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break-word; cursor: default; line-height: 1.7em;">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:
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICANN-waiver.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICANN-waiver.pdf</a><br>
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<p>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>.
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<p>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"><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u>https://blacknight.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blacknight-ICANN-April-2022-Hague-waiver.pdf</u></span></font></a>
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<p>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>Marita Moll, ALAC rep. for NARALO<br>
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