Re: [council] MERGED version - draft statement on .com

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

Thanks Zahid,

I'll go with something based on this.

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Head of Domain Operations
Group NBT

Le 28 juin 2012 à 12:14, Zahid Jamil a écrit :

> attempt at merger of both statements:
> 
> The GNSO Council had discussed with the Board during its meeting on Sunday 
> that there were several instances where the GNSO Council was not involved 
> prior the Board made decisions to seek community input. 
> 
> It is with disappointment that the GNSO Council noted that a resolution on 
> the renewal of a contract was passed last weekend while this very matter is a 
> topic for today's public forum. Parts of the community may deem their 
> contributions moot when they are not considered by the Board prior to making 
> a decision. 
> 
> We would like to explicitly point this out in order to make sure that 
> community input is sought before resolutions are made and not afterwards when 
> future meetings are planned.  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, we therefore have faith that the Board will in the future continue 
> to maintain the highest standards of transparency and accountability that it 
> is mandated to uphold. 
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
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> On 28 Jun 2012, at 12:10, "Jonathan Robinson" <jonathan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I have no objection to this or similar.
>>  
>> I expect the statement (or a variant of it) crafted by David & Brian might 
>> come out via the IPC in the public forum.
>>  
>> Jonathan
>>  
>> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of Thomas Rickert
>> Sent: 28 June 2012 11:51
>> To: GNSO Council List
>> Subject: [council] draft statement on .com
>>  
>> All,
>> here comes my proposed language for a statement that could be made by 
>> Stéphane.
>>  
>> Thomas
>>  
>> The GNSO Council had discussed with the Board during its meeting on Sunday 
>> that there were several instances where the GNSO Council was not involved 
>> prior the Board made decisions to seek community input. 
>> It is with disappointment that the GNSO Council noted that a resolution on 
>> the renewal of the .com contract was passed last weekend while this very 
>> matter is a topic for today's public forum. Parts of the community may deem 
>> their contributions moot when they are not considered by the Board prior to 
>> making a decision. 
>> We would like to explicitly point this out in order to make sure that 
>> community input is sought before resolutions are made and not afterwards 
>> when future meetings are planned. 
>>  
>> Thomas
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