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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Yes, let’s have Counsel consider that.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’m OK with the second sentence of the second paragraph. In fact, it would fit most logically as the final sentence of the first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">But the first sentence just doesn’t fit comfortably, IMHO. Further, even as it states that the GAC has autonomy in its Operating Principles, its very presence
in the Bylaws suggests that a future amendment could direct the GAC in regard to its OP.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If the Bylaws are thought of as provisions of ICANN’s revised Constitution, and if the third and hopefully final Proposal is viewed as akin to its Federalist
Papers – that is, a document that can be referred to in the future to discern the intent of and understanding underlying a Bylaws revision or addition – the same purpose can be achieved without introducing an extraneous sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Those are my thoughts, and I defer further to Counsel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span 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>Edward Morris<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 26, 2015 3:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Steve DelBianco; accountability-cross-community@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] ST18 breathrough text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In that case I trust our fine counsel can reword things so the example itself is not placed in the Bylaws. Give me something like that in litigation and I could twist and turn
it into an unrecognisable form with unintended consequences by affirming a disjunct of the example or by other means. Let's stick with statutory type language in the Bylaws, while certainly recognising the principle involved in paragraph 2 both in the Bylaws
and in any accompanying explanatory documentation where examples are more appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">: "Steve DelBianco" <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent</b>: Thursday, November 26, 2015 8:39 PM<br>
<b>To</b>: "<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject</b>: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] ST18 breathrough text</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Intent here is that both paragraphs go in the bylaws. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 2:11 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>>, Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>>, "<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>"
<<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: [CCWG-ACCT] ST18 breathrough text<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think that language does it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Is the intent that both paragraphs will be in the Bylaws, or only the first with the second being an explanation accompanying it in the report?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Steve DelBianco [<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 26, 2015 1:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mathieu Weill; Phil Corwin; <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">
accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] ST18 breathrough text</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Agree, Matheiu. You’ve got it all in one sentence so there’s no disconnect or confusion. So the full text of Article XI, Section 2, Item 1 would be:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">j. The advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters shall be duly taken into account, both in the formulation and adoption of policies. In the event
that the ICANN Board determines to take an action that is not consistent with the Governmental Advisory Committee advice, it shall so inform the Committee and state the reasons why it decided not to follow that advice. Any GAC advice approved by a full
GAC consensus, understood to mean the practice of adopting decisions by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection, may only be rejected by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board, and the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will
then try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The GAC has the autonomy to refine its Operating Procedures to specify how objections are raised and considered (for example, disallowing a single country to continue an objection
on the same issue if no other countries will join in an objection). When transmitting consensus advice to the Board for which the GAC seeks to receive special consideration, the GAC has the obligation to confirm the lack of any formal objection.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Mathieu Weill <<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] ST18 breathrough text</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you Phil,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think you are right that removing that ambiguity is consistent with our discussion earlier today. Probably the easiest fix would be to merge sentences as
such </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“Any GAC advice approved by a full GAC consensus, understood to mean the practice of adopting decisions by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection,
may only be rejected by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board, and the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will then try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mathieu</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">De :</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Phil Corwin [<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>]<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 26 novembre 2015 18:43<br>
<b>À :</b> Mathieu Weill; <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">
accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Objet :</b> RE: ST18 breathrough text</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">With all respect, I believe there was substantial consensus and no objection on the call to accepting my suggestion that the last sentence of the first paragraph
be clarified to eliminate any ambiguity as to which GAC advice would require an effort to find a mutually acceptable solution, as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">With</span></i><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> respect to such
<b>consensus </b>advice, the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Absent such clarification, this sentence could be read as imposing that duty in regard to any GAC advice transmitted to the Board, regardless of whether
it was supported by consensus. Even with this clarification, the Board would still have to duly take into account any GAC advice, as per the first sentence.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mathieu Weill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 26, 2015 11:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] TR: ST18 breathrough text</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">During the call today, we found a common way forward on the ST18 recommendation, based on joint inputs from Denmark and Keith Drazek.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is intended to clarify the actual text that will be presented as our proposal on the Draft Report.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you all of you for your contributions to this significant step forward.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best and happy thanksgiving to all our US friends,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">De :</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"> Steve DelBianco [<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>]<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> jeudi 26 novembre 2015 17:03<br>
<b>À :</b> ACCT-Staff; Thomas Rickert; Mathieu Weill; León Felipe Sánchez Ambía; Cheryl Langdon-Orr; Becky Burr; Jordan Carter<br>
<b>Objet :</b> ST18 breathrough text </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">j. The advice of the Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters shall be duly taken into account, both in the formulation and adoption of policies. In
the event that the ICANN Board determines to take an action that is not consistent with the Governmental Advisory Committee advice, it shall so inform the Committee and state the reasons why it decided not to follow that advice. Any GAC advice approved
by a full GAC consensus, understood to mean the practice of adopting decisions by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection, may only be rejected by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board. With respect to such advice, the Governmental Advisory
Committee and the ICANN Board will try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually acceptable solution. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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an objection on the same issue if no other countries will join in an objection). When transmitting consensus advice to the Board for which the GAC seeks to receive special consideration, the GAC has the obligation to confirm the lack of any formal objection.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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