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Agree this needs to be thoroughly addressed in the summary.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/11/2015 15:25, Brenden Kuerbis
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:13 AM,
Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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Thanks for this review.<br>
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I have just had the opportunity to read the so-clle
"Executive summary"<br>
and appreciate many of the comments that are being made.
I am obviously<br>
too late to review this in any detail and did a quick read
through of<br>
this commented version. I do want to add to the impression
that is a<br>
long way from being ready for distribution.<br>
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Some areas that troubled me in my quick read:<br>
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- the absence of any discussion of how these changes
complete the<br>
requirements for transition in terms of separability and
enforcing<br>
separability decisions by the empowered community.<br>
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<div>Thanks Avri for noting this and to both counsel for
highlighting it. The abscence of discussion of this
community power in the draft, with only a single line
mentioning it and no explanation (or even a reference) of
how it is proposed to work is a huge gap. </div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
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<div>Brenden Kuerbis</div>
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0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">-
the lack of discussion of how, without statutory
authority, the<br>
empowered community still has recourse to the courts if
necessary that<br>
can withstand the withering influence of so-called
fiduciary decisions<br>
by the board<br>
- the absence of any discussion of how the statutory
membership right of<br>
inspection is to be included under the empowered community
model<br>
- a reference in regard to human rights that while there
were no<br>
statutory obligations on ICANN, the backstop of NTIA was
assurance that<br>
human rights, especially those for freedom of expression
and free flow<br>
in information on the Internet, would be respected, and
that the bylaw<br>
is a way to attempt to replace that NTIA backstop.<br>
<br>
As this document stands I do not see it as explaining why
these<br>
accountability issues are necessary when, and if, the NTIA
backstop is<br>
lost. I think that is essential in an "executive
summary", not matter<br>
what its length.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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avri<br>
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On 10-Nov-15 22:53, Rosemary E. Fei wrote:<br>
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> Dear Co-Chairs:<br>
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> Adler & Colvin’s comments on the Executive
Summary are attached; our<br>
> apologies for missing the deadline (by 110
minutes). As Holly noted,<br>
> these comments have not been reviewed by or
coordinated with Sidley.<br>
> Similarly, we have not had time to go back
through proposals, emails,<br>
> and meeting notes to confirm our recollection of
how various decisions<br>
> have been made to date, so some comments may
reflect the wrong<br>
> understanding and should be ignored. The mark-up
includes both some<br>
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> We agree with Sidley’s overall comments on length
and duplication, and<br>
> more substantively on how particular community
powers will be<br>
> exercised. Given that this is an Executive
Summary, you might<br>
> consider presenting a single full escalation
pathway as an<br>
> illustration only, and then note that the paths
will vary as<br>
> appropriate for the exercise of other community
powers. A chart<br>
> comparing escalation pathways across powers and
noting the differing<br>
> required thresholds for approval at each stage by
power, might be more<br>
> useful to understanding than the separate
detailed descriptions of<br>
> each escalation path provided in this draft.<br>
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