[council] [EXTERNAL] GAC update

[Austin, Donna]

Fair point Julf. It seems to be a unique set of circumstances where ICANN is developing a solution to address legislation and the GAC is holding a line that seems inconsistent with that same legislation. Interesting times ahead.


-----Original Message-----
From: Johan Helsingius [mailto:julf at julf.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 10:54 AM
To: Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin at team.neustar>; council at gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [council] GAC update

Donna,

 > I don't think the Board has ever formally rejected GAC advice previously, in large  > part because the process to do so could take six months or more. If they are  > disputing advice on GDPR this puts a lot of pressure on that timeframe.

If the board comes up with an "interim solution", I suppose it is then also up to GAC to decide if they consider it going against GAC advice or not.

     Julf