<div dir="auto">As an additional data point, I will note that the IPC, which is chock full of American lawyers, was up in arms about this and held a special meeting just to discuss the waiver. (I did not attend as I’ve stepped back from IPC while on the ALAC.) My understanding of the ultimate conclusion of that meeting was to live with the waiver and not try to fight it. I’ll need to see what the reasoning is. But I assume that if IPC thought it was worth making a stink about, they would have done so. This should not dissuade us from discussing the waiver — it’s just worth knowing.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Greg</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 4:54 PM Antony Van Couvering via At-Large <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">We are litigious, certainly, but it is requirements like these that make us so. <div><br></div><div>Suspicious minds might wonder if one of the staff or directors has a known STD and a rampant libido and ICANN legal is worried about being held responsible for a syphilis outbreak. </div><div><br></div><div>Or whether speaking in acronyms and boring everyone in near proximity about the progress of their working group is an infectious disease that ICANN is worried about being blamed for. </div><div><br></div><div>The possibilities are endless...</div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 27, 2022, at 1:40 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro via At-Large <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">The important thing to note is that the US is a litigious nation and it is within ICANN's purview to create waiver forms for its events otherwise it would not be able to host a physical event. For those who don't like it, they can participate virtually or wear immunity suits.....lol</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:33 PM Roberto Gaetano via At-Large <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>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>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>On 27.04.2022, at 22:09, Marita Moll via At-Large <<a href="mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank">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><p>Several registrars have asked that this requirement be dropped <a href="https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed" target="_blank">
https://domainincite.com/27793-icanns-covid-19-waiver-formally-appealed</a>. <br>
</p><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" target="_blank">
<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> .</p><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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