I have a shorter history observing the role of GAC inside ICANN, but a longer history of observing governments, and I am the position that the transition should take place keeping GAC pretty much in its existing advisory role where there are, and will be, continues pressures for role modification. It would open up a very dangerous and destabilizing struggle if “...the GAC dissented from whatever Dublin adopts”.

We need to keep a collaborative element to the struggles for position within ICANN. Moving to a pure adversarial stance in this area would be a lose-lose recipe for disaster.

Sam L.