RE: [gnso-osc] OSC approval of amended Council procedures - 5.10 statements of interest v4 - deadline 28 January 2011
I seem to have missed the deadline and do not want to hold this up any further, but I hope that the attached two changes to 5.3.3 can be noted "for the record," as they concern issues that have been presented to me by members of my constituency. (1) It has been repeatedly suggested that it is unrealistic to require people to represent that they have no financial relationship with any company that has a contract or financial relationship with ICANN, without making available to them a full list of such companies. Since there seems to be some question about whether it is feasible for ICANN to generate such a list (even though US tax law requires, at least as of next year, that companies issue tax forms "to any individual or corporation from which they buy more than $600 in goods or services in a tax year," see http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/05/smallbusiness/1099_health_care_tax_chang e/?iid=EL,), I suggest that the SOI require that the person disclose "any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN" (words in CAPS added). (2) It has also been repeatedly noted that an attorney representing a client may in some circumstances be barred from disclosing the identity of the client without the client's permission. If this situation were to arise in the ICANN context, it should be disclosed (i.e., the lawyer should state that s/he represents a client who declines to be identified). Steve Metalitz ________________________________ From: owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 4:18 AM To: gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx Subject: [gnso-osc] OSC approval of amended Council procedures - 5.10 statements of interest v4 - deadline 28 January 2011 For OSC adoption - by 28 January 2011 Thank you for the useful dialogue on this list. I attach a clean copy (v4) incorporating: - the changes agreed during the Cartagena meeting of the OSC held on 5 December 2010 - clarifying edits suggested by Chuck G - clarifying edits proposed by Philip in response to Avri D - clarifying edits suggested by Steve M - housekeeping edits done by Philip S. I propose this clean version is what we adopt as the OSC and suggest a deadline of 28 January. Philip Sheppard OSC Chair Attachment:
GNSO Operating Procedures Section 5 v4 sjm comments (3524963).DOC
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