<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello,<br><br></div>Ojedeji, I believe you can find the recomendation, at least, of the modification in the bylaw <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56145016&preview=/56145016/56989161/Formatted-Annex%2011%202-PROOFED.pdf">here</a>. The modification is printed below:<br><br><img src="cid:ii_15c218b46d6124a2" alt="Imagem inline 3" width="483" height="323"><br><br><br><br>But, regarding the the <a href="https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/Governmental+Advisory+Committee?preview=/27132037/44663677/GAC%20ICANN%2058%20Communique%20-%20Full%20-%2015mar17.pdf">GAC comment</a>, which Corwin mentins, I think that <b>there was a consensus from the GAC</b> to advice the board to engage with the concerned governments, due the fact that there where no no consensus within the members GAC about the Board Resolution regarding the 2-character country/territory codes at second level domain. So, instead, the consequences for the ICANN's accountability are that this situation is enhancing it.<br><br><img src="cid:ii_15c217d0cf472e75" alt="Imagem inline 2" width="483" height="338"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-05-17 16:22 GMT-03:00 Seun Ojedeji <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just for my proper understanding (not focusing on that article), I will like to know what section of the bylaw requires that Board MUST not react/respond to GAC advice that did not achieve GAC consensus?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My understanding of the bylaw was that the Board had the option to act or not act if consensus wasn't achieved within GAC and when it's a consensus advice then such option to not act isn't there.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Overall, I don't think it is appropriate to imply Board acted out of scope of the bylaw in this scenario.<br><br>Regards</div><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sent from my LG G4<br>Kindly excuse brevity and typos</div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On May 17, 2017 2:51 PM, "Mueller, Milton L" <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">MM: This does not change the fact that the GAC does not have consensus. GAC advice requires all governments to concur, or refuse to block,
 before it can be considered “advice.” Some governments have all kinds of crazy ideas, and ccTLDs have a vested _<i>private</i>_ interest in making their strings as exclusive as possible. But that idea breaks down when the two-letter codes are generic English
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">raised by GAC members and also, it fails to address the Dublin GAC advice - Capacity limitations of Governments, Simple questions is that
 "How will Governments and ccTLD managers will be able to monitor each New gTLD, whether they are misusing the Country Codes or not at second level"</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">MM: Real misuse (as opposed to imaginary misuse) should be easy to detect. If it is actually causing harm, deception, etc. There are
 all kinds of automated scanning processes that can be used to monitor what domains exist. This is not a good argument.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">MM: I don’t agree. The GAC needs to understand that any alleged harms associated with a second level name in a new TLD will be discovered
 ex post on a case by case basis, based on the actual facts associated with its use. We cannot and should not be using general “categories” and ex ante exclusionary rules.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Yes, this is a very odd, contorted GAC position here, where their consensus advice is that they do not have consensus, but the board must negotiate with
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">And the GAC clearly does not have consensus, many governments (including my own) are not happy with the attempt to create this right with no legal or
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="m_-3056536863691643918m_2896744949768654014yiv8715734001"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Completely agree with Farzaneh and Corwin here. This is more than just a 2-letter ccTLD issue, it is an issue
 fundamental to the accountability reforms. When we (NCSG) want a policy change or to advance a new policy, we are constantly told that we must work hard to get consensus and/or a certain number of votes. Unfortunately, the GAC-board relationship has always
 provided a channel through which the legitimate policy development process can be bypassed based on private deals and political bargaining between ICANN staff/board and a special interest group. This has to stop! It’s extremely corrosive of the integrity of
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 we have to compromise.   I had previously raised the 2-character issue in a blog post and mentioned that  GAC advice was not consensus advice. Why is the Board acting upon it? Every time we raise some issue either we are told we don't know anything about the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Subject: [Internet Policy] The 2-Character Answer to this GAC Advice Should be "No"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">From:<span class="m_-3056536863691643918m_2896744949768654014yiv8715734001m5123102827331587093apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">psc@vlaw-dc.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">To: ISOC policy List <<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">internetpolicy@elists.isoc. org</span></a>><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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 be found at</span></span><span class="m_-3056536863691643918m_2896744949768654014yiv8715734001m5123102827331587093apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></span><span class="m_-3056536863691643918m_2896744949768654014yiv8715734001"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170516_the_2_character_answer_to_this_gac_advice_should_be_no/" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.circleid.com/
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 GAC has reacted to the ICANN Board’s November 2016 decision to authorize the release of two-character domains at new gTLDs with advice to the Board that does not   have true consensus backing from GAC members and that relates to procedure, not policy. The
 Board’s proper response should be to just say no,  stick to its decision and advise the GAC that it will not consider such advice.</span></i></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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 with aggrieved GAC members that may reopen its decision. Continuing down this dangerous path may provide governments with far more leverage over ICANN policy decisions than was ever envisioned or intended by the long debated and carefully crafted new Bylaws
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