Re: [council] Fwd: Follow-up to the second JAS WG report

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Just to that specific point, and not voicing an opinion on the rest of this 
issue, we found out at the same time as Olivier thanks to Katim's message, 
which I resent to the Council (cf my email May 23).


Stéphane



Le 27 mai 2011 à 18:40, Neuman, Jeff a écrit :

> How is it that the ALAC has the opportunity to vote on this before the gnso 
> even finds out about the concept?
> 
> I am also hearing that there is a third version of the JAS report coming out, 
> so should we get a copy of that before voting to send anything to the Board? 
> Jeffrey J. Neuman, Esq. 
> Vice President, Law & Policy 
> NeuStar, Inc. 
> Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> 
>  
> From: Rosette, Kristina [mailto:krosette@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 12:35 PM
> To: GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Subject: RE: [council] Fwd: Follow-up to the second JAS WG report 
>  
> Anyone want to take odds on the likelihood that the referenced 
> multistakeholder meeting is scheduled at the same time as our Council meeting?
> 
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 12:20 PM
> To: GNSO Council List
> Subject: [council] Fwd: Follow-up to the second JAS WG report
> 
> Councillors,
> 
> FYI, see the message below from the ALAC Chair to Katim.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> 
> 
> Début du message réexpédié :
> 
>> De : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx>
>> Date : 27 mai 2011 16:15:27 HAEC
>> À : "Katim S. Touray" <kstouray@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc : Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx>, Stéphane Van Gelder 
>> <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>, 
>> Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx>, ICANN AtLarge Staff 
>> <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>, Karla 
>> Valente <karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx>, Gisella Gruber-White 
>> <gisella.gruber-white@xxxxxxxxx>, diane.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx
>> Objet : Rép : Follow-up to the second JAS WG report
>> 
>> Dear Katim,
>> 
>> thank you for your kind email and your suggestion which was received very 
>> positively by members of the JAS working group when the discussion came up.
>> 
>> Both the GNSO and the ALAC charters for this working group include the 
>> following sentence:
>> 
>> "4. All communication to the ICANN Board regarding the work of this Working 
>> Group shall be through the respective SO/AC unless expressly approved by the 
>> respective SO/AC."
>> 
>> However, a direct interaction between the various ICANN communities and the 
>> JAS working group participants has always been very welcome by the ALAC. 
>> After all, the JAS working group is open to all participants, GAC and Board 
>> members included.
>> 
>> Your suggestion was therefore discussed during the ALAC monthly call on 24 
>> May 2011. 
>> A motion for an invitation of interested parties was presented and voted on 
>> by the committee, as follows:
>> 
>> --- cut here ---
>> The ALAC is pleased to note interest from the Board and other stakeholders 
>> towards the second Milestone Report of the Cross-community Joint Applicant 
>> Support Working Group (JAS WG). To this extent, the ALAC therefore welcomes 
>> the organisation of a conference call -- for interested members of the JAS 
>> WG, ICANN Board, GNSO, GAC, At-Large and other interested community members 
>> -- to discuss the status and way forward for the JAS WG. We also request the 
>> creation of a multi-stakeholder meeting on this issue to be held at the 
>> ICANN meeting in Singapore.
>> --- cut here ---
>> 
>> A vote was performed with 13 out of 15 ALAC members being present on the 
>> call. 
>> It resulted in a unanimous 13 yes, 0 objections and 0 abstentions.
>> 
>> I therefore can give you the green light from the ALAC to proceed forward 
>> with setting up such a call, and to consider the request for the creation of 
>> a multi-stakeholder meeting on the JAS issue to be held at the ICANN meeting 
>> in Singapore.
>> I understand that the current standard call times for the JAS working group 
>> are Tuesday 13:00 UTC and Friday 13:00 UTC. May I therefore suggest the 
>> consideration of any of those future times:
>> 
>> - Tuesday 31 May 2011 - 13:00 UTC
>> - Friday 3 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
>> - Tuesday 7 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
>> - Friday 10 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC
>> 
>> In the interest of swift synchronization, I am CC'ing this message to 
>> Gisella and Karla who will be able to coordinate call participants, but I 
>> would kindly ask you that you coordinate the Board's participant list as 
>> well as the GAC's participant list.
>> 
>> While thanking you again for your suggestion, I look forward to hearing from 
>> you soon.
>> 
>> Kindest regards,
>> 
>> Olivier Crépin-Leblond
>> ALAC Chair
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 23/05/2011 09:50, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote :
>>> 
>>> Dear Katim,
>>> 
>>> thank you very much for your kind message. From discussions that have taken 
>>> place in the JAS working group, I am aware that the group would be very 
>>> interested indeed in such an interaction. As far as the ALAC is concerned, 
>>> I will ask for this question to be added to the agenda of our forthcoming 
>>> monthly call, tomorrow Tuesday. I'll get back to you in due course. 
>>> Warmest regards,
>>> 
>>> Olivier
>>> 
>>> On 23/05/2011 03:13, Katim S. Touray wrote :
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Olivier and Stéphane,
>>>> 
>>>> First, let me congratulate you and your teams, as well as the JAS WG on 
>>>> their second report.  I've had the opportunity to go through it, and it's 
>>>> quality work.
>>>> 
>>>> To follow on the second JAS WG report, I would like to ask if you'd be 
>>>> interested in organizing a conference call for interested board members 
>>>> and the GNSO, GAC, and At-Large reps to discuss the status and way forward 
>>>> for the recently released JAS WG report. The idea was presented at the 
>>>> recently concluded board retreat in Istanbul that a public meeting on the 
>>>> JAS WG report (with the participation of the board and GAC) will be 
>>>> helpful, and toward this end, it would be useful to have a conference 
>>>> call.  Please let me know if this makes sense to you and let me know when 
>>>> you want to have the call, if indeed you want to have it.
>>>> 
>>>> Again, thanks to all of you and your teams for the great work you're doing 
>>>> on the issue!  I hope we'll all be able to come together to have a useful 
>>>> program we all can be proud of.  Have a great week, and best wishes!
>>>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> 
>>>> Katim
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
>>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
>> 
>> -- 
>> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
>> http://www.gih.com/ocl.html
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