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FYI - received as a follow-up to the Board resolution.<br>
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<td>Comment on the Board resolution re the ATLAS II Summit
Final Declaration</td>
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<td>Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:19:40 +0000</td>
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<td>Steve Crocker <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:steve.crocker@icann.org"><steve.crocker@icann.org></a></td>
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<td>Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ocl@gih.com"><ocl@gih.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com">steve@shinkuro.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com"><steve@shinkuro.com></a>,
Icann-board ICANN <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:icann-board@icann.org"><icann-board@icann.org></a></td>
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<div>Olivier,<br>
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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.<br>
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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.</div>
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<div>The resolution is posted at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-09-09-en#3.e">https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-09-09-en#3.e</a>
, and at the end of the resolution, prior to the Rationale, is
the following Note:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite"><i>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.</i><br>
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Please feel free to share this with the ALAC community.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Steve Crocker<br>
Chair, ICANN Board of Directors</div>
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