<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Avri,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I don&#39;t have a formal legal definition of &quot;duly&quot; at my fingertips -- but generally, when &quot;due&quot; or &quot;duly&quot; is used in a legal context, it connotes a reasonable and appropriate level of attention and care, with an implication that more (rather than less) was done by the party.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" 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>
Not lawyer and definitely of the opinion that we have understood it the<br>
way Greg et al have understood it up to this point.<br>
<br>
But legally, how is &quot;duly taken into account&quot;  different from &quot;taken<br>
into account&quot;<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<span class=""><br>
On 24-Jan-16 20:22, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
&gt; &quot;duly taken into account&quot; absolutely does not mean &quot;followed.&quot;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Nigel Roberts &lt;<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net">nigel@channelisles.net</a><br>
</span><div><div class="h5">&gt; &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net">nigel@channelisles.net</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     Paul is right to be concerned.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     &#39;duly taken in to account&#39; means &#39;followed&#39;.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;     On 24/01/16 21:32, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         Paul,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         I was halfway through writing an email that said exactly that.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         This may be due to the lawyers re-interpreting &quot;duly taken<br>
&gt;         into account&quot;<br>
&gt;         in a way that I don&#39;t agree with and which I think is<br>
&gt;         incorrect.  We<br>
&gt;         have used the term many times in discussing how we deal with<br>
&gt;         public<br>
&gt;         comments, and I have taken our meaning to be &quot;we will consider<br>
&gt;         it and<br>
&gt;         give it our full attention, but without any presumption that<br>
&gt;         we will<br>
&gt;         adopt it.&quot;  The additional language suggested by the lawyers as a<br>
&gt;         &quot;clarification&quot; would actually be a substantial change, along<br>
&gt;         the lines<br>
&gt;         that you highlight.  I would also note that this phrase has<br>
&gt;         been in the<br>
&gt;         Bylaws for many year without any ambiguity noted until now.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         Whatever the genesis of this problem, we need to reverse this<br>
&gt;         creeping<br>
&gt;         presumption.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         Greg<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Paul Rosenzweig<br>
&gt;         &lt;<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a>&gt;<br>
</div></div>&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a><br>
<span class="">&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a>&gt;&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Is anyone else concerned about the commentary to Annex<br>
&gt;         11.  As I<br>
&gt;             read our lawyer’s advice, we are now in the position of<br>
&gt;         putting into<br>
&gt;             place a presumption that the Board will not act<br>
&gt;         inconsistent with<br>
&gt;             GAC advice – which to me is more binding that making sure<br>
&gt;         that the<br>
&gt;             advice is duly taken into account.  The latter implies<br>
&gt;         that it may<br>
&gt;             be taken account of and then diverged from, while the former<br>
&gt;             suggests not.  I am not questioning the lawyer’s conclusions.<br>
&gt;             Rather I am suggesting that we have, mistakenly, created a<br>
&gt;         situation<br>
&gt;             where government influence is definitely increased.  I cannot<br>
&gt;             support that.  More to the point I do not see how the NTIA<br>
&gt;         will<br>
&gt;             approve it ….____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Paul____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Paul Rosenzweig____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             <a href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com">paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com</a><br>
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&gt;<br>
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&gt;         &lt;tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20738-1739&gt;____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Skype: paul.rosenzweig1066____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Link to my PGP Key<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         &lt;<a href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=19&amp;Itemid=9" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=19&amp;Itemid=9</a>&gt;____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;         &lt;<a href="http://www.rsaconference.com/events/us16?utm_source=signature&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=speakers-us2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.rsaconference.com/events/us16?utm_source=signature&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=speakers-us2016</a>&gt;____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *From:*Gregory, Holly [mailto:<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>&gt;&gt;]<br>
&gt;             *Sent:* Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:24 AM<br>
&gt;             *To:* &#39;Mathieu Weill&#39; &lt;<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a><br>
<span class="">&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr">mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;; &#39;<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a>&gt;&gt;&#39;<br>
&gt;         &lt;<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;;<br>
<span class="">&gt;         &#39;León Felipe Sánchez Ambía&#39;<br>
&gt;             &lt;<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;;<br>
&gt;             &#39;<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<span class="">&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>&gt;&gt;&#39;<br>
