Legal Response on JAS WG Charter Issue - 21.01.11

“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.”