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<div dir="ltr">Evan,<span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I was not involved in the Accountability Mechanisms for ICANN. I now wish I was. But I was not on the CCWG because (a) i did not have the proper time to commit and (b) there were many qualified people doing their best like Jonathan Zuck, Steve
Delbianco, Keith Drazek, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Leon Sanchez, and so many others - Sorry if I left you all off.<span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">And though I was part of the RySG and the GNSO Council, I believe (I hope) when there was an issue brought to me, I did my best to help address. Again, I have always tried to be fair and at the same represent my then-clients.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">It is easy to try and call me out and then dismiss me, but perhaps you can ask a question that I can respond to? I have worked closely with many of you, and if after working with me, you believe as does Evan, then that is your prerogative of
course, and I would love to know your concerns. I will not, however, engage in a battle of name calling as that is not me nor is it productive.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Sincerely,</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 30, 2021 1:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeff Neuman<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ICANN At-Large list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [At-Large] ICANN Accountability Mechanisms
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One more thing, writ much larger...<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> putting aside the whole NFT question, perhaps you may want to focus on the Accountability Mechanisms</div>
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Maybe someone else in ALAC will take a bite of this, but not I. ICANN hasn't had any real public accountability in decades, dating back to when direct Board elections were eliminated.<br>
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The "Empowered Community" is a pure exercise in Orwellian doublespeak; under current frameworks the inmates are in full control of the asylum. So if the current "bad" activities indicate a gap in such self-accountability, those of us outside the bubble can
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ICANN is publicly unaccountable by design, and the domain industry of which you're a part is an architect of that design. So don't come pleading for help just because that unaccountability now works against
<b>you</b>, in much the same way as it has worked against the public interest as long as most here can recall.<br>
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- Evan</div>
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