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    Dear Phil, Roelof, All,<br>
    <br>
    It is great to see such a vigorous and creative thread on our list.
    It is still too early in our work to assess solutions of course, but
    I think we could really use your contributions (as well as the Op-Ed
    from ITIF) to inform our current questions regarding the purpose of
    accountability, and its characteristics. <br>
    <br>
    So it would be greatly valuable if you could look back at your
    proposals and expand on the following questions (currently being
    considered in WA1 about existing mechanisms) and mentioned in Thomas
    note after our latest call<br>
    <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">a) is
      the mechanism providing check and balance, review or redress (see
      Netmundial definition of accountability in our Charter) ?</span><br
      style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
    <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">b) to
      whom does this mechanisms seek to make Icann accountable ?</span><br
      style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">
    <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">c) for
      what purpose does this mechanism make Icann accountable ? <br>
      <br>
      As mentioned in the note mentioned above, </span><span
      style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">this would
      then be a great starting point to assess which issues are most
      needed to be tackled. <br>
      <br>
      Best regards, <br>
      Mathieu<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 19/12/2014 17:52, Phil Buckingham a
      &eacute;crit&nbsp;:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">May I start a new
            thread and suggest a complete restructuring/ break up of
            ICANN, with a new corporate, tax paying entity, established,
            accountable for all revenue generating activity,
            particularly from its management, facilitation and &nbsp;its on
            going responsibility, accountability, reporting &nbsp;of the
            whole gTLD &nbsp;programme, processes, procedures. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Are you aware that
            ICANN&#8217;s ( currently a 501 Californian not for profit - where
            no tax is payable) latest audited 2013 financial statements
            show a &nbsp;&#8220;surplus&#8221; of $83M ( with a further $32.4 M
            development cost write back ) on $359M revenue received from
            1930 applicants. &nbsp;It has also in addition, subsequently
            &nbsp;received &nbsp;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults">https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults</a>
            with another 100+ contention sets &nbsp;( potentially )facing a
            last resort ICANN auction, where ICANN takes all the
            proceeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Perhaps this outside
            the CCWG -Accountability remit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Phil Buckingham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
                lang="EN-US">
                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roelof Meijer<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> 19 December 2014 15:26<br>
                <b>To:</b> Steve DelBianco; Accountability Cross
                Community<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-Accountability] Op-Ed from
                ITIF regarding permanent cross-community group as
                ultimate authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Deal all,</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Steve
                  wrote:</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
              </blockquote>
              <blockquote style="margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0cm">
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">"Gunnarson
                    suggests that one way to provide an effective check
                    on the ICANN board's power is to create statutory
                    members of ICANN with extensive authority over the
                    board. This authority could include removing board
                    members, overturning board decisions, etc. The
                    statutory members would likely include the chairs of
                    the various ICANN "supporting organizations" and
                    "advisory committees," such as the Address
                    Supporting Organization (ASO) responsible for IP
                    address policy and the Country Code Name Supporting
                    Organization (ccNSO) responsible for managing the
                    country code top-level domains. To ensure that the
                    statutory members do not hold too much sway, their
                    actions could be limited to situations where there
                    is a supermajority (i.e., consensus).&nbsp;&#8222;</span><span
                    style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
              </blockquote>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
              </blockquote>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The
                  possibility of introducing such a structure is
                  certainly not limited to organizations operating
                  under&nbsp;California&nbsp;State (or US Federal for that matter)
                  Law.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If the
                  members of such a structure would be the (elected)
                  chairs of the SO&#8217;s and AC&#8217;s and of a few other (e.g.
                  IETF, IAB and&nbsp;&#8211;dare&nbsp;I&nbsp;suggest it- the SG of the ITU)
                  to make it truly/fully multi-stakeholder, it
                  could&nbsp;greatly&nbsp;enhance ICANN&#8217;s accountability. As the
                  structure itself would be very accountable.</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I&nbsp;would
                  think that (indeed on the condition of a
                  supermajority) this structure then could be given the
                  power to (escalation with increase in number):</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <li class="MsoNormal"
                style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
                level1 lfo1">On the basis of&nbsp;&#8222;too much noise from the
                community&#8221;, tell ICANN to redo a particular process;<span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal"
                style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
                level1 lfo1">If the above does not solve the situation,
                call for an independent review of the issue/process;<span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal"
                style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
                level1 lfo1">If the situation meets certain criteria,
                send the board (or part thereof) away;<span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal"
                style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
                level1 lfo1">If the situation meets even stricter
                criteria, transfer ICANN&#8217;s role and/or the IANA function
                to another organization (Chris Disspain&#8217;s&nbsp;&#8222;nuclear
                option&#8221;)<span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The nice
                    thing about option 4 is that having it, will make
                    it&#8217;s actual use unnecessary and will make options 1
                    to 3&nbsp;a given. By rattling the sable, as the NTIA
                    occasionally did, for sure..</span><span
                    style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Only a
                    very rough sketch, lots of&nbsp;develish&nbsp;details to be
                    worked out. But in my opinion worth reflecting on.