&gt;             &lt;<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<span class="">&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;;<br>
&gt;             &#39;<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a>&gt;&gt;&#39;<br>
&gt;             &lt;<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org">acct-staff@icann.org</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
<span class="">&gt;             *Cc:* Sidley ICANN CCWG &lt;<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;             &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a><br>
<span class="">&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;; Greeley, Amy E.<br>
&gt;             &lt;<a href="mailto:AGreeley@sidley.com">AGreeley@sidley.com</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:AGreeley@sidley.com">AGreeley@sidley.com</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:AGreeley@sidley.com">AGreeley@sidley.com</a> &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:AGreeley@sidley.com">AGreeley@sidley.com</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;;<br>
<span class="">&gt;         Grapsas, Rebecca<br>
&gt;             &lt;<a href="mailto:rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com">rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com</a><br>
&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com">rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com</a>&gt;<br>
</span>&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com">rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com</a><br>
<span class="">&gt;         &lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com">rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com</a>&gt;&gt;&gt;;<br>
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<div><div class="h5">&gt;             *Subject:* [CCWG-ACCT] Lawyers&#39; High Level Review: Annexes<br>
&gt;         1, 8, 9,<br>
&gt;             10, 11____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Dear CCWG ACCT Co-Chairs, Members, Participants and ICANN<br>
&gt;         Staff, ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             We are writing to raise with you the following issues that we<br>
&gt;             identified in our high-level review of the above- referenced<br>
&gt;             Annexes:____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *_Annex 1 (GAC as Decisional Participant)_*:  We did not<br>
&gt;         have any<br>
&gt;             high-level comments on this Annex.____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *______*<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *_Annex 8 (Reconsideration)_*:  With respect to the timing<br>
&gt;             requirements discussed in Paragraph 25 and elsewhere in<br>
&gt;         the Annex,<br>
&gt;             there appears to be some inconsistency:  If the Board<br>
&gt;         Governance<br>
&gt;             Committee (BGC) takes its full 90 days to make a<br>
&gt;         recommendation<br>
&gt;             after receiving the request,  the Board would not  meet<br>
&gt;         its 60 day<br>
&gt;             timeline, and it would be tight for it to meet the 120 day<br>
&gt;         time line<br>
&gt;             (particularly if the requestor files a rebuttal to the BGC’s<br>
&gt;             recommendation within 15 days of receipt). /We recommend<br>
&gt;         that these<br>
&gt;             time frames be re-considered to remove the inconsistency, for<br>
&gt;             example by deleting the language relating to Board action<br>
&gt;         within 60<br>
&gt;             days and, if necessary, providing the Board with<br>
&gt;         additional time to<br>
&gt;             consider the BGC recommendations/.____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *_Annex 9 (AOC Reviews)_*: /We recommend that<br>
&gt;         consideration be given<br>
&gt;             to further clarifying the Review Team provision in<br>
&gt;         Paragraph 54 (1)<br>
&gt;             to specify the type of “diversity” desired (geographic or<br>
&gt;         otherwise)<br>
&gt;             for Review Team members and (2) to state whether, in<br>
&gt;         determining the<br>
&gt;             composition of the members of the Review Teams they<br>
&gt;         select, the<br>
&gt;             group of chairs can solicit additional nominees or appoint<br>
&gt;         less than<br>
&gt;             21 members to avoid potential overrepresentation of<br>
&gt;         particular ACs<br>
&gt;             or SOs if some nominate less than 3 members./ ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *_Annex 10 (SO/AC Accountability)_*:  We did not have any<br>
&gt;         high-level<br>
&gt;             comments on this Annex. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *______*<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *_Annex 11 (GAC Advice)_*: ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             We were asked to review the current Bylaws provision<br>
&gt;         addressing GAC<br>
&gt;             advice and determine whether the ambiguities we identified<br>
&gt;         in our<br>
&gt;             review of the proposed revisions to this provision are new<br>
&gt;         or stem<br>
&gt;             from ambiguities under the current Bylaws text. We have<br>
&gt;         determined<br>
&gt;             that there are ambiguities under the current Bylaws text,<br>
&gt;         which<br>
&gt;             provides as follows:____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *ICANN Bylaws Article XI, Section 2.1.j.*The advice of the<br>
&gt;             Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters<br>
&gt;         shall be<br>
&gt;             /duly taken into account/, both in the formulation and<br>
&gt;         adoption of<br>
&gt;             policies. In the event that the ICANN Board determines to<br>
&gt;         take an<br>
&gt;             action that is not consistent with the Governmental Advisory<br>
&gt;             Committee advice, it shall so inform the Committee and<br>
&gt;         state the<br>
&gt;             reasons why it decided not to follow that advice. The<br>
&gt;         Governmental<br>
&gt;             Advisory Committee and the ICANN Board will then try, in<br>
&gt;         good faith<br>
&gt;             and in a timely and efficient manner, to find a mutually<br>
&gt;         acceptable<br>
&gt;             solution.____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             The phrase “duly taken into account” is ambiguous, but<br>
