<div dir="ltr">John,<div><br></div><div>although the situationn in this respect seems to be improving constantly, there have been instances in which the proposals aren't as clear as they seem if you are the party to take action on them, the community support may be less than unequivocal, or combinations of both. And as said, this is not unique to ICANN. Also not unique, demands for transparency and accountability in the process being asymmetrical. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I think Steve Crocker has described the responses very well.</div><div><br></div><div>Alejandro Pisanty</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:44 PM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Feb 26, 2014, at 10:55 AM, Alejandro Pisanty <<a href="mailto:apisanty@gmail.com">apisanty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> It is not unusual to leave some tough decisions not made and "kicked upwards" to the Board. There are many good reasons why this can happen ...<br>
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Excuse my confusion; why would there be need for change<br>
to the policies for Internet identifier management, if the change<br>
wasn't both clearly stated and supported by the community?<br>
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/John<br>
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