[ncdnhc-discuss] Resolution on GAC

[Marc Schneiders]

We support this resolution.

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Marc Schneiders
Stichting A.G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies
Utrecht-The Netherlands

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, at 19:17 [=GMT-0400], Milton Mueller wrote:

> Resolution on the GAC September 9 2001
> Communique and the ICANN's Board's response
> 
> 1. Whereas: Supporting Organizations are defined in 
> ICANN's bylaws as "advisory bodies to the Board, with the 
> primary responsibility for developing and recommending 
> substantive policies regarding those matters falling 
> within their specific responsibilities" (Article VI, Section 
> 2 (b), and
> 
> 2. Whereas: Article VI, Section 2 (c) of the ICANN bylaws 
> requires the Board to "refer proposals for substantive 
> policies not received from a Supporting Organization to the 
> Supporting Organization, if any, with primary responsibility 
> for the area to which the proposal relates for initial 
> consideration and recommendation to the Board." and
> 
> 3. Whereas: the issue of country name reservations
> in new top-level domains is clearly a "substantive
> policy" regarding domain names and as such 
> falls within the the DNSO's area of responsibility:
> 
> Resolved, that the Noncommercial domain name
> holders constituency 
> 
> 1. Advises the staff and Board of ICANN that the 
> GAC communique of 9 September, 2001 raised
> substantive policy issues and should have been
> referred to the DNSO for initial consideration;
> 
> 2. Condemns ICANN Board resolution 
> 01.93, adopted in Montevideo September 10, 2001,
> as a violation of the ICANN by-laws;
> 
> 3. Rejects the President's Action plan as yet
> another violation of the Corporation's by-laws,
> for describing a process of policy making that
> bypasses the DNSO;
> 
> 4. Calls upon the GAC to respect ICANN's
> organic, bottom-up processes, and to 
> refrain from all attempts to set 
> domain name policy without going
> through the DNSO.
> 
> 
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