On 10/17/15 9:51 AM, Steve DelBianco wrote:

In GAC session today, some said they did not understand why we needed Stress Test 18.

While January is quite a long time ago, even in ICANN process development time, at the time when the BC provided their scenarios to "Work Group #4" I wrote:

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BC #6. GAC votes

The accountability issue here isn't obvious to me. The bylaws create several Advisory Councils, each of which may have distinct internal processes resulting in the issuance of advice. A change in any AC's internal process does not necessarily create an accountability issue.

I suggest this item should be discarded.

Here we are, still using our very finite time, on a scenario the better part of a year's aging has not improved.

Eric Brunner-Williams
Eugene, Oregon