Perhaps, instead of "under direction of the Chair", it should read
"under specific delegation of the Board", or "under specific delegation
of the Chair".

frt rgds

--c.a.

Adam Peake wrote:
> Some questions that are actually directed at staff or only staff can
> answer.  They are always being called up during the open forums.  So
> long as it's said at the time that a named staff person will take the
> question away, the questioner agrees, and staff will post the question
> and answer, then should be fine.
> 
> Important that the person asking has the opportunity to agree to having
> their question taken in that way.
> 
> Perhaps add a sentence so the relevant part reads:
> 
> It is also noted that ICANN staff, under direction of the Chairman,
> allowed for questions to be posted after the Meeting and subsequently
> answered by appropriate staff. The GNSO Council applauds this innovation
> particularly with the staff providing responses to direct questions.
> *However, questions should only be deferred in this way with the
> agreement of the person asking the question during the open forum.*
> 
> Make sense?
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
>> I agree with Norbert's statement whole-heartedly.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Norbert Klein wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, 4 February 2009 22:53:04 Milton L Mueller wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree, this is a very important, fundamental point:
>>>
>>> if the functions and roles of board and staff are not clearly seen as
>>> what
>>> they are - very separate levels of responsibility - it is easy that the
>>> control of certain processes gets located at the wrong level.
>>>
>>> And the fact that the GNSO Council took the fact that there was limited
>>> communication between the ICANN public at the Cairo meeting and the
>>> Board as
>>> an occasion to write to the Board and appeal for rectification, shows
>>> also
>>> the opinion that it is important to uphold the role of the Board
>>> against all
>>> dangers of being weakened.
>>>
>>> I am more interested what the Board hears and decides, than what is
>>> reported
>>> to be "the opinion of some [unnamed] people at ICANN."
>>>
>>>
>>> Norbert Klein
>>>
>>> =
>>>
>>>> I would support Avri's statement for the most part. My only quibble
>>>> would
>>>> be to be careful about this: " ICANN staff, under direction of the
>>>> Chairman, allowed for questions to be posted after the Meeting and
>>>> subsequently answered by appropriate staff."
>>>>
>>>> While obviously staff should answer questions directed to them, i
>>>> would not
>>>> want to encourage ICANN to treat this kind of staff mediation as a
>>>> _substitute_ for direct interaction with the Board at Public Forums
>>>>
>>>> Milton Mueller
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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