<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">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>One sentence - among others - is particularly puzzling to me:</div>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:ArialMT"><i>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>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:
<a href="https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICANN-waiver.pdf" target="_blank">
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 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>
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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" 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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