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/ > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]