Subject: Question 6
From: avri@acm.org
Date: 2010-06-14 17:48:02 GMT
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6. What is your assessment of the role of the GAC and its interaction with the Board? How do you view the role of the GAC within the overall ICANN process? What is your assessment of the interaction between the GAC and the Board? Should the GAC be viewed as the body best placed to advise the Board on what constitutes the "public interest" regarding the coordination of the DNS?
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From Avri
he GAC is only one of two ACs in a position to review the performance of the public interest. The ALAC should have equal consideration in that effort. I believe the by-laws requirement that the GAC give non-binding advice and that there be a policy for responding and deliberating that advice is a good rule that should be extended to the ALAC. I also believe that this needs to be done in an open and transparent way. I believe that some of the tendency these day to regard GAC principles as addenda to the by-laws is misplaced and a serious error. The role of the GAC and ALAC is not oversight, but advice of the full scope of ICANN issues.
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contributed by avri@acm.org on 2010-06-14 17:48:02 GMT
