Danny Younger wrote: > Milton, below are the comments that I sent through to > the GA list: > > > The GAC Sucks > > The recently posted Board minutes tell us that "The > Whois Procedure for Conflicts with National Laws is > not yet implemented pending GAC input" > > This is completely unacceptable. This Consensus > Policy was adopted 17 months ago. To have ICANN > paralyzed by the debility of the GAC impacts all of us > (across every constituency). > > We are starting to run into real problems just because > the GAC can't get its act together. Consider the > Canadian comments on ICANN Draft Accountability & > Transparency Frameworks and Principles: > > "There remain concerns about the amount and pace of > work being undertaken in ICANN and its supporting > organisations. In the past year this has been > overwhelming for governments, and for others who want > to be involved but are unable to sustain the amount of > effort required." > > This is crap. If we unpaid volunteers can stay on top > of matters, there is no excuse for governments (that > command a wealth of resources) not to be able to get > their work done in an efficient and responsible > manner. > > To delay the implementation of a Consensus Policy for > this long solely because the GAC hasn't yet issued a > formal opinion is just plain wrong. > > Agreed, Danny - what I am often surprised is that governments (or their GAC representatives) who do not share the Canadian government's opinion you quote - are quiet in the open GAC meetings and do not say what they said five minutes ago over a cup of coffee. Why is it possible that there is not more open sharing of disagreement WITHIN GAC about some of these issues? I try to talk to some people privately, but what would help would be that they speak openly about their view of adhering or violating their national laws. Norbert -- If you want to know what is going on in Cambodia, please visit us regularly - you can find something new every day: http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com