"The Community" did not prioritize "support for law enforcement" above other interests as claimed in ICANN's draft budget

[Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I disagree that "the community" has decided to make "support for law 
enforcement engagement with the Community" a priority for the FY13 budget as 
listed in the draft budget's introduction.  

While law enforcement is an important part of policy development, it does not 
hold a superior priority level than support for legal privacy protections, 
which should also be enforced and respected in ICANN policy.  If ICANN is to 
beef up its support for law enforcement, it must broaden its definition of what 
it considers "law enforcement".  Not only should police and military 
organizations be consulted under the label of "law enforcement", but also 
national privacy commissioners or other privacy officials that exist on a 
local, national or international level and work to enforce privacy laws and 
protections should be consulted as "law enforcement".

ICANN owes just as much of an obligation to the protection of individual 
privacy rights as it does to the assistance of police agencies if it is to 
strive for any kind of balance in its policy development processes.

This budget priority should be reformed to include the concerns and priorities 
of all stakeholders, which would not place support for police and military 
organizations above support for privacy and other individual legal rights.

Thank you,
Robin Gross