Draft Council letter on the ARR

[William Drake]

Robin

Chatham doesn't make it secret, it just strips out the names of who said what.  The content still comes out. Other SGs feel that's important to them being able to participate (pertains mostly to inter-corporate squabbling) and I don't think we could have gotten a consensus council statement without it.  And that council statement does call for two way info flow with AC/SOs, which was not in the staff proposal.  So less than perfect transparency, but more than there'd have been otherwise.

Best,

Bill

On Jan 20, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Robin Gross wrote:

> Thanks for sending this draft council letter around.  It is very good except I do not agree that the review groups should operate under Chatham House Rules on confidentiality.  It would certainly be a step backward for a group that is to assess the openness and transparency of ICANN to operate in this secret fashion and contrary to ICANN's promises of openness and transparency.  Everything else in the letter looks good however.
> 
> Thanks,
> Robin
> 
> 
> On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:15 AM, William Drake wrote:
> 
>> Hi 
>> 
>> Please see the attached draft and let me know if you have any comments etc.  Otherwise I'll propose a motion tomorrow...
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> <Draft GNSO Council response to the draft proposal on the Affirmation Reviews Requirements and Implementation Processes.pdf>
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes at verisign.com>
>>> Date: January 19, 2010 4:58:20 PM GMT+01:00
>>> To: "William Drake" <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>, "GNSO Council List" <council at gnso.icann.org>
>>> Subject: RE: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR
>>> 
>>> Please forward this to your SGs/Constituencies right away and request
>>> feedback.  The Council will need to make a decision on whether to submit
>>> the comments or some revised version of them in our 28 Jan meeting.  If
>>> anyone wants to make a motion in that regard, motions are needed by
>>> tomorrow, Wednesday, 20 January.
>>> 
>>> Chuck 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org 
>>>> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of William Drake
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:40 AM
>>>> To: GNSO Council List
>>>> Subject: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> Attached please find the drafting team's proposed response to 
>>>> the draft proposal on the Affirmation Reviews Requirements 
>>>> and Implementation Processes, for discussion with our 
>>>> respective SGs and in the Council.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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>> Centre for International Governance
>> Graduate Institute of International and
>>  Development Studies
>> Geneva, Switzerland
>> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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