[council] Draft language

[Mary.Wong at law.unh.edu]

Thanks to David, Alan, John and Brian - this looks good to me.

Cheers
Mary

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"Winterfeldt, Brian" <bwinterfeldt at steptoe.com> wrote:


Please see revised draft below with correction suggested by Alan and with John’s suggestion which I think is helpful.

Kind regards,

Brian J. Winterfeldt
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From: John Berard [mailto:john at crediblecontext.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:40 AM
To: Winterfeldt, Brian
Cc: council at gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] Draft language

Brian,

Note my boldface suggestion:

The GNSO Council wishes to express its disappointment with the Board's decision to meet in a closed session on Saturday 23 June to vote on a topic which was slated for discussion at the public forum on Thursday, January 28, 2012 :http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2.

ICANN staff had placed the topic of the renewal of the .com Agreement on the Thursday public forum agenda some time ago, and this item remains on the public forum agenda tomorrow.  We are aware that of a number of GNSO constituencies, stakeholder groups and/or Advisory Committees that were looking forward to addressing this subject with the board and the ICANN community at the Public Forum.  However, although the GNSO Council and its constituencies were aware of the Board's intent to discuss the contract, we were not aware of its intent to approve the contract at its closed session.


This comment is not with regard to the merits of the Board’s action, it is for the constituencies or stakeholder groups to highlight those as they see fit.  However, we, the GNSO Council, find the process followed by the Board to be objectionable at a time when we are all being urged to advocate for the ICANN model at time of increased global scrutiny, and its is therefore imperative that the Board hold itself to the highest standards of transparency and accountability that it is mandated to uphold.




On Jun 28, 2012, at 10:52 AM, "Winterfeldt, Brian" <bwinterfeldt at steptoe.com<mailto:bwinterfeldt at steptoe.com>> wrote:
Jeff

As requested, how about the below draft:

The GNSO Council wishes to express its disappointment with the Board's decision to meet in a closed session on Saturday 23 June to vote on a topic which was slated for discussion at the public forum on Thursday, January 28, 2012 : http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2.

ICANN staff had placed the topic of the renewal of the .com Agreement on the Thursday public forum agenda some time ago, and this item remains on the public forum agenda tomorrow.  We are aware that of a number of GNSO constituencies, stakeholder groups and/or Advisory Committees that were looking forward to addressing this subject with the board and the ICANN community at the Public Forum.  However, neither the GNSO Council nor its constituencies, stakeholder groups or liaisons were aware of the Board's closed session and adoption of the draft agreement

This comment is not with regard to the merits of the Board’s action, it is for the constituencies or stakeholder groups to highlight those as they see fit.  However, we, the GNSO Council, find the process followed by the Board to be objectionable at a time when the private sector is being urged to advocate for the ICANN model, and its is therefore imperative that the Board hold itself to the highest standards of transparency and accountability that it is mandated to uphold.

Hope helpful.

Kind regards



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