[NCUC-DISCUSS] Increasing GAC influence?

[Seth Johnson]

Fake checks and balances.



On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:50 PM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Well this is interesting.  ICANN’s proposing a bylaws change that would would require 2/3 of the voting members of the Board to vote to act inconsistently with a piece of GAC advice.  Currently, the Bylaws require a simple majority of the Board.  https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-amend-gac-advice-2014-08-15-en
>
> The public comment forum is here http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-bylaws-amend-gac-advice-15aug14/
> Might be good for people to weigh in, individually and/or collectively.
>
> Michael Geist offers an initial take on this,
> http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/government-control-internet-governance-icann-proposes-giving-gac-increased-power-board-decisions/
>
> Bill
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