[council] RE: GNSO Draft council statement on Saturday's Board decision

[Alan Greenberg]

Here is the comment I made to David and Brian as well as the first 
draft of the statement that the ALAC will consider (possibly for 
adoption today).

Alan
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David, after a more careful review, I would suggest that you change 
the last sentence of the 2nd paragraph. The Council was given a heads 
up by Bruce that a discussion of the .com agreement was on the Board 
agenda 
(http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13232.html), 
but not that there was an intent to approve it.

Therefore I would suggest changing:

>However, neither the GNSO Council nor its constituencies were aware 
>of the Board's closed session and adoption of the draft .com renewal agreement.

to

>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.

You also have a small typo in the last sentence - ITS instead of IT.


The initial draft that I am recommending to the ALAC is:

>The At-Large Advisory Committee wishes to express its disappointment 
>with the Board's decision to meet in a closed session on Saturday 23 
>June to adopt the draft .com renewal agreement: 
>http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-23jun12-en.htm#2.
>
>ICANN staff had placed this on the Thursday public forum agenda some 
>time ago, and the .com renewal item remains on the public forum 
>agenda tomorrow.  Although we were aware that the .com agreement was 
>on the Board's agenda, we were not aware of the intent to approve 
>the agreement at its closed session.
>
>This comment is not with regard to the merits of the Board's action. 
>The ALAC finds the process followed by the Board to be objectionable 
>at a time when ICANN is subject to increased scrutiny. It is 
>therefore imperative that the Board hold itself to the highest 
>standards of transparency and accountability that it is mandated to uphold.