Sorry Ed, I didn't mean to imply that you were personally responsible for the change, it was the Royal you meaning the CCWG as a whole

Milton L Mueller
Professor 
Syracuse School of Information Studies

On Aug 4, 2015, at 07:09, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Actually, Milton, I personally didn't alter any language. The only words I'm personally responsible for are those in my minority statements on page 180 of the report. I'm hopeful that public comments will cause changes to the proposal so that I will be able to support it. At the moment I sadly am unable to do so. No transition is better than a bad transition. We still have 2.5 months to make it better until it comes before Council for a vote - I'd suggest we take advantage of that opportunity.
 
Ed
 
 
 

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I repeat what I said to Avri. ICANN’s mission and core values speak to, and are supposed to bind, ICANN – not GAC. By altering the language in the way you did, you let ICANN off the hook, not GAC.

 

--MM

 

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The government's were very sensitive about any encroachment upon their defined GAC territory or any attempt to interfere with their independence, the debate over stress test 18 (consensus within GAC) being the principal example. My recollection is that Spain and Brazil were the most vocal demanding the changes you mention, Milton. As Avri has conveyed, governments felt it was the Board's responsibility to determine compliance with the Bylaws, not theirs.

 

Ed

 

 

 


From: "Avri Doria" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 12:27 AM
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Subject: Re: CCWG Accountability Report is Now Out

 

Hi,

The point was that the Board is responsible for making sure the advice
it accepts is consistent with the bylaws. GAC does not accept that
responsibility. Then again, I know of no other ACSO that is making that
decsion of whether their recommendations or advice are consistent with
the bylaws.. It is up to the Board, and the the IRP to decide whether
something is consistent with the bylaws. That is their job.

As for whether it is a bad as it looks to you, probably not.

avri


On 03-Aug-15 19:00, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
>
> Robin and other fellow NCSG-ers:
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>
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> Regarding human rights, I have been going through the CCWG report and
> found something very disturbing.
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> On page 33, which is part of the section on “Principles” I noticed a
> big loophole opening up in the attempt to constrain ICANN’s actions by
> defining a limited mission. Paragraph 224 has been modified in a way
> that makes it LESS restrictive than before. It says that ICANN must
> take into account advice of governments, and the former language about
> how the advice must be consistent with its bylaws and its fundamental
> commitments and core values has been struck out.
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>
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> Can anyone who was in Paris tell me how this happened and whether it
> really is as bad as it looks?
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> *From:*NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
> Of *Robin Gross
> *Sent:* Monday, August 3, 2015 5:06 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* [NCSG-Discuss] CCWG Accountability Report is Now Out
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>
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> The CCWG-Accountability report is out:
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> http://bit.ly/1IUzwJB <http://t.co/5nYZyX5nII>
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> One important and positive recommendation is the report is that ICANN
> include a commitment to human rights in its bylaws. But there's a lot
> of other significant changes in there, so please read the report.
>
>
>
> NCSG will have a webinar on 5 August to go over this report and have
> any discussion on it participants want.
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>
>
> The comment period is now for 40 days.
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robin
>


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