[council] RE: BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3

[Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just confirming that this has been posted to the Board Governance Committee and 
considered in its meeting today.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jonathan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2013 6:03 AM
To: Bruce Tonkin
Cc: Cherine Chalaby; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3

Dear Board Governance Committee,

                As you may be aware, the GNSO Council has had the opportunity 
to review the BGC Recommendation on Reconsideration Request 13-3, which can be 
found at 
http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf
 (Recommendation) during its regular monthly Council meeting on June 16, 2013.

Although the Council in no way intends to interfere with outcomes of 
Reconsideration Requests in general, some Councillors have voiced concerns with 
the implications of the rationale used by the BGC in support of the 
Recommendation.

 These concerns were expressed during the Council call and on the Council 
mailing list and centre around the perceived potential impact of the 
Recommendation on the GNSO and more broadly, the bottom-up, multi-stakeholder 
model.

                We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to thoroughly review the 
rationale of the Reconsideration Request and consider deferral of the 
publication of the rationale until such time that a more complete discussion on 
this matter can take place with the community in July at the ICANN meeting in 
Durban.

Sincerely,


Jonathan Robinson
GNSO Council Chair