[council] ALAC statement on the approval of the .com agreement

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Thu Jun 28 13:08:20 UTC 2012


There is indeed more than a passing similarity 
between the two. And deliberately so. I hope you 
don't object to the two groups agreeing on something.

Alan

At 28/06/2012 08:22 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>Isn't that our statement Alan?
>
>Stéphane Van Gelder
>Directeur Général / General manager
>INDOM Group NBT France
>----------------
>Head of Domain Operations
>Group NBT
>
>Le 28 juin 2012 à 12:40, Alan Greenberg a écrit :
>
> >
> > The statement now approved by ALAC is as follows:
> >
> >
> > 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 topic on the 
> Thursday 28 June public forum agenda some time 
> ago, and the .com renewal item remains on the 
> public forum topic list.  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 nor on the content of the 
> .com agreement. The process followed by the 
> Board is objectionable at a time when ICANN is 
> subject to increased scrutiny. To give the 
> impression that the Board is interested in 
> additional community comment but then make a 
> decision five days earlier is not appropriate. 
> It is imperative that the Board hold itself to 
> the highest standards of transparency and 
> accountability that it is mandated to uphold.





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