At the last GNSO Council meeting, the Whois Review Team issue was discussed, specifically the inability of the GNSO Council to submit a single statement addressing the Board's question on advice on how to address the 16 Recommendations due to the wide range of views held by the various SGs and Constituencies. I made a comment that I found it rather unfortunate that a statement could not be submitted, even if it was just a summary of the various views held. That suggestion was accepted and I am attaching a draft of the positions held. As an aside, one of the replies to my suggestion was that the GNSO did not need to oversee such a summary, but rather ICANN staff could have done it and just given it to the Board. I was very taken aback by this, because as some of you may remember, there has been a LOT of discussion about staff taking GNSO reports and statements (and those of other groups such as the ALAC), summarizing them (and perhaps emphasizing some aspects over others) and giving them to the Board. The gist of this discussion is that staff should not be summarizing (and perhaps editorializing), but rather the Board should see the SO/AC position. So this suggestion was almost a wish to return to the bad old days. I did point out that it was fine for policy staff to be involved in such a condensation of positions, but that the GNSO. The attached paper is the result. Alan
From: Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@icann.org> To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:11:21 -0700 Subject: [council] Draft GNSO WHOIS RT Final Report Summary Chart
Dear All,
Please find attached for your review & revision, a chart that summarizes the various views of the SG/C with respect to each of the WHOIS RT Final Report's Recommendations.
The information included in the Chart was obtained from statements made on email lists & formal statements that were submitted. Please review them carefully to make sure that the description accurately captures the sentiment of your SG/C.
I would appreciate receiving any comments or updates by COB 2 October, 2012.
All the best,
Margie
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Margie Milam Senior Policy Counselor ICANN ________