[CCWG-ACCT] Lawyers' High Level Review: Annexes 1, 8, 9, 10, 11

Kavouss Arasteh kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com
Mon Jan 25 15:34:10 UTC 2016


Dear Paul 
Then that allegation against ICANN , decision should go trough all steps of process.
I do not believe that an individual should simply make an allegation to the Board, s decision without passing through an established procedure otherwise tens of allegations called for every day .that was not the objectives of IRP.Such inefficient course of action would totally counterproductive and detriment to the healthy process of ICANN works  
Regards
Kavouss

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> On 25 Jan 2016, at 16:22, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Kavous
> 
> 
> If and only if the person materially being affected by the Board decision
> makes a colorable allegation that the Board's actions are inconsistent with
> the bylaws ....  Whether or not they are actually inconsistent is for the
> IRP to decide, in the end ...
> 
> Cheers
> Paul
> 
> Paul Rosenzweig
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kavouss Arasteh [mailto:kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:55 AM
> To: Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com>
> Cc: Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net>; Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com>;
> ICANN <ICANN at adlercolvin.com>; Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net>;
> <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
> <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>; <acct-staff at icann.org>
> <acct-staff at icann.org>; Sidley ICANN CCWG <sidleyicannccwg at sidley.com>;
> Greeley, Amy E. <AGreeley at sidley.com>; Grapsas, Rebecca
> <rebecca.grapsas at sidley.com>
> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Lawyers' High Level Review: Annexes 1, 8, 9, 10, 11
> 
> Dear Sir,
> Yes , if and only if the Board,s decision is INCONSISTENT with  or  in
> violation of Bylaws?!!!!
> Regards
> Kavouss 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 15:48, Paul Rosenzweig
>> <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Kavouss
>> 
>> No IRP will review GAC advice.  But the community did agree 
>> (overwhelmingly) that IRP review would apply to Board decisions in 
>> response to GAC advice, which is, of course, exactly what Malcolm posits
> ...
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> Paul Rosenzweig
>> paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com
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>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kavouss Arasteh [mailto:kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:45 AM
>> To: Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net>
>> Cc: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com>; Paul Rosenzweig 
>> <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com>; ICANN 
>> <ICANN at adlercolvin.com>; Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net>; 
>> accountability-cross-community at icann.org; acct-staff at icann.org; Sidley 
>> ICANN CCWG <sidleyicannccwg at sidley.com>; Greeley, Amy E. 
>> <AGreeley at sidley.com>; Grapsas, Rebecca <rebecca.grapsas at sidley.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Lawyers' High Level Review: Annexes 1, 8, 9, 
>> 10, 11
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> Perhaps people totally forgotten that NO IRP SHALL BE INVOKED BY THE 
>> COMMUNITY.
>> FOR GAC ADVICE.
>> This has been discussed  and confirmed .pls refer ti WP 2 and CCWG 
>> previous NOTES and REPORTS Regards Kavouss
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 10:57, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 24/01/2016 21:32, Greg Shatan wrote:
>>>> Paul,
>>>> 
>>>> I was halfway through writing an email that said exactly that.  
>>>> 
>>>> This may be due to the lawyers re-interpreting "duly taken into account"
>>>> in a way that I don't agree with and which I think is incorrect.
>>> 
>>> I also agree that this would be a substantial change.
>>> 
>>> To support that, I would ask you to consider the follow, not 
>>> unlikely, scenario.
>>> 
>>> The GAC has advised the Board to do something, but what it has 
>>> advised is not entirely clearly, and there is certainly ambiguity as 
>>> to how it might be implemented. The Board has then done something. A 
>>> materially affected party, unhappy with the Board's action and 
>>> preferring an alternative that would take a more extreme view of the 
>>> GAC advice, challenges the action in the IRP. The Board takes the 
>>> view that it has taken the GAC's advice into account and that what it 
>>> has done is reasonably consistent with the GAC advice; the 
>>> complainant argues that the action was not consistent with it.
>>> 
>>> If the IRP finds that factually the complainant is correct to allege 
>>> that the Board's action was not consisistent with the GAC advice, 
>>> what is the consequence of that? It seems to vary according to which 
>>> standard we choose:
>>> 
>>> - If the current standard applies, that the Board "duly take into 
>>> account" GAC advice, the IRP may still find that the Board did do that:
>>> since they noted the GAC's advice, considered it, and believed 
>>> (albeit
>>> incorrectly) that what they were doing constituted a reasonably 
>>> implementation of it, it is hard to say they did not meet this standard.
>>> The IRP will however order the Board that to bring itself back into 
>>> compliance with the bylaws it must notify the GAC that it has acted 
>>> inconsistently, and try to find a mutually acceptable solution. The 
>>> action, however, may stand: a solution need not necessarily involve 
>>> cancelling the action, but might be found through supplementing the 
>>> action with another.
>>> 
>>> - If Holly's standard applies, that the Board "must not act 
>>> inconsistently" with GAC advice, then the mere finding that the Board 
>>> has acted inconsistently invalidates that decision. The action must 
>>> be quashed, if it is possible to do so; failure to do so would 
>>> consistute perpetuating the bylaws breach.
>>> 
>>> This is a material change, that may significantly affect the outcome.
>>> 
>>> Personally, I do not believe this change is needed or desirable. For 
>>> that reason, I respectfully disagree with accepting Holly's advice on 
>>> this particular case.
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> 
>>> Malcolm.
>>> 
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