&gt;         reading it<br>
&gt;             together with the next sentence, which requires that the Board<br>
&gt;             follow a specific procedure before taking actions<br>
&gt;         inconsistent with<br>
&gt;             GAC advice, we believe the best interpretation of this<br>
&gt;         phrase is to<br>
&gt;             mean “do not act inconsistently with.”  Based on this<br>
&gt;             interpretation, /we recommend the following clarification<br>
&gt;             (underlined) to the first sentence of this Bylaws<br>
&gt;         provision:  “The<br>
&gt;             advice of the Gov//ernmental Advisory Committee on public<br>
&gt;         policy<br>
&gt;             matters shall be duly taken into account, both in the<br>
&gt;         formulation<br>
&gt;             and adoption of policies_, and**ICANN shall not act<br>
&gt;         inconsistently<br>
&gt;             with that advice except as otherwise provided in this<br>
&gt;         paragraph_/.” ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             We also note that there is no meaningful legal distinction<br>
&gt;         between<br>
&gt;               voting and determining to take an action, as some<br>
&gt;         commenters have<br>
&gt;             suggested.  The only way the Board can legally determine<br>
&gt;         or decide<br>
&gt;             anything under California law is by voting. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             The proposed addition to the current Bylaws text is underlined<br>
&gt;             below:____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *ICANN Bylaws Article XI, Section 2.1.j.*The advice of the<br>
&gt;             Governmental Advisory Committee on public policy matters<br>
&gt;         shall be<br>
&gt;             duly taken into account, both in the formulation and<br>
&gt;         adoption of<br>
&gt;             policies. In the event that the ICANN Board determines to<br>
&gt;         take an<br>
&gt;             action that is not consistent with the Governmental Advisory<br>
&gt;             Committee advice, it shall so inform the Committee and<br>
&gt;         state the<br>
&gt;             reasons why it decided not to follow that advice. _Any<br>
&gt;         Governmental<br>
&gt;             Advisory Committee advice approved by a full Governmental<br>
&gt;         Advisory<br>
&gt;             Committee consensus, understood to mean the practice of<br>
&gt;         adopting<br>
&gt;             decisions by general agreement in the absence of any formal<br>
&gt;             objection, may only be rejected by a vote of 2/3 of the Board,<br>
&gt;             and_ the Governmental Advisory Committee and the ICANN<br>
&gt;         Board will<br>
&gt;             then try, in good faith and in a timely and efficient<br>
&gt;         manner, to<br>
&gt;             find a mutually acceptable solution.____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Based on our interpretation of the current Bylaws text,<br>
&gt;         described<br>
&gt;             above, we believe this proposed provision results in the<br>
&gt;         following<br>
&gt;             process:____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __1.__If GAC provides advice (whether by a full GAC<br>
&gt;         consensus or a<br>
&gt;             lesser approval threshold), the ICANN Board must “duly<br>
&gt;         take[] into<br>
&gt;             account” that advice -- i.e., ICANN must not act<br>
&gt;         inconsistently with<br>
&gt;             that advice, unless #2 and/or #3 below apply. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __2.__If GAC provides advice (whether by a full GAC<br>
&gt;         consensus or a<br>
&gt;             lesser approval threshold), and the ICANN Board decides<br>
&gt;         to take an<br>
&gt;             action inconsistent with that advice, the ICANN Board must<br>
&gt;         first<br>
&gt;             give GAC notice and provide a rationale. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __·__In addition, f the GAC  advice was by a full GAC<br>
&gt;         consensus, the<br>
&gt;             ICANN Board may decide to  take an action inconsistent<br>
&gt;         with that<br>
&gt;             advice only by a vote of 2/3 of the ICANN Board. If that 2/3<br>
&gt;             threshold is reached, GAC and ICANN must then try in good<br>
&gt;         faith to<br>
&gt;             find a mutually acceptable solution.  If the 2/3 threshold<br>
&gt;         is not<br>
&gt;             reached, ICANN is required to act consistently with the<br>
&gt;         consensus<br>
&gt;             GAC advice. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             /We recommend that consideration be given to further<br>
&gt;         clarifying this<br>
&gt;             process, and we agree with commenters who have concluded<br>
&gt;         that the<br>
&gt;             proposed provision does not impose an affirmative<br>
&gt;         obligation upon<br>
&gt;             ICANN’s Board to vote on GAC consensus advice every time<br>
&gt;         that advice<br>
&gt;             is provided/. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             We note that additional Bylaws language is being proposed<br>
&gt;         to clarify<br>
&gt;             that, in any case, the Board needs to act in compliance<br>
&gt;         with the<br>
&gt;             ICANN Bylaws.  Thus, if the Board were to determine that<br>
&gt;         following<br>
&gt;             GAC advice would result in non-compliance with the Bylaws,<br>
&gt;         the Board<br>
&gt;             should be able to reject the advice (with a majority or<br>
&gt;         two-thirds<br>
&gt;             vote, depending on whether the GAC advice was consensus<br>
&gt;         advice) and<br>
&gt;             explain its position to GAC. ____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Please let us know if we can assist in any way with your<br>
&gt;         further<br>
&gt;             consideration of these issues.____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Kind regards,____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             Holly and Rosemary____<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             __ __<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             *HOLLY**J. GREGORY*<br>
&gt;             Partner and Co-Chair<br>
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