[ncdnhc-discuss] Resolution on GAC

[Jefsey Morfin]

However, still a no voting no member, the Frax seconds that resolution and 
more generally calls for a culture of respect-or-formal-change of the 
bylaws, charters rules and procedures within the ICANN and the 
constituencies.
Jefsey


On 01:17 26/10/01, Milton Mueller said:
>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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