[NCUC-DISCUSS] Increasing GAC influence?

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I read the article. I think he exaggerates the danger.

I tend to think it wont make much difference because the board pretty
much works on consensus these days, holding off on voes until rough
consensus is reached.  I.e they already work to a higher standard.

I argue pretty much everywhere for an equal footing standard. The Board
needs to be the one balancing out the various voices in the decsions
while remaining accountable to all of the SOAC groupings.

The thing that bothers me the most on this is that this leaves the other
ACs in a subordinate position, i.e still not on an equal footing.

As for us fighting it, I am not in favor of spending a lot of energy on
this.   In the GNSO the voice of business predominates (3SG : 1SG), i.e.
we have a minority position. How much energy do we wish to put into
fighting for the supremacy of pro-commercial decision making?

avri



On 19-Aug-14 08:23, Kathy Kleiman wrote:
> Hi All,
> I think it may make GAC much more powerful -- essentially a veto over
> the GNSO process (and the other supporting organizations as well).
> Michael Geist's article on this is good --
> http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2014/08/government-control-internet-governance-icann-proposes-giving-gac-increased-power-board-decisions/
> 
> 
> I think we should think hard about opposing...
> Best,
> Kathy
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What it essentially does is put GAC on an equal footing with GNSO,
> ccNSO and maybe ASO.
> 
> avri
> 
> 
> On 18-Aug-14 22:50, William Drake 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/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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