[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] from ICANN's legal on teh Charter issue

[Karla Valente <karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear JAS WG:

During our last meeting I was asked to seek some advice from ICANN's general 
council in relation to the charter matter. Here is the response:


"The General Counsel's office received a request from the JAS for advice on how 
the JAS should proceed in light of the competing extension charters as approved 
by the ALAC and the GNSO.
There is no precedent for recommending how to proceed here, and this situation 
does not pose any Bylaws-related issues.  We encourage the GNSO and ALAC to 
work together to determine how to proceed in light of the Board's 28 October 
2010 Resolutions encouraging "the JAS WG and other stakeholders to continue 
their work on the matter, and in particular, provide specific guidelines on the 
implementation of their recommendations such as determining the criteria for 
eligibility for support" and stressing "that any needy applicant support 
program must have a sustainable funding model that may be independent of ICANN 
and can be implemented transparently, and effectively to the benefit of the 
global Internet community."


I believe that the GNSO and ALAC already restarted a dialogue. Looking forward 
to a resolution.

We will have our meeting on Tuesday. Invitations will be sent soon.

Have a nice weekend!


Thank you and kind regards,

Karla Valente
Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Direct:  + 1 310 301 3878
Mobile:  +1 310 936 4639
Skype: kdlvalente