<div dir="ltr">Hi all, hi George:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 April 2014 15:59, George Sadowsky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:george.sadowsky@gmail.com" target="_blank">george.sadowsky@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>In retrospect, I wish that we had worked more on problem statements before rushing into discussions about solutions. When I read contributions to this list and to others, often I am not sure what problem is being solved, and in fact whether it is even a problem.</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would like to record my strong support for the work you have been doing to achieve precisely that outcome - to carefully define problems and help build consensus.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What I wish we would focus on a bit now is to ensure that the scope of the process ICANN is about to lead us all through is adequate to the task, and that the process itself is broadly based enough. </div>
<div><br></div><div>We'll share some initial thinking on that from our neck of the woods in the next day or so.</div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>Jordan</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div></div><div><snip></div></font></span></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Jordan Carter<br><br>Chief Executive <br>
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