                    Not because it, as Kavouss suggests,&nbsp;&#8222;[is limited]&nbsp;</span><span
                    style="color:#222222;background:white">to merely
                    existing practice and model&#8221;. As it is not. But
                    because it builds onto what had been realized over
                    the years and works pretty well most of the time.
                    And because it might be part of a solution to both
                    issues: the IANA stewardship transition and the
                    enhancement of ICANN&#8217;s accountability.</span><span
                    style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="color:#222222;background:#FFFEFE">And, now
                    that&nbsp;I am having a go at it anyway, if the above
                    would be implemented, another increase in ICANN&#8217;s
                    accountability could be realized some time down the
                    line. By replacing ICANN&#8217;s present board by one of
                    which none of the members are elected from an SO or
                    AC , but all members are selected on the basis of
                    their personal skills and expertise.</span><span
                    style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL">Best
                  regards,</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times
                  New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL">&nbsp;</span><span
                  style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL">Roelof
                  A. Meijer</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Steve DelBianco &lt;<a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Date: </b>woensdag 17 december 2014 17:20<br>
              <b>To: </b>Accountability Cross Community &lt;<a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Subject: </b>[CCWG-Accountability] Op-Ed from ITIF
              regarding permanent cross-community group as ultimate
              authority<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">This pertains to
                  our discussion yesterday about a permanent,
                  cross-community &#8216;Membership&#8217; group to hold ICANN board
                  and management accountable to the community. &nbsp;It was
                  described this way in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/51414327/WorkArea2%20Accountability%20suggestions%20%5Bdraft%203%5D.pdf?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1418610739000&amp;api=v2">draft3</a>
                  for work area 2:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Amend ICANN
                      bylaws to recognize a permanent cross-community
                      representative structure (all ACs, SOs,
                      Constituencies) with authority to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Appoint
                        members of Affirmation review teams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Review a
                        board decision, or resolve a dispute (option to
                        use independent panel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Approve
                        changes to ICANN bylaws or Articles, with 2/3
                        approval<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Approve
                        annual proposed ICANN budget<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Recall one
                        or all ICANN Board members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">One of the groups
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.innovationfiles.org/key-principles-for-the-icann-transition/">proposing</a>&nbsp;a
                  c</span><span style="color:black">ommunity of
                  stakeholders as ultimate authority posted</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">&nbsp;a relevant <a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/technology/227375-icann-transition-plan-needs-new-ideas-to-ensure-accountability">Op-Ed</a>
                  in a Washington paper today. &nbsp;Daniel Castro of the&nbsp;</span><span
                  style="color:black">Information Technology &amp;
                  Innovation Foundation (ITIF) wrote:</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">California
                    state law applies since ICANN is a registered
                    nonprofit corporation in the state. As such,
                    California law allows nonprofit organizations to
                    have statutory members. Gunnarson suggests that one
                    way to provide an effective check on the ICANN
                    board's power is to create statutory members of
                    ICANN with extensive authority over the board. This
                    authority could include removing board members,
                    overturning board decisions, etc. The statutory
                    members would likely include the chairs of the
                    various ICANN "supporting organizations" and
                    "advisory committees," such as the Address
                    Supporting Organization (ASO) responsible for IP
                    address policy and the Country Code Name Supporting
                    Organization (ccNSO) responsible for managing the
                    country code top-level domains. To ensure that the
                    statutory members do not hold too much sway, their
                    actions could be limited to situations where there
                    is a supermajority (i.e., consensus).&nbsp;</span><span
                    style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">We
                            welcome&nbsp;further&nbsp;elaboration of legal basis
                            to enable this modification to ICANN&#8217;s
                            bylaws in conformance with California law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            DelBianco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                  href="http://blog.netchoice.org/">http://blog.netchoice.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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