[council] Draft Letter to BGC

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

Thanks for forwarding this note on to the Council.  Given the timing 
sensitivities, I would propose the Council tomorrow sending a note like the one 
below.  Any objections?

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Dear Board Governance Committee,

                As you may be aware, the GNSO Council had the opportunity to 
review the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3, which can be 
found at 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf
 (Recommendation) during its regular monthly Council call on June 16, 2013.

Although the Council in no way intends to interfere with outcomes of 
Reconsideration Requests in general, we have some key concerns with the 
implications of the rationale used by the BGC in support of the Recommendation. 
 These concerns were expressed during the Council call and on the Council 
mailing list and centered around the perceived potential impact of the 
Recommendation on the GNSO and more broadly, the bottom-up, multi-stakeholder 
model.

                We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to withdraw the arguments 
used to support the ultimate rejection of the Reconsideration Request, and 
replace the rationale with something more in line with the scope of 
Reconsideration Requests as outlined in the ICANN Bylaws.  In addition, we ask 
that we continue the dialogue on the this particular matter in July at the 
ICANN meeting in Durban.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Robinson
GNSO Council Chair


Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs


From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Jonathan Robinson
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:02 AM
To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting - 13 June 2013 - Actionss arising 
from Item 6 (Reconsideration request ... )

Bruce,

Thank-you for flagging this.

We will endeavour to provide you with this.

Jonathan

From: Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 June 2013 23:52
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting - 13 June 2013 - Actionss arising 
from Item 6 (Reconsideration request ... )

Hello Jonathan,

For information- the Board Governance Committee is meeting on Tuesday 18 June 
at 21:00 UTC time.

A review of the rationale for reconsideration request 13.3 is on the agenda.   
Any materials you can provide before then would be useful.

I am expecting that the new gTLD program committee will then consider 
reconsideration request 13.3 at its meeting on 25 June 2013.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin