IMHO, the GAC is not bound by ICANN’s Mission and Core Values.  It can issue any Advice it likes.  But ICANN can only implement GAC Advice in a manner that is consistent with ICANN’s Mission and Core Values.  

J. Beckwith Burr
Neustar, Inc. / Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer
1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 20006
Office: +1.202.533.2932  Mobile: +1.202.352.6367 / neustar.biz


From: <Schaefer>, Brett <Brett.Schaefer@heritage.org>
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 10:48 AM
To: "Mueller, Milton L" <milton@gatech.edu>, "Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch" <Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch>, Becky Burr <becky.burr@neustar.biz>, Accountability Community <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>
Cc: "acct-staff@icann.org" <acct-staff@icann.org>
Subject: RE: Deck for Meeting #75 Mission Statement discussion

Or, perhaps, that GAC advice should not be bound by ICANN’s mission and core values?

 

BrettSchaefer
Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy
The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-608-6097
heritage.org

From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Mueller, Milton L
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 10:22 AM
To: Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch; Becky.Burr@neustar.biz; accountability-cross-community@icann.org
Cc: acct-staff@icann.org
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Deck for Meeting #75 Mission Statement discussion

 

Jorge:

Can you please clarify what the implications are of this:

 

The GAC further expects that changes to ICANN’s mission and core values should

not constrain the Board from accepting and implementing GAC advice. In

 

MM: Do you mean to imply that there should be no limits of ICANN’s mission?