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Yrjö was previously a GAC member representing Finland, and a member of the ICANN President's Strategy Committee and has been active in At-Large since 2009.
GAC Liaison’s Report on Intersessional Meetings, December 2020 - January 2021
January 26, 2012
As decided by the joint ALAC-GAC meeting at ICANN69 (21 October, 2020), coordination and cooperation efforts on EPDP and SubPro issues between the two advisory committees were continued and concretized at their subsequent intersessional meetings in the “Leadership + topic leads” format. A meeting focused on Phase 2A of the EPDP was held 15 December, 2020, and another devoted to the situation after the Public Comments period on the Final Report of the EDPD 20 January, 2021.
Important decisions were taken by both committees to ensure the continuity of their cooperation: the GAC filled the vacancy after Ana Neves (Portugal), who left the GAC in December 2019, and appointed Shi Young Chang (Korea) as the GAC Liaison to the ALAC. On the ALAC side, Joanna Kulesza, Vice-Chair of the ALAC, was appointed as a “Shadow Liaison” to the GAC to work with me until the 2021 AGM, when she will take over the post.
- Meeting on the Phase 2A of the EPDP, 15 December 2020
The two advisory committees largely agree on the issues, known by shorthand expressions legal vs. natural person distinction and anonymized e-mail. Both issues are complex, and fraught with definitional, logistical and other problems. Contracted parties are not keen on performing extra work they would cause, and consider the issues closed. If the ALAC and the GAC want to keep them alive, they have to come with proposals. The meeting discussed how that could be made in the very short time available. There was agreement that it has to be done, whether by a joint statement or just by tight coordination of separate one. Lauren Kapin, the GAC lead on the topic, and Alan Greenberg, agreed to continue immediately to work towards that end.
Transcript of the meeting:
- Meeting on SubPro, 20 January 2021
The main purpose of the meeting was to compare the ALAC and GAC positions (agreed, in the process of being agreed upon, or still being discussed within them) on key SubPro issues, as both now prepare for next steps in the process. Just before the meeting, ALAC had registered it minority opinion within the SubPro PDP WG; the GAC had decided not to issue such a statement, but was still discussing whether to address the GNSO with its concerns. Eventually, both will have the opportunity to issue their advice to the Board.
On 18 December, 2020, Justine Chew had sent the GAG a document that stated the ALAC points of view on ten key SubPro issues. Its first eight points were repeated and elaborated in the ALAC minority statement to the EDPD and will be, along with two additional points, elements of its forthcoming advice to the Board.
At the meeting 20 January, Jorge Cancio (Switzerland), the GAC topic lead, assisted with other GAC representatives, kindly agreed to answer to the ALAC Brief point by point, making it clear that on some of them, the GAC had not yet achieved a full consensus. Convergence or similarity of views prevailing in both AC’s could be noted on most items of the ALAC Brief, and will certainly be useful when they prepare their advice to the Board.
It was also noted that a minority opinion on SubPro WG Recommedation 35 had been issued by a group of individuals from several constituencies, including the GAC and At-Large, strongly opposing private auctions.
As a new issue, the composition and modalities of the Operational Design Phase (ODP) was raised at the end of the meeting as a possible topic on which ALAC and GAC might develop common views.
Transcript of the meeting is not yet (25 January) available. For those interested in the detailed discussion of the points of the ALAC Brief, watching the Zoom recording is recommended.
GAC Liaison's Report on ALAC-GAC Meeting at Virtual ICANN69
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