[ALAC-Announce] Fwd: Comment on the Board resolution re the ATLAS II Summit Final Declaration

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

FYI - received as a follow-up to the Board resolution.


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Subject: 	Comment on the Board resolution re the ATLAS II Summit Final
Declaration
Date: 	Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:19:40 +0000
From: 	Steve Crocker <steve.crocker at icann.org>
To: 	Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl at gih.com>
CC: 	steve at shinkuro.com <steve at shinkuro.com>, Icann-board ICANN
<icann-board at icann.org>



Olivier,

I don’t normally comment on a resolution because the text, including the
rationale, is intended to speak for itself, but a fine point
arose during our discussion that deserves special attention.  The Board
was completely in favor of accepting the report and wanted to
signal congratulations and support.  A few wanted to include the
possibility of making the Summit a regular event.  While that’s a
reasonable expectation based on the success of the two Summits, the
Declaration did not explicitly mention this and the majority of us felt,
as a matter of form, that it was inappropriate for the Board to go
beyond the Declaration in formulating our thank you.  Three
Board members, notably including both the ALAC appointed member,
Sébastien Bachollet, and our president and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, as well as
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, signaled their preference for a stronger
resolution by abstaining from the vote.  Normally abstentions signal
some level of disagreement with the basic tenet of a resolution, but in
this case the abstentions were meant to signal a desire for
strengthening the resolution.

On behalf of the entire Board, I am passing on to you the strong
appreciation for the work all of ALAC has done and, in line with
the conversation we had previously, our expectation that we will receive
specific advice based on the Final Declaration.

The resolution is posted
at https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-09-09-en#3.e
, and at the end of the resolution, prior to the Rationale, is the
following Note:

> /Note: Three voting members of the Board abstained from voting on the
> resolutions. They stated for the record that they were supportive of
> the work resulting from the ATLAS, but wanted to draw attention to
> their encouragement for the Board to take future consideration of
> plans to develop the ATLAS into a regularly occurring event./

Please feel free to share this with the ALAC community.

Thanks,

Steve Crocker
Chair, ICANN Board of Directors



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