Thanks John.

Sorry to be “that guy” but the footnote makes it sounds like we debated the substance of the issue at the Council meeting. I think a more precise footnote would be:

“The chair of the GNSO Council must remain neutral on this request. This topic was discussed at the Council’s August meeting and the Council noted that it could not support for this request since Policy is not made by the Council initially but rather through its PDP process.”

Best,

Paul

From: council <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> On Behalf Of John McElwaine via council
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 3:27 PM
To: GNSO Council <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: [council] Revised ALAC-GAC-GNSO Chair's Joint Letter

Dear Councilors,

Sebastien, Nico Caballero and Jonathan Zuck had a call last week to discuss the joint ALAC-GAC-GNSO Chairs' letter to the Board regarding the Facilitated Dialogue. Both the ALAC and GAC wanted to state that the status quo should be requested in the second bullet point. That said, the ALAC and GAC understood that the GNSO chair needs to remain neutral on this topic. We have attached a version of the letter reflecting this in the footnote. Keep in mind that this is a joint letter and primarily meant to communicate that work on the Facilitate Dialogue has reached an end but should not in any way delay the next round of new gTLDs. As this letter has been with Council for some time, we would ask that we have your comments, if any, by Thursday (9/28) at 20:00 UTC.

Thanks,

John


	JOHN C. MCELWAINE PARTNER john.mcelwaine@nelsonmullins.com LIBERTY CENTER \| SUITE 600 151 MEETING STREET \| CHARLESTON, SC 29401 T 843.534.4302 F 843.722.8700
	101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, NW \| SUITE 900 WASHINGTON, D.C., 20001 T 202.689.2939 F 202.689.2860
	NELSONMULLINS.COM VCARD VIEW BIO

Confidentiality Notice
This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately either by phone (800-237-2000) or reply to this e-mail and delete all copies of this message.