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Re: [council] GAC /ICANN Board cooperation


Hi,

I also think this is important.

2 of the things I think we need understand as a council.

- In the Communique they use the term 'enhanced cooperation'.

In order to achieve the objectives of enhanced cooperation within the
ICANN context

These are key words from the WSIS Tunis Agenda. Specifically:

69. We further recognize the need for enhanced cooperation in the future, to enable governments, on an equal footing, to carry out their roles and responsibilities, in international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet, but not in the day- to-day technical and operational matters, that do not impact on international public policy issues.

I am curious whether the words are being used in that context. I tend to expect so.

- In the light of that, I go back to the word 'counterpart' used by the GAC GSNO WG chair at the beginning of the joint meetings between the council and GAC GNSO WG in referring to the relationship between the GAC GSNO WG and the GNSO Council. I am curious to what this word signifies and on to what extent parity as a 'counterpart' on GNSO policy issues is expected.

This concerns me somewhat and I hope that the council will have visibility, perhaps even a liaison relationship, into the discussions of the joint board/GACC WG.

thanks
a.



On 4 apr 2006, at 04.13, Marilyn Cade wrote:

I thought this was quite helpful for us as Council to discuss how we will
organize the ongoing interaction and dialogue with the GAC.

Marilyn

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner- council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:55 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [council] GAC /ICANN Board cooperation

Hello All,

Below is an extract from the GAC Communique regarding cooperation between GAC and ICANN Board, and the priority issues. Note that new gTLDs, IDNs,
and WHOIS are all listed as priority issues.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


From the GAC Communiqué:
http://gac.icann.org/web/communiques/gac24com.pdf


- GAC-ICANN Board cooperation

The GAC welcomed the inaugural meeting of the Joint Working Group
of the GAC and the ICANN Board. The Joint Working Group will be led
by Alejandro Pisanty on behalf of the ICANN Board and Janis Karklins
(Latvia) on behalf of the GAC. It was acknowledged that in the
immediate term (from Wellington to Marrakesh), it would be important to
improve the timeliness and efficiency of communications between the
GAC and the ICANN Board.

In order to achieve the objectives of enhanced cooperation within the
ICANN context, the GAC acknowledges that there is a need for the GAC
to consider changes in its working methods to enable it to interact more
routinely with the ICANN Board and the community.

Beyond this it was agreed that the working group should as a longer term
issue focus on the role of the GAC vis-à-vis ICANN and the ICANN
Board and it should lead to the creation of a better environment that
facilitates the development and application of public policy principles.

In particular, the GAC has identified the following issues as key priority
areas for early engagement, namely:

a) ccTLDs,

b) IDNs,

c) IPv6 and IP addressing resource allocation,

d) Development and creation of policies on gTLDs, and

e) WhoIS.








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