RE: [council] Draft language

["Jonathan Robinson" <jonathan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the impact of presenting this at the public forum is significant and 
worth considering.

 

Jonathan

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Winterfeldt, Brian
Sent: 28 June 2012 11:47
To: 'John Berard'
Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [council] Draft language

 

Please see revised draft below with correction suggested by Alan and with 
John’s suggestion which I think is helpful.


Kind regards,

 

Brian J. Winterfeldt  

Partner 

bwinterfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx

Steptoe

 

From: John Berard [mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:40 AM
To: Winterfeldt, Brian
Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] Draft language

 

Brian,

 

Note my boldface suggestion:

 

The GNSO Council wishes to express its disappointment with the Board's decision 
to meet in a closed session on Saturday 23 June to vote on a topic which was 
slated for discussion at the public forum on Thursday, January 28, 2012 
:http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2. 

 

ICANN staff had placed the topic of the renewal of the .com Agreement on the 
Thursday public forum agenda some time ago, and this item remains on the public 
forum agenda tomorrow.  We are aware that of a number of GNSO constituencies, 
stakeholder groups and/or Advisory Committees that were looking forward to 
addressing this subject with the board and the ICANN community at the Public 
Forum.  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. 

 

 

This comment is not with regard to the merits of the Board’s action, it is for 
the constituencies or stakeholder groups to highlight those as they see fit.  
However, we, the GNSO Council, find the process followed by the Board to be 
objectionable at a time when we are all being urged to advocate for the ICANN 
model at time of increased global scrutiny, and its is therefore imperative 
that the Board hold itself to the highest standards of transparency and 
accountability that it is mandated to uphold.

 

 


On Jun 28, 2012, at 10:52 AM, "Winterfeldt, Brian" <bwinterfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

Jeff

 

As requested, how about the below draft:

 

The GNSO Council wishes to express its disappointment with the Board's decision 
to meet in a closed session on Saturday 23 June to vote on a topic which was 
slated for discussion at the public forum on Thursday, January 28, 2012 :  
<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2> 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2.  

 

ICANN staff had placed the topic of the renewal of the .com Agreement on the 
Thursday public forum agenda some time ago, and this item remains on the public 
forum agenda tomorrow.  We are aware that of a number of GNSO constituencies, 
stakeholder groups and/or Advisory Committees that were looking forward to 
addressing this subject with the board and the ICANN community at the Public 
Forum.  However, neither the GNSO Council nor its constituencies, stakeholder 
groups or liaisons were aware of the Board's closed session and adoption of the 
draft agreement 

 

This comment is not with regard to the merits of the Board’s action, it is for 
the constituencies or stakeholder groups to highlight those as they see fit.  
However, we, the GNSO Council, find the process followed by the Board to be 
objectionable at a time when the private sector is being urged to advocate for 
the ICANN model, and its is therefore imperative that the Board hold itself to 
the highest standards of transparency and accountability that it is mandated to 
uphold. 

 

Hope helpful. 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Brian J. Winterfeldt  

Partner 

bwinterfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx

Steptoe

 


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