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<p class="MsoNormal">Phil – Thanks for sharing this post.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Councilors – For your convenience, I’ve attached the latest draft of our response to the GAC’s Copenhagen Communique. The 2-character issue is referenced as Item #4 in this response.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black"><council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 6:34 <br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] FW: The 2-Character Answer to this GAC Advice Should be "No"</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Fellow Councilors – this new article relates to the response to Copenhagen GAC advice that we shall be voting on in two days.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> Phil Corwin
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Subject:</b> The 2-Character Answer to this GAC Advice Should be "No"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have just published a new article regarding current ICANN developments between the Board and GAC. It can be found at
<a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170516_the_2_character_answer_to_this_gac_advice_should_be_no/">
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170516_the_2_character_answer_to_this_gac_advice_should_be_no/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s the introduction—<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>Overview:</u> ICANN’s GAC has reacted to the ICANN Board’s November 2016 decision to authorize the release of two-character domains at new gTLDs with advice to the Board that does not have true consensus backing from GAC members
and that relates to procedure, not policy. The Board’s proper response should be to just say no, stick to its decision and advise the GAC that it will not consider such advice.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Instead, the Board has, against the preliminary advice of the policy-making GNSO Council, initiated discussions with aggrieved GAC members that may reopen its decision. Continuing down this dangerous path may provide governments with
far more leverage over ICANN policy decisions than was ever envisioned or intended by the long debated and carefully crafted new Bylaws language addressing the Board’s responsibility to give attention to GAC advice.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you find it of interest and welcome any feedback.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Philip<o:p></o:p></p>
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