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<div>Agree, Matheiu. You’ve got it all in one sentence so there’s no disconnect or confusion. So the full text of Article XI, Section 2, Item 1 would be:</div>
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<div>j. The advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters shall be duly taken into account, both in the formulation and adoption of policies. In the event that the ICANN Board determines to take an action that is not consistent with
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<div>The GAC has the autonomy to refine its Operating Procedures to specify how objections are raised and considered (for example, disallowing a single country to continue an objection on the same issue if no other countries will join in an objection). When
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 11:56 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] ST18 breathrough text<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank you Phil,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I think you are right that removing that ambiguity is consistent with our discussion earlier today. Probably the easiest fix would be
to merge sentences as such <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“Any GAC advice approved by a full GAC consensus, understood to mean the practice of adopting decisions by general agreement in the absence
of any formal objection, may only be rejected by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board, and the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will then try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">De :</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> Phil Corwin [<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>]
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<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 26 novembre 2015 18:43<br>
<b>À :</b> Mathieu Weill; <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">
accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Objet :</b> RE: ST18 breathrough text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">With all respect, I believe there was substantial consensus and no objection on the call to accepting my suggestion that the last sentence
of the first paragraph be clarified to eliminate any ambiguity as to which GAC advice would require an effort to find a mutually acceptable solution, as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">With</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> respect to such
<b>consensus </b>advice, the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Absent such clarification, this sentence could be read as imposing that duty in regard to any GAC advice transmitted to the Board, regardless of whether
it was supported by consensus. Even with this clarification, the Board would still have to duly take into account any GAC advice, as per the first sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">
<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mathieu Weill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] TR: ST18 breathrough text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear Colleagues,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">During the call today, we found a common way forward on the ST18 recommendation, based on joint inputs from Denmark and Keith Drazek.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This is intended to clarify the actual text that will be presented as our proposal on the Draft Report.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thank you all of you for your contributions to this significant step forward.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Best and happy thanksgiving to all our US friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">De :</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> Steve DelBianco [<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>]
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<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 26 novembre 2015 17:03<br>
<b>À :</b> ACCT-Staff; Thomas Rickert; Mathieu Weill; León Felipe Sánchez Ambía; Cheryl Langdon-Orr; Becky Burr; Jordan Carter<br>
<b>Objet :</b> ST18 breathrough text <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Here’s what we need in the 3rd report:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Article XI, Section 2, Item 1 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">j. The advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters shall be duly taken into account, both in the formulation and adoption of policies. In the event
that the ICANN Board determines to take an action that is not consistent with the Governmental Advisory Committee advice, it shall so inform the Committee and state the reasons why it decided not to follow that advice. Any GAC advice approved by a full
GAC consensus, understood to mean the practice of adopting decisions by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection, may only be rejected by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board. With respect to such advice, the Governmental Advisory Committee
and the ICANN Board will try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">The GAC has the autonomy to refine its Operating Procedures to specify how objections are raised and considered (for example, disallowing a single country to continue an objection
on the same issue if no other countries will join in an objection). When transmitting consensus advice to the Board for which the GAC seeks to receive special consideration, the GAC has the obligation to confirm the lack of any formal objection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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