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Re: [council] Advance question for the 28 Feburary call
- To: Rita Rodin <Rita.Rodin@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Chuck Gomes <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [council] Advance question for the 28 Feburary call
- From: Robin Gross <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:29 -0800
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Hello Rita and Chuck,
I've also got two issues for Rita to address during the call:
1. Free expression and new top-level domains.
- In your view should ICANN institute a "one-size-fits-all" policy
prohibiting domain names considered "immoral" or "contrary to public
order" in any part of the world? How should ICANN take into account
the different legal and social systems at the local level to develop
a global policy for introducing new top-level domains?
2. ICANN & human rights.
- Could ICANN build more protections for human rights into its
governance structure by incorporating guarantees found in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights into its corporate Bylaws? How
can we ensure protection for fundamental values in an entity that is
a legal corporation (such as ICANN)?
Thank you,
Robin
On Feb 27, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
Hi,
Due to an employment commitment with the IGF this week, I will not
be able to attend the meeting with the council, but do plan to
listen to the recording after the meeting. I am therefore
directing my question to you by email, though I request that Chuck,
who will chair that meeting, ask it of you at the proper time.
My question relates to the improvements casting the GNSO council,
as a management body instead of a 'legislative body.' One of the
concerns that I wrote of in the public comment period, has not
really been alleviated by the last report. This concerns the
distinction between policy management as an administrative function
and policy management as a policy function. If I read the current
proposal correctly, the council must pass on recommendations from
Working Groups as long as they followed the (to be developed)
process correctly - even if, in the consensus view of the council,
the recommendation is a really bad idea. I think this relegates
the GNSO council to a purely administrative body and not a policy
body. At the very least, I believe the council should be able to
reject a policy recommendation if there is a supermajority against
it (same rules as apply to the Board vis a vis a GNSO council
supermajority PDP decision). I would like to know your position
regarding my concern.
Thanks
a.
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