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<h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Hi Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoBodyText">No fear mongering here, just any consultations with the GAO need to be considered on how they are framed as to the work of this group, seemingly innocuous statements can be very easily misinterpreted or turned to support a variety of
views that may be supportive or combatative to the work we are all doing. Having heard that GAO is consulting with a number of stakeholders my concerns are tempered somewhat but I still think that this needs to be handled carefully.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">Some of my initial thoughts based on the discussion brief are inline below, for some of this I am playing devil’s advocate as to how the responses could be utilized:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<h1 style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Topics for Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What is your experience related to the IANA functions and NTIA’s role?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">JG: This is a question that may be asked of the chairs in their personal capacity, no issue here at all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How would you describe NTIA’s current role with regard to the IANA functions (e.g., stewardship, administrative/clerical, backstop, etc)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">JG: This is a factual question best answered by IANA or NTIA<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">If you consider the implications of transitioning NTIA’s role to a global multistakeholder community, what are the potential risks, if any, that
come to mind?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What risks can you identify if the transition does occur (i.e., such as any technical, operational, or accountability risks that are currently mitigated
by NTIA’s contract with ICANN)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What are the potential risks if the transition does
<i>not</i> occur?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Are you aware of the list of contingencies being considered by the cross-community working group on enhancing ICANN accountability (CCWG-Accountability)?
If so, to what extent do you think this is a comprehensive list? Which risks, if any, are present regardless of NTIA’s oversight role?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">JG: I would have concerns that answers to this question could be used to bolster some who wish to see this transition fail. Stress testing and risk management can never be fully
comprehensive but this can very easily be built into a narrative.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Who, specifically, of the multi-stakeholder community might be most impacted by a transition of NTIA’s role? Are these potentially-impacted stakeholders
sufficiently represented by the discussion and efforts to develop a transition proposal?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">[If stakeholder is from one of the multi-stakeholder constituency groups in ICANN] What is the process for raising concerns that arise from the perspective
of your constituency to the multi-stakeholder community and to what extent do you think this process is effective in ensuring that all issues are considered in policy development and decisionmaking?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">JG: Again I would have concerns that a narrative could be built around balance and bias. I think the section on policy development and decision making is outside of the remit
of this group, we are not examining the fundamentals of ICANNS multistakeholderism, if this question is framed specifically as to the multistakeholder composition of the CCWGs composition then I see less of an issue with this question.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What are the most important issues for the transition proposal to address? Do you have a view on what structure or approach could most effectively
address these issues?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:11.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">JG: Great topic for interaction, can see definite value for both sides in discussing this.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What factors should be considered when evaluating transition proposals? To what extent do NTIA’s core requirements address potential risks?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">(From the preamble: The extent to which NTIA’s core requirements for the transition provide an effective framework to evaluate the transition proposal.)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">JG: The first part of this question perfect again a great topic to discuss, the second part I do not believe is for us to define. The NTIA has delivered to us its requirements
and we are working towards them, I don’t feel it’s the position of the CCWG to assess if those requirements are adequate or not.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">As I said above if the GAO is meeting with multiple groups in order to build a solid balanced and informed opinion to deliver to the requesting parties then I support us engaging
in that process, indeed even if the CCWG was the sole interviewee I would support the meeting, but I still believe that solid ground rules for any engagement which may reflect on the work of the group need to be established. I have 100% confidence in our co-chairs,
but we need to give them all of the information and a solid framework of how responses on behalf of the group may be presented.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">If the chairs are to meet purely in their personal capacities then much of what I said may be moot but that has yet to be determined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Chris Disspain [mailto:ceo@auda.org.au]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2015 10:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> James Gannon<br>
<b>Cc:</b> accountability-cross-community@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] GAO meeting request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">Hi James,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">I get that some people are concerned in the way you have expressed. What I’m not clear about is ‘what is the fear?’. We have 3 very experienced people chairing
the CCWG. What are we concerned that they’ll do? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p2">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2">Chris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666">On 31 Mar 2015, at 08:22 , James Gannon <<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#666666">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#666666"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#666666">Greg
Shatan [<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"><span style="color:purple">mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, March 30, 2015 7:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>James Gannon<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr"><span style="color:purple">Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr</span></a>;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org"><span style="color:purple">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] GAO meeting request</span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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willing to talk about that and not delve into specific questions on experience of the co-chairs, risk identification, stakeholder representation and the extent that the NTIAs criteria are sufficient, then this may be a different discussion. B</span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, March 30, 2015 6:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr</span></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] GAO meeting request</span><span style="color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#666666">It is in any case the best opportunity to explain the whole system to the people who are going to evaluate its results and make recommendations to the lawmakers. If you convinced them, they will convince the
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email: <a href="mailto:crg@isoc-cr.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">crg@isoc-cr.org</span></a><br>
Skype: carlos.raulg<br>
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<a href="tel:%2B506%204000%202000" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">+506 4000 2000</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(home)<br>
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Apartado 1571-1000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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For your information, the US Governement Accountability Office has requested a teleconference with the co-chairs of the CCWG. Tentative date is currently discussed for next week (7 or 8 April).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Thomas Rickert, Leon Felipe Sanchez, Mathieu Weill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Healey, John C<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:HealeyJ@GAO.GOV" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple"><HealeyJ@GAO.GOV></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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'<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</span></a>'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple"><mathieu.weill@afnic.fr></span></a>,
'<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</span></a>'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple"><leonfelipe@sanchez.mx></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Technology Subcommittee to review the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) proposed transition of key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. We are meeting with knowledgeable people and organizations
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a list of questions, below, to give you a better idea of the topics we want to discuss with you, and I’ll provide a teleconference line after confirming your availability (please “reply all” so that others can know of your availability). In addition to the
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