy public infrastructure without
having to get personally involved in its management. And
some of them serve on governance boards for other parts of
common infrastructure and wonder why we don't get involved
with them. The broad objective of this project (IMO) is
for ALAC to be better informed to react and create policy
input based on the needs and priorities of those who are
impacted by the DNS yet have neither the interest or
available time to get involved in ICANN. This is fairly
clear in ALAC's bylaw mandate.<br>
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