[council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT

[James M. Bladel]

Hi all -

Great thread on this, and Rec #11 is definitely an area of focus for our response, so we want to be clear.

If memory serves, our position on this Recommendation was more nuanced than "support" or "opposed."  Most SG/C comments noted the 2/3rds vote of the Board requirement to reject GAC advice as a deal-breaker.  Some SGs and Cs (BC and RySG, I believe) said they did support other components of Rec #11, specifically the definition of GAC Consensus as Lacking Formal Objection.

Stichting these together, our response would appear to be broad opposition to the 2/3rds vote threshold, and support/non-opposition to keep the current definition of GAC Consensus. In effect, the GNSO wants to preserve the status quo on both points.

Have I got that straight?  If so, we need to wordsmith this in to our Rec #11 response so it is clear to the CCWG Co-Chairs.

Thanks-

J.

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Subject: Re: [council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT

Hi Ed,

as you implicitly express the accurate wording here is important. And I, too, like to see and understand the statement reflecting accurately the GNSO's status.
Maybe it's just an issue of how I understand the word "overall" with my limited English. To me it means "covering or including all and everything". If this is the meaning then "overall" is misplaced here.
How about "broadly" or "at large".
I'm sure English natives are inventive to find something where we can all agree on. So calling for a vote on just this recommendation might not help us to make progress.

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich


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Subject: Re: [council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT

Hi Wolf-Ulrich,



- Rec#11: There are concerns with the first statement: "The GNSO overall does not support this recommendation." This should be deleted.

I disagree.

I believe that statement accurately depicts the current state of play within the GNSO and would be of great value to the CCWG chairs. If there is a belief that this statement is inaccurate I would ask that a vote be taken using the simple majority threshold and that this statement be deleted only if it is shown that the GNSO does support recommendation 11.

Thanks,

Ed Morris



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