Beautifully stated, Andrew.  I hope the ICANN Board sees it your way.

Best,
Robin

On Mar 4, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Andrew A. Adams wrote:

>> Thanks for forwarding that;
>> 
>> Two lines that stick out for me:
>> 
>>> Given that there appear to be a number of issues where the Board and the GAC still
>>> need to agree a common approach
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>>> While fully respecting the Board's right not to accept GAC advice, the GAC is
>>> obliged to ensure that existing rights, the rule of law and the security and protection of
>>> citizens, consumers and businesses, and the principle of national sovereignty for
>>> governments are all maintained within the new environment, as well as respect for
>>> legitimate interests and sensitivities regarding terms with national, cultural,
>>> geographic and religious significance. The GAC is committed to taking whatever time
>>> is required to achieving these essential public policy objectives.
> 
> And as soon as all the members of GAC can achieve complete consensus on all 
> these issues and agree and implement treaties, I'm sure that ICANN will 
> happily comply with such new international laws. Until that time, the 
> bottom-up stakeholder approach ICANN's system supposedly embraces provides 
> the only sensible way forward for balancing the needs of the entire connected 
> (and potentially connected) world.
> 
> -- 
> Professor Andrew A Adams                      [log in to unmask]
> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/
> 




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