[CCWG-ACCT] Your public comment re replacement of IANA provider

[Bruce Tonkin]

Hello Seun,

>>  Although I recognise that there could be a situation where the IRP may indeed have made wrong judgement of an issue which the MEM may then conclude in support of ICANN's position not to follow IRP's action. Other than that, considering that the MEM is expected to be generally looking through the same processes/documents that the IRP may have looked into, I don't seem to see the huge advantage that the MEM will bring especially if board did not follow outcome of IRP that eventually receives MEM blessings as well. As it would be would seem like going round in circle. 

No I wasn’t implying that the MEM would be used to re-hear a IRP case.      I just meant that not following the IRP procedure is itself a fundamental bylaw.    I was more envisaging a case where a company launched an IRP, and the community felt that the Board had not followed the IRP process.


➢   confirm whether the MEM outcome will be binding/final on ICANN board. Is that the case?

Yes.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin