Evan, <div><br></div><div>You have to admit, ICANN has been marvelously successful.  As a trade association for the "contracted parties".  </div><div><br></div><div>In addition to controlling any decisions which might impact them, they get a substantial amount of unpaid labor from the members of ALAC.  If you're the GNSO, what's not to like? </div><div><br></div><div>It may, at some point in the future, be immortalized as a type case of "regulatory capture."  </div><div><br></div><div>Bill Jouris <br><br><div id="ymail_android_signature"><a id="ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 3:00 PM, Evan Leibovitch via At-Large</div><div><at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">At-Large mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org" href="mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org">At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large" target="_blank">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">At-Large Official Site: <a shape="rect" href="http://atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">http://atlarge.icann.org</a><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. </div> </blockquote></div>