um, and, of course, the governmental advisory committee, the gac. thank you.so all those bodies weighed in. in fact, look at our engagement with the gac on this policy development alone. we, for the first time in icann's history, did a formal demonstration in brussels with more than 40 countries represented, and i think we had 18 out of 22 icann board members and liaisons, and we worked through 80 requested changes that came from the governments of the world through the gac, and we were able to accommodate well over 70 of those. which is just another touchstone example. now, that does not mean in a multistakeholder model reaching consensus is not unanimity. and this program was not approved with a unanimous vote of the icann board. i know round one was in 2000. the fist round of new gtlds has a unanimous board vote. this one had a dominant majority, but -- so there's every, you know, and it's all online, it's all documented, it's all transparent. and the reality is, is, you know, some of the parties that are issuing complaints right now issued letters as a par

he and the government advisory committee, the gac. all of them weighed in.f you look at our engagement with gac on this alone, for the first time in history we get a pre formal consultation just on this program. more than 40 countries represented, i think we had 18 out of 22 icann board members and liaisons'. we worked with over 40 changes that came through the gac and we were able to accommodate over 70 of them. that does not mean in a multistate older model reaching consensus is not unanimity. this program was not approved with unanimous vote. i know around one was. the first round -- this one had a dominant majority. it is all on line and is all transparent. some of the parties issued letters as a part of this program. there changes were accommodated. no process is perfect. and by the way, this process can still change or the program can change because the board of icann, icann is an organization that reserves to change its right in the future. we need to do that for the security of the stability of the internet. we do not know what kind of issues can dev

gac which provided 12 proposals to protect the system from internet crime said the only three of those proposals have even been looked at and none had been carried out. these sound like very serious concerns when you are rolling something out that is going to fundamentally change the running of the internet. what you going to do to meet these concerns or are these concerns stories that don't need any real concern now? >> thank you for sharing that. i am very proud of the work the review team has done. it was formed as a result of the affirmation of commitment we signed with the department of commerce on september 34, 2009 blogger cheadle that change the oversight from the department of commerce to be done by the world and groups that are comprised of different stakeholders' around the world. i am a cote selector of those teams and appreciate their hard work and there's more work to be done. who is a tough problem. you have law enforcement constituencies with an important set of concerns and issues and civil society groups and privacy parties with very different views as well. trying to

the gac provided 12 proposals to protect the system from internet crime said that only three proposalswere even liked and none of them had been carried out. the sunlight very serious concerns in a row and something out that will fundamentally change the running of the internet. what are you going to do to meet the citizens? or these concerns hold stories that don't meet any real concern now? >> shortcoming thank you for sharing that. in fact, i'm very proud of the work that the review team has done and was informed as a result of the affirmation of commitment that we send department of commerce on september 30th 2009 they changed the oversight and reviews of icann from the u.s. department of commerce to being done by the world and groups that are comprised of different stakeholders around the world and in the coastal or for others teams and they really appreciate their hard work. i think there's a lot more work to be done. you've got law enforcement constituencies at the very important set of concerns and issues in his gut civil society groups and privacy parties that have very differe