RE: [council] Draft Statement for Public Forum

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Jonathan,


I am good with this.


Berard



--------- Original Message ---------Subject: [council] Draft Statement for 
Public Forum
From: Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 4/10/13 3:54 am
To: "GNSO Council List" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Draft Statement for Public Forum:
The GNSO Council recently provided advice in response to a letter from the CEO 
to the effect that an issue being considered was a matter of policy, rather 
than implementation. It was Staff’s view that the issue was implementation and 
not policy, and accordingly it was the Staff’s decision to proceed with the 
first steps of implementation. It is the Council’s firmly held view that when 
there is not an agreement on whether or not such an item is policy, as in this 
case, that the Staff must refer back to the Council before proceeding further.
Indeed, as a general point, it is the Council’s view that should it provide 
policy advice to the Staff and/or the Board in the future, then in the event 
that Staff and/or Board seek to act adverse to the Council’s advice, they 
should certainly not do so without further reference back to the Council.