[council] RE: GNSO Draft council statement on Saturday's Board decision

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the comment I made to David and Brian as well as the first 
draft of the statement that the ALAC will consider (possibly for 
adoption today).
Alan
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David, after a more careful review, I would suggest that you change 
the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph. The Council was given a heads 
up by Bruce that a discussion of the .com agreement was on the Board 
agenda 
(http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13232.html), 
but not that there was an intent to approve it.
Therefore I would suggest changing:

> However, neither the GNSO Council nor its constituencies were aware 
> of the Board's closed session and adoption of the draft .com renewal agreement.
to

> However, although the GNSO Council and its constituencies were aware 
> of the Board's intent to discuss the contract, we were not aware of 
> its intent to approve the contract at its closed session.
You also have a small typo in the last sentence - ITS instead of IT.


The initial draft that I am recommending to the ALAC is:

> The At-Large Advisory Committee wishes to express its disappointment 
> with the Board's decision to meet in a closed session on Saturday 23 
> June to adopt the draft .com renewal agreement: 
> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2.
> ICANN staff had placed this on the Thursday public forum agenda some 
> time ago, and the .com renewal item remains on the public forum 
> agenda tomorrow.  Although we were aware that the .com agreement was 
> on the Board's agenda, we were not aware of the intent to approve 
> the agreement at its closed session.
> This comment is not with regard to the merits of the Board's action. 
> The ALAC finds the process followed by the Board to be objectionable 
> at a time when ICANN is subject to increased scrutiny. It is 
> therefore imperative that the Board hold itself to the highest 
> standards of transparency and accountability that it is mandated to uphold.