Source: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2014-06-06-en
Timestamp: 2017-10-20 08:31:17
Document Index: 300002454

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 8', '§ 6', '§ 8']

The BGC concluded, and the NGPC agrees, that the Requesters have not sufficiently demonstrated that the Board relied on false or inaccurate information in adopting the Resolutions. The Requesters suggest that the Resolutions were "partly based on … the GAC Chair letter to the ICANN Board dated 9 September 2013 as part of the GAC advice on .VIN and .WINE" and that "such materials are inaccurate, false and/or misleading." (Request 14-24, § 8, Pgs. 12-13; Request 14-15, § 8, Pgs. 9-10; Request 14-20, § 8, Pgs. 5-6.) The Requesters claim that the GAC Chair's 9 September 2013 letter "was sent to the ICANN Board without being circulated to GAC members first," and that the letter was not, in fact, supported by a consensus of the GAC. (Request 14-24, § 8, Pgs. 12-13; Request 14-13, § 6, Pg. 7.) The Requesters further claim that the GAC Chair's action in sending the 9 September 2013 Letter violated GAC Operating Principle 47, which provides that "[t]he GAC works on the basis of seeking consensus among its membership…. Where consensus is not possible, the Chair shall convey the full range of views expressed by members to the ICANN Board." The Requesters state that because the 9 September 2013 Letter was sent in violation of GAC's Operating Principles and did not accurately reflect the GAC's consensus advice, it was misleading and should not have been considered by the Board. (Request 14-13, § 8, Pg. 12-13.) The BGC concluded that the Requesters' assertions relating to GAC Operating Principle 47 do not support reconsideration.
The NGPC had the opportunity to consider all of the materials submitted by or on behalf of the Requesters or that otherwise relate to the Requests. The NGPC also notes that it has had the opportunity to consider all the correspondence submitted to the Board to date regarding the .WINE and .VIN applications. Following consideration of all relevant information provided, the NGPC reviewed and has adopted the BGC's Recommendation on the Requests, which shall be deemed a part of this Rationale and the full text of which can be found at https://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration/14-13/recommendation-european-commission-et-al-14may14-en.pdf [PDF, 230 KB] and is attached to the Reference Materials to the NGPC Submission on this matter.
7 https://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/dryden-to-crocker-09sep13-en.pdf [PDF, 66 KB]. The date on the GAC advice letter from the GAC Chair indicates 9 September 2013, but it was not received until 11 September 2013. Because the final letter was not available until 11 September, it was not considered as part of the NGPC's action on 10 September 2013
25 http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/zingarelli-to-chalaby-et-al-01apr14-en.pdf [PDF, 501 KB].
50 See, e.g., https://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/steneberg-to-crocker-et-al-03feb14-en.pdf [PDF, 279 KB], https://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kroes-to-icann-board-07nov13-en.pdf [PDF, 235 KB]
58 https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-new-gtld-2014-03-22-en#/1.a.