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<DIV>I fully agree to John’s comments.</DIV>
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<DIV>As to the role of the liaison I expect she/he having to be more or less
passive and reactive. I don’t expect the GAC allowing to actively participating
in discussions. This may be different to liaisons at the GNSO (e.g. Alan as ALAC
liaison) but should definitely discussed between Heather and yourself,
Jonathan.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">I agree to
the one year term as the liaison needs to keep updated with the latest PDP
developments.<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=jrobinson@afilias.info
href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">Jonathan Robinson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 23, 2013 10:20 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=john@crediblecontext.com
href="mailto:john@crediblecontext.com">john@crediblecontext.com</A> ; <A
title=council@gnso.icann.org
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Comments on the appointment of a GNSO Council
- "Reverse Liaison " to the GAC</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks
John,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">That
moves it along and as far as I can see is consistent with what I
suggested.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">One
other point we need to consider is selection. Right now, we have Zahid as
a volunteer which is great.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">There
may be others depending on the criteria and, if so, will need to figure out how
to decide.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">In
any event, even if we only have one volunteer / candidate who meets the
criteria, we’ll probably need a method for the Council to ratify that
individual.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d">Jonathan<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'">
john@crediblecontext.com [mailto:john@crediblecontext.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 23
September 2013 17:27<BR><B>To:</B> jrobinson@afilias.info;
council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [council] Comments on the appointment
of a GNSO Council - "Reverse Liaison " to the GAC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Jonathan,<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I am glad we are trying to put a frame around this
idea. As you know, I suggested such an approach for our liaison to the
ccNSO Council as their meetings overlap with ours making it hard for a sitting
councilor to fully participate. That same is true with the GAC and I
support nominating someone with a just-ended seat on the
Council.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I have used the structure of your inquiry email to offer my
comments:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG>What do we mean by Reverse Liaison?</STRONG>
<o:p></o:p></P>
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</SPAN>The by-laws may allow for a liaison between groups, as it does for the
GAC with the GNSO Council, but practicalities may intervene. That is the
case with the GAC as no single member can speak for the full advisory
committee. As they have not filled the liaison seat, we are proposing a
reverse liaison so that we can still benefit from a fuller knowledge of their
actions and discussion as well as have a trusted representative who can
participate in their discussions. It should be someone who, as you say,
is able to effectively and accurately represent the current status of all
aspects of current GNSO policy work.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><STRONG>What
qualifications?</STRONG> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">It is required
that they be familiar with GNSO current policy work and the policy development
process. That's shy a GNSO Councilor just ending his or her term makes
the most sense.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><STRONG>What
does the Council expect</STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">As it would be
impossible to be in two places at the same time, there should be no
requirement that this person attend GNSO Council meetings, but, as with ICANN
staff that are called to participate when the Council agenda touches their
area of coverage, it would be expected for the liaison to be available to
brief the Council as needed. Certainly, regular written reports to GNSO
Council make sense. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><STRONG>What
does the GAC expect?</STRONG> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">This is a matter
for you (Jonathan) to discuss with the head of the GAC. I wonder if they
would be OK with the particulars above. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><STRONG>Other
practical issues?</STRONG> <o:p></o:p></P>
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</SPAN>The reverse liaison would need to be funded to attend the three
international meetings and any other intercessional held by the GAC (assuming
it is on-board). The term ought to be one year with a new councilor
whose term is just ending filling the spot each time.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">My two cents,
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Berard<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>