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RE: [council] Draft Statement for Public Forum

  • To: Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: [council] Draft Statement for Public Forum
  • From: "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:06:37 +0200
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Has my full support.

Wolfgang

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Wendy Seltzer
Sent: Thu 4/11/2013 1:38 AM
To: Jonathan Robinson
Cc: GNSO Council List
Subject: Re: [council] Draft Statement for Public Forum
 

Agree. Thanks Jonathan and Jeff.

--Wendy

On 04/10/2013 05:23 PM, Mason Cole wrote:
> This looks good to me. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:19 PM, "Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Some revisions: 
>>  
>> The GNSO Council would like to remind the ICANN staff and Board that it is 
>> the only entity charged with policy development and providing 
>> recommendations to the Board on substantive policies relating to generic top 
>> level domains. 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 implementation of what the majority of the Council 
>> believed was policy. 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 and/or the ICANN Board 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 in a manner that is not consistent with 
>> the Council's advice, then the Staff and/or Board must consult with the GNSO 
>> Council, explain the rationale behind its decision, and allow the Council, 
>> at a minimum, to respond to the Staff or Board's decision.
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>> Jeffrey J. Neuman 
>> Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs
>>
>>  
>> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of Jonathan Robinson
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:54 PM
>> To: GNSO Council List
>> Subject: [council] Draft Statement for Public Forum
>>  
>> 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.
> 





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