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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps…… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>+ 4. did the Board act/ vote unanimously. Were there abstensions – (through potential conflict of interest)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Post<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 March 2015 13:26<br><b>To:</b> Accountability Cross Community<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Regarding ICANN's adherence to "international law"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At 08:16 PM 3/14/2015, Bruce Tonkin wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Under its Articles of Incorporation ICANN already operates “for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole, carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law and applicable international conventions and local law.†See: <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/articles">https://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/articles</a><br><br>The Independent Review Process allows parties to challenge Board decisions that are inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.<br><br>[SNIP]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Just by way of clarification, while it's true that the IRP allows parties "to challenge Board decisions that are inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws," the IRP panel does not have the power to actually decide the question of whether or not a Board decision WAS inconsistent with the Articles or Bylaws. See Bylaws, Art IV sec 3(4):<br><br>"The IRP Panel must apply a defined standard of review to the IRP request, focusing on: <o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><a name=IV-3.4a></a>did the Board act without conflict of interest in taking its decision?; <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><a name=IV-3.4b></a>did the Board exercise due diligence and care in having a reasonable amount of facts in front of them?; and <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><a name=IV-3.4c></a>did the Board members exercise independent judgment in taking the decision, believed to be in the best interests of the company?" <o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal>That's a much narrower scope of inquiry than whether the Board acted outside the ByLaws, for example.<br><br>David<br><br>*******************************<br>David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation<br>blog (Volokh Conspiracy) <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post">http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post<br></a>book (Jefferson's Moose) <a href="http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0">http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n </a><br>music <a href="http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic">http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic</a> publications etc. <a href="http://www.davidpost.com /">http://www.davidpost.com </a><br>******************************* <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>