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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/01/2016 20:00, Robin Gross wrote:<br>
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      I agree that we need to remove the “every effort” language, which
      is indeed a loophole..  A rationale should be provided by the AC.
       Period.  Next issue.
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      <div class="">Thanks,</div>
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            <div class="">On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Greg Shatan &lt;<a
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">That
                  recommendation ("every effort") is inadequate and
                  frankly, bizarre.  Under what circumstances could an
                  AC make "every effort" and still fail to provide a
                  rationale?  If an AC makes "every effort" to develop a
                  rationale and still fails, what does that tell us
                  about the recommendation?  That no rational support
                  can be found for it?  That the AC can agree on the
                  result but not the rationale?  That the AC would
                  rather not state the rationale?</div>
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For those who
                  say that the GAC already offers rationales for their
                  recommendations -- if those rationales were considered
                  satisfactory, this issue would not have been raised in
                  the first place.  If necessary, we can go back to
                  specific items of advice, and the rationales or lack
                  thereof; but I don't know that we have the time to
                  engage in such an exercise.  For one, I recall that in
                  the .africa IRP concerns were raised about the lack of
                  a sufficiently-stated rationale.  If the GAC is
                  looking for greater parity with GNSO PDP policy
                  recommendations, the documentation accompanying those
                  recommendations should serve as a guide.</div>
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It is
                  heartening to hear that the GAC is already working on
                  improving their communication the rationales for their
                  advice.  As such, we all seem to be moving in the same
                  direction.</div>
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">With that in
                  mind, there should be no real issue with removing the
                  squishy "every effort" loophole and stating an
                  unqualified requirement for a rationale for all AC
                  advice.</div>
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:17
                  AM, Steve DelBianco <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a
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                        <div class="">Mathieu —  Regarding formal advice
                          from any Advisory Committee (AC), many
                          commenters reiterated that a rationale should
                          be a
                          <u class="">requirement</u> for advice to be
                          considered by the board.   (BC, NPOC, Google,
                          USCIB, RySG, Valideus, the US Chamber, RrSG,
                          NCUC, I2C, Intel, IPC)</div>
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                        <div class="">It’s not enough to require that
                          each AC "will make every effort”.   </div>
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                          <span style="font-weight:bold" class="">From:
                          </span>&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                            target="_blank" class="">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt;
                          on behalf of Mathieu Weill &lt;<a
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                            href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr"
                            target="_blank" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a></a>&gt;<br
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                          <span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Date:
                          </span>Monday, January 18, 2016 at 3:10 AM<br
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                          <span style="font-weight:bold" class="">To: </span>Greg
                          Shatan &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"
                            target="_blank" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt;,
                          Mike Chartier &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:mike.s.chartier@intel.com"
                            target="_blank" class="">mike.s.chartier@intel.com</a>&gt;<br
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                          <span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Cc: </span>"<a
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                          &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                            target="_blank" class="">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>&gt;<br
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                          <span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Subject:
                          </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] DOCUMENT - Rec 11 - GAC
                          Advice (first reading)<br class="">
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                                  class="" lang="EN-US">Mike,
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                                  class="" lang="EN-US">Good catch
                                  indeed. Precisely the point of our
                                  first reading exercise.
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                                    class="" lang="EN-US">So we will add
                                    this to recommendation 11 agenda
                                    item tomorrow.
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                                    class="" lang="EN-US">I will note
                                    that the current annex includes a
                                    related recommendation :
                                  </span></p>
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                                  <span class="" lang="EN-US"><span
                                      class="">·<span
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                                      </span></span></span><span
                                    class="" lang="EN-US">Insert a
                                    mention for all ACs: “The AC will
                                    make every effort to ensure that the
                                    advice provided is clear and
                                    supported by a rationale.”</span></p>
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                                    class="">De :</span></b><span
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                                  <b class="">De la part de</b> Greg
                                  Shatan<span class=""><br class="">
                                    <b class="">Envoyé :</b> lundi 18
                                    janvier 2016 05:30<br class="">
                                    <b class="">À :</b> Chartier, Mike S<br
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                                    <b class="">Cc :</b> <a
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                                  </span><b class="">Objet :</b> Re:
                                  [CCWG-ACCT] DOCUMENT - Rec 11 - GAC
                                  Advice (first reading)</span></p>
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                                        class="">Good point and good
                                        catch.  This should not have
                                        been overlooked.</span></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Jan 17,
                                      2016 at 9:52 PM, Chartier, Mike S
                                      &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                                      wrote:</p>
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                                            lang="EN-US">I think this is
                                            another illustration of how
                                            we need to be careful in
                                            documenting the process for
                                            handling comments (other
                                            than the Boards). For
                                            Recommendation 11 several
                                            commenters offered the
                                            proposal to add a
                                            requirement for GAC advice
                                            to be accompanied by a
                                            rationale. Given the general
                                            acceptance of proposals for
                                            rationales in other areas, I
                                            would have thought it would
                                            have at least been given a
                                            note in the prep document.</span></p>
                                        <p class=""><span class=""
                                            lang="EN-US">Look forward to
                                            discussing on Tues.</span></p>
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                                              <b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Alice
                                              Jansen<br class="">
                                              <b class="">Sent:</b>
                                              Friday, January 15, 2016
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                                              <b class="">Subject:</b>
                                              [CCWG-ACCT] DOCUMENT - Rec
                                              11 - GAC Advice (first
                                              reading)</span><span
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                                                          Advice (first
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                                                        scheduled for
                                                        your call #78 -
                                                        Tuesday, 19
                                                        January 2016
                                                        (12:00 – 15:00
                                                        UTC) - please
                                                        find attached
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