The CCWG has jurisdiction over the IRP and needs to expand the IRP with the general proposition that the IRP covers PTI action/inaction. This is a completely separate basis for initiating an IRP, so it is not merely an &quot;implementation&quot; issue.<div><br></div><div>Once the proposition is taken care of, the CWG can work with counsel and the CCWG to nail down its specific implementation.</div><div><br></div><div>Greg <span></span><br><br>On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, Matthew Shears &lt;<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org">mshears@cdt.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    + 1 Avri and Greg and agree this needs to be addressed before we
    close the discussion on the IRP.<br>
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    <div>On 20/01/2016 05:35, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Avri,</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I agree with your
          analysis and share your concern.  The PTI IRP is fundamentally
          not a Bylaws issue (or more accurately -- fundamentally not a
          &quot;violation of the Bylaws&quot; issue).</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Having &quot;borrowed&quot; the
          IRP in an attempt to fill the requirements of the CWG, we
          can&#39;t then pretend that the requirements of the CWG are
          coterminous with the general design of the IRP.  The CWG&#39;s
          requirements will require a specific statement of the basis on
          which a claim may be brought -- and it is a different basis
          than for other IRP claims.  This doesn&#39;t have to be long, but
          it does have to be right.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Conversely, if we are
          truly wedded to the idea that the IRP is a &quot;bylaws court&quot; and
          nothing more, then it can&#39;t be used to satisfy the CWG&#39;s
          requirement and we will need to do something else. 
          Personally, I don&#39;t endorse this position (though it does
          raise some concern about the ability of the panel to deal with
          PTI failures, if it is designed to be a bylaws court.  That
          said, I have sufficient faith in the skill of experienced
          arbitrators to be able to resolve a variety of disputes.)</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Since this a
          requirement for the transition, we need to resolve this
          crisply, explicitly and appropriately.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Avri
          Doria <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;avri@acm.org&#39;);" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
            <br>
            I am uncomfortable with closing the discussion of the new
            principles for<br>
            the IRP.  Since we decided not to create a new entity to
            serve the<br>
            requirements of the CWG but rather to make it a function of
            the IRP, we<br>
            need to make sure that the basis for the IRP is fit for
            purpose before<br>
            starting on its implementation.<br>
            <br>
            The CWG calls for:<br>
            <br>
            &gt; 1.            *Appeal mechanism*. An appeal mechanism,
            for example in<br>
            &gt; the form of an Independent Review Panel, for issues
            relating to the<br>
            &gt; IANA functions.  For example, direct customers with
            non-remediated<br>
            &gt; issues or matters referred by ccNSO or GNSO after
            escalation by the<br>
            &gt; CSC will have access to an Independent Review Panel.
            The appeal<br>
            &gt; mechanism will not cover issues relating to ccTLD
            delegation and<br>
            &gt; re-delegation, which mechanism is to be developed by
            the ccTLD<br>
            &gt; community post-transition.<br>
            &gt;<br>
            <br>
            I do not see how to define this function in terms of By Laws
            alone as By<br>
            Laws have little to say about negotiated SLAs and the 
            customers&#39; or CSC<br>
            complaints.  Perhaps it can be done by changes to some of
            the By Laws,<br>
            but I do not see us as having scoped out what those changes
            need to be.<br>
            <br>
            So until such time as we have dealt the the policy issues of
            filling the<br>
            CWG&#39;s requirements, I would like to register a personal
            caution, and<br>
            thus an objection, to closing the discussion of the basis
            and standing<br>
            for IRP appeals.  I do not believe this is merely an
            implementation<br>
            issue.  At least not yet.<br>
            <br>
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