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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com