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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">As to &#8220;Grandfathering&#8221; you have rightly pointed out that&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8220;CCWG-Accountability has continually affirmed, the CCWG-Accountability recommendations
 are not intended to change ICANN&#8217;s mission&#8221;. Therefore &#8220;Grandfathering&#8221; will only give raise to legal uncertainty, which we should not introduce in the CCWG-proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Fra:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org]
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<b>Sendt:</b> 4. februar 2016 08:38<br>
<b>Til:</b> CCWG-Accountability<br>
<b>Emne:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] Board comments on Recommendation 5 - Mission Statement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Recommendation 5 - Mission Statement
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">On the mission statement, the Board supports the core principles that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ICANN shall not impose regulations on services that use the Internet&#8217;s unique identifiers, or the content that such services carry or provide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ICANN shall have the ability to negotiate, enter into and enforce agreements with contracted parties in service of its Mission,
<span style="color:red">including PIC Specifications.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The drafting of the bylaws related to these principles will need to take into account the comments that the Board has previously expressed around use of terms such as &#8220;regulations&#8221;,
 when ICANN is not a regulator, and the exact definitions of terms such as &#8220;services&#8221;, so as not to exclude services such as domain name registration and domain name registry services.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is inappropriate to include within ICANN&#8217;s mission a prohibition on
 regulation, when ICANN is not a regulator.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">We remain concerned about the grandfathering discussion and the potential limitations to ICANN&#8217;s contracting and enforcement abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Board&#8217;s concerns with the recommendation to include &#8220;grandfathering&#8221; language within ICANN&#8217;s Mission remain.&nbsp; These concerns exist notwithstanding the words used to describe
 the concept of &#8220;grandfathering&#8221;.&nbsp; First, as the CCWG-Accountability has continually affirmed, the CCWG-Accountability recommendations are not intended to change ICANN&#8217;s mission.&nbsp; To this end, any suggestion that ICANN&#8217;s contracting ability with registries
 and registrars will be changed as a result of the CCWG-Accountability&#8217;s work is inconsistent and troublesome.&nbsp; The Board does not agree with the inference, and it does not benefit ICANN or the ICANN community to suggest, that ICANN has previously entered into
 contracts that go beyond its mission.&nbsp; This introduces uncertainty and instability into ICANN&#8217;s work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Second, grandfathering &#8211; no matter when the CCWG-Accountability wishes to impose a cut off &#8211; could result in inconsistent contracting among different parties and raises the
 question of unequal treatment among contracted parties.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Finally, the uncertainty around the concept of grandfathering, and the level of detail needed to try to address that uncertainty, has carried the CCWG-Accountability beyond
 the clarification of ICANN&#8217;s mission that was anticipated as part of this WS1 transition work.&nbsp; This level of detail is beyond the scope of ICANN&#8217;s readiness for the transition, and creates opportunities for vagueness and challenge that could be introduced
 into ICANN&#8217;s contracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Board understands that one of the concerns driving this discussion is a confirmation that the PICs would remain enforceable.&nbsp; As a result, the Board proposes that a reference
 to the viability of the PICs be added to the proposition &#8220;ICANN shall have the ability to negotiate, enter into and enforce agreements with contracted parties in service of its Mission, including PIC Specifications.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bruce Tonkin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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