<div dir="auto">Here is the relevant part of our letter:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">“3. Such ‘facilitated dialogue’ is giving GAC a more pronounced role in policy making than its advisory role as mandated in ICANN Bylaw.</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">GAC is welcome to engage in the policy development process in the early stage as any other SO/ACs in order to ensure a policy outcome that takes the multistakeholder perspective into account.</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">That said, it is important and critical that we honour the distinct responsibilities and roles between the GNSO as the policy-making body and GAC as an advisory committee.</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">And for that, it is critical that we make sure the multistakeholder model is fair and balanced. Current practice of ACs participating in consensus vote in PDPs while still enjoying the privilege of having their advice as carrying some kind of different weight than the policy recommendations is creating an asymmetrical power relation among AC and SO. This uneven balance can negatively impact the legitimacy and accountability of ICANN’s multistakeholder model.</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">In light of the above mentioned, it remains unclear how a facilitated dialogue as proposed can create any other outcome than what the SubPro couldn’t have achieved with 5 years of hard work. On that note, the Noncommercial Stakeholder Group would also like to note that this ‘facilitated dialogue’ can create a dangerous precedent of re-opening issues. The community should learn to accept the product of difficult compromise. And we should all learn to draw the line of when policy recommendations are made and resolved by Council/Board, they are regarded and respected as Consensus Policy.</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">The NCSG understands that the issue of Closed Generics remains without an explicit GNSO recommendation as reported in the SubPro Final Report. However, rather than inventing processes and setting a dangerous precedent, we propose using a more balanced multi stakeholder approach in seeking input on this topic. Therefore, we urge the GNSO to reconsider its support to the proposed dialogue.</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">3</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"> Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">Representing the interests and concerns of non-commercial Internet users in domain name policy</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">Therefore, instead of pursuing a ‘closed dialogue’ with the GAC where the scope and interlocutors are dictated by the ICANN Board, the NCSG encourages the GNSO to seek community comments and perspectives on how to proceed with Closed Generics throughout the already established participatory mechanisms used by the ICANN community (i.e. public comments and PDPs). We trust that a broader conversation can serve as a good experience to collect the main issues and concerns around this topic, as well as guidance to the GNSO Council members responsible for leading this debate internally - should it occur despite our deep concerns for the ICANN Multistakeholder model and precedent. How else will this small team - some with very long-held personal views on the subject - be bound to a discussion on behalf of the entire GNSO Community?”</div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto">What was the board response? We should draft our response considering that too. </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 5:17 PM farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">If Tomslin has the time to do it I think he is better placed because he was also involved with our objection to creating the closed generic group. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 5:14 PM Johan Helsingius <<a href="mailto:julf@julf.com" target="_blank">julf@julf.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">On 12/03/2023 17:09, farzaneh badii wrote:<br>
> I will do the response wording to the board and send it to the mailing <br>
> list. Ill do that tonight hopefully.<br>
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Great! Thanks!!<br>
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Julf<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div>