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Re: [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to the Board re. Reconsideration Request 13-3

  • To: WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to the Board re. Reconsideration Request 13-3
  • From: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:04:17 +0200
  • Cc: Maria Farrell <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>, council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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All,

I think the suggested wording actually falls short by understating how broad the concern is viewed within the council. By indicating only "some members" voiced the concern, this could be read as to mean only a small number of the councilmembers shared these concers, i.e. that the statement only represents a minority position.

Best,

Volker

With respect to the fairness to those who did not raise similar concerns or couldn’t support the concerns raised at the last council meeting I join John’s comment.

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich

*From:* john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:41 AM
*To:* Maria Farrell <mailto:maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx> ; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:* RE: [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to the Board re. Reconsideration Request 13-3
Maria,
I am a fan of short-hand and jargon (it make life quicker and excludes the uninitiated) but your letter should have more correctly said "*/Some members of/* the GNSO Council expressed concern..." It is clear there is no position taken and no unanimity.
A fine but important point.
Cheers,
Berard

    --------- Original Message ---------
    Subject: [council] FYI: NCSG Letter to the Board re.
    Reconsideration Request 13-3
    From: "Maria Farrell" <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>
    Date: 6/25/13 1:48 pm
    To: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

    Dear Council colleagues,

    Below for your information is a copy of a letter sent on behalf of
    the NCSG to the Board of Directors, which was received by the
    Board (via Bruce Tonkin's kind intercession) on 19 June.
    Bruce says the Board would be interested to meet and discuss the
    broad concerns about the multistakeholder model raised in the
    reconsideration request, and also confirms that the request itself
    will be discussed at the BGC meeting of 25 June.
    If and when we have any scheduling information about a meeting
    with the Board, we will share it so that others may be aware.
    All the best,

    Maria

    Dear ICANN Board of Directors:
    I am writing to you on behalf of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder
    Group (NCSG) and other concerned members of the ICANN community
    regarding the harmful implications to the community-led
    multi-stakeholder policy development model if the ICANN Board
    decides to adopt the rationale provided in the recommendation of
    the Board Governance Committee (BGC) in response to the NCSG's
    Request for Reconsideration (13-3).  The rationale provided in the
    BGC's recommendation, which appears to be drafted by over-reaching
    lawyers, attempts to set a precedent that ICANN staff can
    over-rule the GNSO Council on policy decisions at its own
    discretion.  This decision has alarmed community members beyond
    the NCSG and beyond those who were originally concerned with the
    underlying issue that NCSG was initially probing of staff's
    adoption of the "TM+50" policy for the Trademark Clearinghouse.
    The GNSO Council expressed concern about the BGC decision
    rationale at length during council's 13 June meeting; and I
    encourage all Board Members to listen to audio recording
    <http://t.co/ss2MwpdWEa> of the GNSO Council discussion or read
    the attached transcript to get a better understanding the concerns
    of members of several different GNSO stakeholder groups.
    The rationale provided in the BGC decision, if adopted by the
    entire board, would cement the change in ICANN's policy
    development model away from the bottom-up community-led governance
    model to a top-down staff-driven model with no checks on abuses or
    poor staff decisions.  If the rationale provided in this BGC
    decision is adopted by the Board, which goes well beyond the
    narrow issue presented to it, ICANN threatens to undermine its own
    legitimacy as a global governance institution, and it loses the
    ability to label itself as a community-led bottom-up model for
    Internet governance.
    We understand the BGC's recommendation is on the agenda to be
    adopted on 25 June 2013 by the Board's New gTLD Program Committee
    (NGPC).  Given the Board's record of adopting all 15 BGC decisions
    that have come before it in the last ten years, there is concern
    that this BGC recommendation will be similarly adopted by the
    Board with little understanding or discussion of the harm to
    ICANN's legitimacy and the multi-stakeholder model that this
    precedent threatens.  The handling of this reconsideration request
    has also raised concerns about ICANN's "accountability" mechanism,
    which appears to allow the same legal team that created and
    adopted a policy to later evaluate the legitimacy of that policy's
    adoption.
    */We therefore respectfully request that the Board meet with
    concerned members of the community including NCSG to permit a more
    complete discussion and understanding of the concerns raised by
    the rationale provided in the BGC decision and to allow for
    appropriate adjustments to the decision before it is adopted by
    the Board./*  We would gladly meet with the Members of the ICANN
    Board during the Durban Meeting or before, at the Board's
    convenience, to discuss this decision and welcome all members of
    the community to join in the discussion.   Please let us know if
    the Board is available to meet with NCSG and others in the
community on this crucial issue at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to fruitful
    discussions going into Durban and stand ready to provide whatever
    assistance is needed.
    Truly,
    Robin Gross
    NCSG Chair



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