Re: [IFWP] Open and closed

["A.M. Rutkowski" <amr@netmagic.com>]

At 09:48 AM 8/13/99 , Kerry  Miller wrote:
> Why then has the issue been put on the
> Governmental Advisory 
> Committee agenda? Does the GAC originate "advice" for the BoD?
> Is there a record of the BoD asking the GAC for this advice, against
> the recommendations of "staff"? 

The GAC is an autonomous intergovernmental body
and can do whatever it wishes.  The ICANN Board is obliged
to confer with the GAC prior to taking any significant
decisions, and the conversely the GAC can otherwise 
compel the Board to consider any matter the GAC cares to
raise.

Furthermore, ICANN's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws 
were written in such a fashion as to obligate ICANN's Board of 
Directors to "...carry...out its activities in conformity 
with relevant principles of international law and applicable 
international conventions..." as "advised" by ICANN.

How does it feel to be under the boot of GAC?


--tony