<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Patricio,</div><div><br></div><div>Fortunately this is simple to solve, the GAC members on the FoI Wg (<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Heather Dryden,</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Jayantha Fernando, Frank March, Alice Munyua, Suzanne Radell) </span>can explain to them what we actually did. </div><div><br></div><div>And, as far as I read this we did NOT interpret the GAC Principles. The DRD Wg (its predecessor) analyzed it (and RFC-1591 and "ICP-1") and compared it with actual practices.</div><div><br></div><div>The FoI Wg interpreted RFC-1591 and clearly stated:</div><div>
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<div class="column"><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">• </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">Recognising that ultimate authority on public policy for any country is its government
</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">and legislature, nothing in the </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">FOIWG's report is intended to, or should be taken to,
</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">constrain or limit applicable law in respect of matters relating to country</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">-</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">code top</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">-</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">level
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</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">or IDN string, or in th</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">e state of incorporation/place of business of the IANA operator.
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Symbol'">• </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">Nothing in the Framework of Interpretation limits or constrains the applicability of the
</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">2005 GAC "Principles and Guidelines for the Delegation and Administration of Country
</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">Code Top Level Do</span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">mains". </span></p>
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</div></div><div><br></div><div>My understanding is also that the Charter was considered by the GAC, resulting in the appointment of said GAC members to the FoI Wg and their significant contributions to the work of the FoI Wg).</div><div><br></div><div>I think we need to require clarification with regards to predictability of the GAC (which is an ICCAN accountability issue), as there are some other working groups where GAC has appointed members or liaisons, and if their participation is unsanctioned (for the lack of a better word) we need to review their presence. </div><div><br></div><div>I am a member of the CCWG-Accountability, the mailing list of which "reads" in copy.</div><div><br></div><div>el<br><br>Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini<div><br>On Feb 7, 2015, at 20:03, Patricio Poblete <<a href="mailto:ppoblete@nic.cl">ppoblete@nic.cl</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">There seems to be people in the GAC objecting to the FOIWG providing an "interpretation" of existing policy:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/sgdickinson/status/563996893651275778">https://twitter.com/sgdickinson/status/563996893651275778</a><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/sgdickinson/status/563997005848920064">https://twitter.com/sgdickinson/status/563997005848920064</a><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/sgdickinson/status/563997332618739712">https://twitter.com/sgdickinson/status/563997332618739712</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Given that the word is in the name of the WG and also in its charter, one would have expected the issue to be raised sometime before, during the zillion times we bored them to death with our updates...</div><div><br></div><div>Patricio</div></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>[...]</div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>