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<DIV>I wouldn’t complicate the coordination, but couldn’t we easily refine the
language so that the GNSO is providing the advice, not just the council? I
think this was the case with the CEO letter.</DIV>
<DIV>The ISPCP is fine with the text itself.<BR><BR>Best
regards<BR><BR>Wolf-Ulrich<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us
href="mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us">Neuman, Jeff</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=jrobinson@afilias.info
href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">'Jonathan Robinson'</A> ; <A
title=council@gnso.icann.org href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">GNSO Council
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Draft Statement for Public
Forum</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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<P>The GNSO Council would like to remind the ICANN staff and Board that it is
the only entity charged with policy development and providing recommendations to
the Board on substantive policies relating to generic top level domains. The
GNSO Council recently provided advice in response to a letter from the CEO to
the effect that an issue being considered was a matter of policy, rather than
implementation. It was Staff’s view that the issue was implementation and not
policy, and accordingly it was the Staff’s decision to proceed with
implementation of what the majority of the Council believed was policy. It is
the Council’s firmly held view that when there is not an agreement on whether or
not such an item is policy, as in this case, that the Staff and/or the ICANN
Board must refer back to the Council before proceeding further.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P>Indeed, as a general point, it is the Council’s view that should it provide
policy advice to the Staff and/or the Board in the future, then in the event
that Staff and/or Board seek to act in a manner that is not consistent with the
Council’s advice, then the Staff and/or Board must consult with the GNSO
Council, explain the rationale behind its decision, and allow the Council, at a
minimum, to respond to the Staff or Board’s decision.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P><SPAN
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J. Neuman</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
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<BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
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Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs</SPAN></B><SPAN
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owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf
Of </B>Jonathan Robinson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 10, 2013 6:54
PM<BR><B>To:</B> GNSO Council List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] Draft Statement
for Public Forum<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P>Draft Statement for Public Forum:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P>The GNSO Council recently provided advice in response to a letter from the
CEO to the effect that an issue being considered was a matter of policy, rather
than implementation. It was Staff’s view that the issue was implementation and
not policy, and accordingly it was the Staff’s decision to proceed with the
first steps of implementation. It is the Council’s firmly held view that when
there is not an agreement on whether or not such an item is policy, as in this
case, that the Staff must refer back to the Council before proceeding
further.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P>Indeed, as a general point, it is the Council’s view that should it provide
policy advice to the Staff and/or the Board in the future, then in the event
that Staff and/or Board seek to act adverse to the Council’s advice, they should
certainly not do so without further reference back to the
Council.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>