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Hi all - sharing this message with you.
This letter has sparked a debate among GNSO Councillors about whether
or not there should be some work on defining "policy" vs
"implementation" and/or some GNSO principles. the discussion began
with Jeff Neumann's suggestion:
"I believe we all need to take a step back from the issues immediately
and decide once and for all an agreed upon bottom-up multi-stakeholder
definition of what is ?policy? and what is ?implementation.?  Or at
the very least a framework for making that assessment when issues
arise.  I would advocate for a cross community group made up of
members from ICANN staff, the GNSO, the GAC and others to come
together to figure this issue out, so that we get out of this rut we
are now in.  At the same time, we need to fix the image of the GNSO
policy processes so that they are no longer feared, but embraced.
They need to not be used as vehicles for delay, but rather utilized
for the common good."

It would help us as Councillors to have your views on this idea.

Cheers

Joy


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Subject: 	[council] FW: Letter from the GAC regarding IOC/RC Protections
Date: 	Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:59:54 -0000
From: 	Jonathan Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
To: 	<[log in to unmask]>



All,



FYI.  Please see the attached letter received from the GAC last night my
time.



Jonathan



*From:*GAC Secretariat [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
*Sent:* 28 November 2012 21:38
*To:* [log in to unmask]
*Cc:* Steve Crocker; Fadi Chehade; Heather Dryden; Maria Häll;
[log in to unmask]; Choon Sai LIM (IDA)
*Subject:* Letter from the GAC regarding IOC/RC Protections



Sent on behalf of Heather Dryden, GAC Chair



Dear Jonathan,



Attached please find a letter from the GAC regarding IOC and Red
Cross/Red Crescent protections.



Best regards,



Jeannie Ellers



Jeannie Ellers
Manager, GAC Coordination
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1101 New York Avenue NW, Suite 930

Washington, DC 20005
Ph. +1 202 570 7135
M. +1 310 302 7552



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