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

[Alex Gakuru <gakuru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Karla.

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Karla Valente <karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear JAS WG:
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> 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:
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> “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.
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> 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.”
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> I believe that the GNSO and ALAC already restarted a dialogue. Looking
> forward to a resolution.
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> We will have our meeting on Tuesday. Invitations will be sent soon.
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> Have a nice weekend!
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> Thank you and kind regards,
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> Karla Valente
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> Director
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> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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