<div dir="ltr">Dear Kavouss,<div><br></div><div>In my view any Advisory Committee can give any advice it likes to the ICANN board (or to anyone else).</div><div><br></div><div>This approach would just be to make it clear under what conditions the ICANN Board has to follow the "due consideration" process set out in the bylaws for dealing with GAC advice, by specifying it would only apply to consensus advice as currently defined.</div><div><br></div><div>if GAC gave other kinds of advice, that would be dealt with by the ICANN Board the same way that it would be today.</div><div><br></div><div>In shorter words, what Steve DelBianco said is also my view.</div><div><br></div><div>bests,</div><div>Jordan</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 March 2015 at 17:01, Kavouss Arasteh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com" target="_blank">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Jordan</div><div>Thank you very much for the draft.</div><div>I understand from the draft that therte would be only "CONSENSUS ADVICE" from GAC to ICANN Board</div><div>However, today, GAC could advise the ICANN Board with advice on which no consensus is reached and that is an aimportant elements on which the system is working.</div><div>There are several examples of such kind of advice.</div><div>Please kindly identify where such advice is referred to .</div><div>In the darft the term" should " have been used which has optional connotation.</div><div>May you kindly consider some more strongert terms</div><div>Regards</div><div>Kavouss </div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">2015-03-01 3:41 GMT+01:00 Jordan Carter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz" target="_blank">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a>></span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Hi all<div><br></div><div>Attached is the second template I was drafting, trying to explain how the ICANN bylaws could define the level of consensus at which ICANN must take "due consideration" of GAC advice.</div><div><br></div><div>Please note that there will be <b>sensitivities</b> with this especially with the interaction with GAC decision making. I have tried to be very clear that this has <b>no impact</b> on GAC's decision making. I apologise in advance if in drafting this I have accidentally caused any offence or difficulties for any part of the ICANN community.</div><div><br></div><div><b>ICANN Staff - </b>could you post these on the Wiki and create a google doc for future editing as well?</div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to your comments and thoughts and improvements!</div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>Jordan<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Jordan Carter<br><br>Chief Executive <br><b>InternetNZ</b><br><br><a href="tel:04%20495%202118" value="+6444952118" target="_blank">04 495 2118</a> (office) | <a href="tel:%2B64%2021%20442%20649" value="+6421442649" target="_blank">+64 21 442 649</a> (mob)<br><a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz" target="_blank">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a> <br>Skype: jordancarter<br><br><i>A better world through a better Internet </i><br><br></div></div></div></div>
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