[council] Draft Letter to BGC

Volker Greimann vgreimann at key-Systems.net
Tue Jun 18 17:22:14 UTC 2013


I would second that as a compromise.

Volker
>
> Jeff has offered a diluted version of his original draft.
>
> Brian has offered a different approach.
>
> One variant to Jeff’s proposed last sentence could be:
>
> Change:
>
> We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to defer the publication of the 
> rationale of the Reconsideration Request until such time that a more 
> complete discussion on this matter can take place with the community 
> in July at the ICANN meeting in Durban.
>
> To:
>
> We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to thoroughly review the 
> rationale of the Reconsideration Request and consider deferral ofthe 
> publication of the rationale until such time that a more complete 
> discussion on this matter can take place with the community in July at 
> the ICANN meeting in Durban.
>
> It’s not prescriptive on a solution but clearly raises the concern.
>
> Any takers for that?
>
> Jonathan
>
> *From:*John Berard [mailto:john at crediblecontext.com]
> *Sent:* 18 June 2013 18:50
> *To:* <jrobinson at afilias.info>
> *Cc:* Neuman, Jeff; Bruce Tonkin; <council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [council] Draft Letter to BGC
>
> It is near 1 pm Eastern on June 18.  What does the letter look like now?
>
> Berard
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2013, at 10:42 AM, "Jonathan Robinson" 
> <jrobinson at afilias.info <mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info>> wrote:
>
>     John,
>
>     Good that the short version makes sense.  It’s often the case as
>     you well know!
>
>     I felt it was clear in the Council meeting of 13/06/2013n that I
>     understood that a formal letter would need to be sent on behalf of
>     the Council and that this was what we were discussing.
>
>     I haven’t cross-checked against the transcript.  However, I did
>     cover this in my 16/06/2013 summary of the discussion and outcomes
>     and didn’t receive any objections.
>
>     Of course, it doesn’t necessarily require a vote for us to take
>     action.
>
>     We have an unusually tight deadline in that the BGC is meeting
>     today at 21h00 UTC.  If we accept your objection, we do nothing,
>     at least before the BGC meets.
>
>     If we are to do something before the BGC meets, we need to do it
>     fast.
>
>     Personally, I am OK to put my name next to a draft substantially
>     similar to what Jeff has outlined below but clearly, need support
>     from the Council if I am to do so.
>
>     Is there a variation on what Jeff has written that you feel you
>     could support reasonably well in advance of the 21h00 deadline?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Jonathan
>
>     *From:*john at crediblecontext.com <mailto:john at crediblecontext.com>
>     [mailto:john at crediblecontext.com]
>     *Sent:* 17 June 2013 23:25
>     *To:* Neuman, Jeff; 'jrobinson at afilias.info
>     <mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info>'; 'Bruce Tonkin';
>     council at gnso.icann.org <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>
>     *Subject:* RE: [council] Draft Letter to BGC
>
>     Jeff, et. al.,
>
>     Even though short, this note makes more of what happened than I
>     heard.  In as much as it was an open discussion, we didn't hear
>     from all and we certainly took no votes, either on a proposal,
>     motion or sense of the Council.
>
>     And I was the guy who coined the term "executivication" of
>     decision-making at ICANN.  I see the problem, but not the basis
>     for a solution.
>
>     It is true that the Board committee's decision has sparked a bit
>     of a controversy (the transcript of the meeting shows that), but
>     there is no basis for any "ask," except perhaps that the full
>     Board draw its own conclusion as to whether the decision
>     undermines the community as has been suggested.  Asking for this
>     to be on our joint meeting agenda for Durban is totally within our
>     purview, too.
>
>     I guess that rolls up to being an objection.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Berard
>
>         --------- Original Message ---------
>
>         Subject: [council] Draft Letter to BGC
>         From: "Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman at neustar.us
>         <mailto:Jeff.Neuman at neustar.us>>
>         Date: 6/17/13 1:09 pm
>         To: "'jrobinson at afilias.info <mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info>'"
>         <jrobinson at afilias.info <mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info>>,
>         "'Bruce Tonkin'" <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au
>         <mailto:Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>>,
>         "council at gnso.icann.org <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>"
>         <council at gnso.icann.org <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>>
>
>         Bruce,
>
>         Thanks for forwarding this note on to the Council.  Given the
>         timing sensitivities, I would propose the Council tomorrow
>         sending a note like the one below.  Any objections?
>
>         ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>         Dear Board Governance Committee,
>
>                         As you may be aware, the GNSO Council had the
>         opportunity to review the BGC Recommendation on
>         Reconsideration Request 13-3, which can be found at
>         http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/recommendation-ncsg-16may13-en.pdf
>         (Recommendation) during its regular monthly Council call on
>         June 16, 2013.
>
>         Although the Council in no way intends to interfere with
>         outcomes of Reconsideration Requests in general, we have some
>         key concerns with the implications of the rationale used by
>         the BGC in support of the Recommendation.  These concerns were
>         expressed during the Council call and on the Council mailing
>         list and centered around the perceived potential impact of the
>         Recommendation on the GNSO and more broadly, the bottom-up,
>         multi-stakeholder model.
>
>                         We therefore respectfully ask the BGC to
>         withdraw the arguments used to support the ultimate rejection
>         of the Reconsideration Request, and replace the rationale with
>         something more in line with the scope of Reconsideration
>         Requests as outlined in the ICANN Bylaws.  In addition, we ask
>         that we continue the dialogue on the this particular matter in
>         July at the ICANN meeting in Durban.
>
>
>         Sincerely,
>
>         Jonathan Robinson
>
>         GNSO Council Chair
>
>         *Jeffrey J. Neuman****
>         **Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs*
>
>         *From:*owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>         <mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org>
>         [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan
>         Robinson
>         *Sent:* Monday, June 17, 2013 7:02 AM
>         *To:* 'Bruce Tonkin'; council at gnso.icann.org
>         <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>
>         *Subject:* RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting - 13 June 2013 -
>         Actionss arising from Item 6 (Reconsideration request ... )
>
>         Bruce,
>
>         Thank-you for flagging this.
>
>         We will endeavour to provide you with this.
>
>         Jonathan
>
>         *From:*Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au]
>         *Sent:* 16 June 2013 23:52
>         *To:* council at gnso.icann.org <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>
>         *Subject:* RE: [council] GNSO Council Meeting - 13 June 2013 -
>         Actionss arising from Item 6 (Reconsideration request ... )
>
>         Hello Jonathan,
>
>         For information- the Board Governance Committee is meeting on
>         Tuesday 18 June at 21:00 UTC time.
>
>         A review of the rationale for reconsideration request 13.3 is
>         on the agenda.   Any materials you can provide before then
>         would be useful.
>
>         I am expecting that the new gTLD program committee will then
>         consider reconsideration request 13.3 at its meeting on 25
>         June 2013.
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Bruce Tonkin
>


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