[Gnso-epdp-team] legal advice and budget

[Volker Greimann]

Before we start looking at a bigger pot to spend, lets first see if we 
can cull needless questions and make better use of the funds we do have.

Volker

Am 23.05.2019 um 17:51 schrieb Greg Aaron:
>
> Janis, if more budget may be needed for legal advice, can you start 
> the process of acquiring it?
>
> Marika noted in chat today: “Do also note that there is a limited 
> budget available - passing all these questions on may take up most of 
> that budget which might prevent follow up on any further questions the 
> group may have.”
>
> This PDP is fundamentally about legal issues, and having access to 
> legal advice is essential.  This is a place where ICANN should be 
> spending resources.  Please see SAC104, where SSAC raised this issue 
> to the Council last December:
>
> “2.2 Legal Advice v The EPDP has been largely about legal issues, but 
> the EPDP team has not [always] had access to neutral, expert, outside 
> legal advice. [Bird & Bird was not retained until late into Phase 1.] 
> This is a notable omission given the consequences and regulatory 
> complexity of the work. The SSAC urges the GNSO Council to re-examine 
> this as further policy-making takes place in 2019 and beyond. This 
> subject is a worthy place to spend ICANN budget given the priority and 
> nature of the work, and a place to apply all the professional tools at 
> ICANN’s disposal, in order to carry out ICANN’s responsibility to 
> ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique 
> identifier systems.
>
> … neutral legal advice would provide substantial benefit by fostering 
> common understandings, consensus, and confidence in the
>
> deliberations and work product. In particular, it may help 
> policy-makers understand the options available to them, given that 
> bodies such as the European Data Protection Board and the national 
> data commissioners are not in a position to answer many questions or 
> evaluate policy proposals.”
>
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-104-en.pdf
>
>
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