Ecuador has joined the GovernmentAdvisory Committee (GAC) at the just concluded Policy Forum of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held in Panama City, reports
ITRealms.
With this, Ecuador as a new member of
GAC, brings the number of GAC members to 177.
ITRealms notes that GAC provides advice to the ICANN Board on policy matters where there
may be an interaction between ICANN’s policies and various laws, international
agreements and public policy objectives.
GAC
Advice is communicated to the ICANN Board through either a Communique or a
formal piece of Correspondence.
The GAC welcomed the efforts by all
parts of the community to address the issue of access to nonpublic WHOIS data
as well as the initiative taken by ICANN in proposing a framework to guide
discussions on a new access model.
ICANN has an important role to play in
ensuring that there is a clear and well-coordinated process in place. In the
discussion, the GAC noted the negative impact that the lack of timely access to
non-public WHOIS data is having on different user groups and expressed a desire
to achieve more consistent and timely access.
The GAC expressed its commitment to
working together with ICANN and the Community in this process and – in a first
step – intends to provide detailed comments on the Unified Access Model as soon
as possible after ICANN62. The GAC was of the opinion that solutions should be
implemented as soon as they become available.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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