<div dir="ltr">Given the nuisances of this so-called waiver, can we as the community send a feedback to ICANN even at this point, especially the Board and see how it does as a matter of protest?<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">___________________</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">REMMY NWEKE, </span><font size="1"><i>mNUJ, mNGE, mGOCOP</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font color="#0000ff">IT</font><font color="#ff0000">REALMS</font> Media</b> group [<i>Multiple-award winning medium</i>]</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>(<a href="http://www.itrealms.com.ng/" target="_blank">ITREALMS</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews" target="_blank">DigitalSENSE Business Magazine</a>; <a href="http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng/" target="_blank">NaijaAgroNet</a>)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">No. 36 Afariogun Street, Oshodi-Lagos</span><br>M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, T: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms" target="_blank">@ITRealms<br></a><div>@DigitalSENSEng<br><a href="https://www.itrealms.com.ng/" target="_blank">2022 <b style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font color="#ff0000">Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D</font></b>, Thursday June 9</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.itrealms.com.ng/" target="_blank">2022 <b style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font color="#0000ff">IT</font><font color="#ff0000">REALMS</font></b> e-Waste Dialogue, Thursday December 8</a></div><div><a href="http://welcomecentrehotels.com/" target="_blank">@Welcome Center Hotels, Int'l Airport Road, Lagos-Nigeria</a><br></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Former Vice President, African Civil Society on Information Society (ACSIS)</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">______________________________________________________________<br>*Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments <br>are confidential and may also be privileged information. It is intended <br>only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke does not accept legal <br>responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you are not the intended <br>recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete this document and do <br>not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor make <br>any copies. Violators may face court persecution.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:09 PM Marita Moll 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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<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;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 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>.
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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>
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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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