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Thanks Marita.
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<p class=""><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class=""><i class="">I knowingly and freely assume all risks related to illness and infectious diseases, including but not limited to COVID-19,
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<div class="">This means to me that I acknowledge that ICANN has the right to be negligent. I have to confess that sometimes in the past I have thought that this was ICANN’s approach, but it is the first time that I see it in writing.</div>
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<div class="">I wonder whether this is a sort of friendly advice to participate online and avoid showing up in person in the Hague.</div>
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<div class="">Cheers,</div>
<div class="">Roberto</div>
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<div class="">On 27.04.2022, at 22:09, Marita Moll via At-Large <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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Dear colleagues. If you are planning to attend ICANN74, please note that you will be required to sign a very broadly worded waiver that goes well beyond any issues related to the pandemic. You can read the waiver here:
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<p class="">Several registrars have asked that this requirement be dropped <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed</a>. <br class="">
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<p class="">Michele Neylon, Managing Director of Blacknight Solutions, seeking legal advice on behalf of himself and staff, was advised that neither he nor his staff should sign a waiver granting ICANN blanket exclusion of liability.
<a href="https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-2022-Hague-waiver.pdf" class="">
<font color="#000080" class=""><span lang="zxx" class=""><u class="">https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-2022-Hague-waiver.pdf</u></span></font></a> .</p>
<p class="">It is an unsettling way to begin what was looking like a new beginning after so many hours at virtual public meetings. I have attended more public meetings in my life than I could ever count, and have never been asked to sign such an extensive
waiver. I would be interested to know if others have ever encountered this.</p>
<p class="">Marita Moll, ALAC rep. for NARALO<br class="">
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