Re: [council] GAC /ICANN Board cooperation

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I also think this is important.

2 of the things I think we need understand as a council.

- In the Communique they use the term 'enhanced cooperation'.

> In order to achieve the objectives of enhanced cooperation within the
> ICANN context

These are key words from the WSIS Tunis Agenda. Specifically:

69. We further recognize the need for enhanced cooperation in the  
future, to enable
governments, on an equal footing, to carry out their roles and  
responsibilities, in international
public policy issues pertaining to the Internet, but not in the day- 
to-day technical and
operational matters, that do not impact on international public  
policy issues.

I am curious whether the words are being used in that context.  I  
tend to expect so.

- In the light of that, I go back to the word 'counterpart' used by  
the GAC GSNO WG chair at the beginning of the joint meetings between  
the council and GAC GNSO WG in referring to the relationship between  
the GAC GSNO WG and the GNSO Council. I am curious to what this word  
signifies and on to what extent parity as a 'counterpart' on GNSO  
policy issues is expected.

This concerns me somewhat and I hope that the council will have  
visibility, perhaps even a liaison relationship, into the discussions  
of the joint board/GACC WG.

thanks
a.



On 4 apr 2006, at 04.13, Marilyn Cade wrote:

> I thought this was quite helpful for us as Council to discuss how  
> we will
> organize the ongoing interaction and dialogue with the GAC.
>
> Marilyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:55 PM
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [council] GAC /ICANN Board cooperation
>
> Hello All,
>
> Below is an extract from the GAC Communique regarding cooperation  
> between
> GAC and ICANN Board, and the priority issues.  Note that new gTLDs,  
> IDNs,
> and WHOIS are all listed as priority issues.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>
> > From the GAC Communiqué:
> http://gac.icann.org/web/communiques/gac24com.pdf
>
>
> - GAC-ICANN Board cooperation
>
> The GAC welcomed the inaugural meeting of the Joint Working Group
> of the GAC and the ICANN Board. The Joint Working Group will be led
> by Alejandro Pisanty on behalf of the ICANN Board and Janis Karklins
> (Latvia) on behalf of the GAC. It was acknowledged that in the
> immediate term (from Wellington to Marrakesh), it would be  
> important to
> improve the timeliness and efficiency of communications between the
> GAC and the ICANN Board.
>
> In order to achieve the objectives of enhanced cooperation within the
> ICANN context, the GAC acknowledges that there is a need for the GAC
> to consider changes in its working methods to enable it to interact  
> more
> routinely with the ICANN Board and the community.
>
> Beyond this it was agreed that the working group should as a longer  
> term
> issue focus on the role of the GAC vis-à-vis ICANN and the ICANN
> Board and it should lead to the creation of a better environment that
> facilitates the development and application of public policy  
> principles.
>
> In particular, the GAC has identified the following issues as key  
> priority
> areas for early engagement, namely:
>
> a) ccTLDs,
>
> b) IDNs,
>
> c) IPv6 and IP addressing resource allocation,
>
> d) Development and creation of policies on gTLDs, and
>
> e) WhoIS.