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 remain unclear to those not privy to our discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Bernard Turcotte<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 9. Februar 2016 02:04<br>
<b>An:</b> Accountability Cross Community &lt;accountability-cross-community@icann.org&gt;<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG - New reference text for Recommendation 11 with Clarifications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt">​(Note this email is based on the one sent Friday but includes the clarifications developed on the Monday 8 February call)​</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">&nbsp;please find the new reference text for Recommendation 11 which will be considered by the CCWG at its next full meeting on February 9th (12:00 UTC) to confirm, or not, if it is a consensus position of the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">To assist you in considering the proposal you will find below a summary of the changes that are being recommended<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">​ as well as the clarifications agreed to on the special call of Monday 8 February.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">&nbsp;In addition to this, and given these changes require modifications to Recommendations 1 and 2, which have been finalized, please find attached the finalized versions of Recommendations 1 and 2 with the proposed
 changes noted in red line. Given Recommendation 11 is not yet finalized the current draft which includes the most recent amendments (no new obligations, rationale and conformity with ICANN Bylaws)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">is provided with the changes from 2/3rds to 60% being red lined in this version. A proposed draft text in para 22 has been added<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">to explain the changes in Recommendation 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Summary of changes:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">1.&nbsp;Modify&nbsp;<span style="color:#2749FF">Rec #1/Annex 1</span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span style="color:#2749FF">Rec #2/Annex
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">Add the following to the end of Paragraph 23 in&nbsp;<span style="color:#2749FF">Rec #1/Annex 1</span>:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">The GAC may not, however, participate as a decision maker in the Empowered Community’s consideration of the exercise a community power for the purpose of challenging or blocking
 the Board’s implementation of GAC Advice. In such cases, the GAC remains free to participate in community deliberations in an advisory capacity, but its views will not count towards or against otherwise agreed thresholds needed to initiate a conference call,
 convene a Community Forum, or exercise a specific Community Power.&nbsp; This carve out preserves the ICANN Board’s unique obligation to work with the GAC try to find a mutually acceptable solution to implementation of GAC Advice supported by consensus (as defined
 in Rec. #11) while protecting the community’s power to challenge such Board decisions.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">Modify the Table in&nbsp;<span style="color:#2749FF">Rec. #2/Annex 2</span>&nbsp;to reflect this carve out and add the following language to cover situations that would otherwise
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">(para 51) The CCWG-Accountability also recommends that in a situation where&nbsp;<span style="color:#2749FF">the GAC may not participate as a Decisional AC because the community
 power is proposed to be used to challenge the Board’s implementation of GAC Advice&nbsp;</span>and the threshold is set at four in support, the power will still be validly exercised if three are in support and no more than one objects.&nbsp;</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">2.&nbsp; Modify Recommendation 11 to reflect 60% threshold for rejection of GAC advice by Board, with note
 to drafters that supermajority requirement is not intended to create any presumption or modify the standard applied by the Board in reviewing GAC Advice.&nbsp;(60% replaced 2/3rds where appropriate – added draft para 22 for consistency)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">3.&nbsp; During dedicated Recommendation 11 meetings (4 February and 8 February)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">&nbsp;Discuss and accept Recommendation 1 with change described &nbsp;&nbsp;above as first final reading;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">&nbsp;Discuss and accept Recommendation 2 with change described above as first final reading; and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">Discuss and accept Recommendation 11 with changes described above as first final reading.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">4. Submit the package deal to the CCWG for&nbsp;<u>final consideration</u>&nbsp;(2</span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">nd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Avenir Next Regular&quot;,serif">&nbsp;final
 reading) at its conference call scheduled for 9 February, noting delicate balance requiring compromise on all sides to reach consensus and recommending adoption “as is” (assuming consensus on Dedicated Recommendation 11 calls).&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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 based on GAC advice to the Board, where that GAC advice was &quot;approved by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection.”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The carve out would not apply to challenges based on GAC advice that was not “approved by general agreement in the absence
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</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt">GAC confirmation - </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt">Would apply to GAC advice to the Board that was designated as consensus advice&nbsp;that was &quot;approved&nbsp;by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">o</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp; Board confirmation - Could only apply to board decisions where the Board states in its required rationale that its decision was mainly or solely based on GAC
 advice that was &quot;approved by general agreement in the absence of any formal objection.”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;">o</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Should the petitioning SO or AC consider that the carve-out is applicable, it needs to state so while petitioning the other
 decisional participants, and needs to clearly identify which consensus GAC advice and which Board decisions support proposing using the carve out.&nbsp; The community power requested in the petition would need to be approved according to the decision thresholds
 indicated for the Empowered Community.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt">Timing for invoking the carve out – The use of this carve out would need to be included in the petition to the Empowered Community, and would therefore be subject to the timing restrictions applicable to the escalation process
 (e.g. requiring a decisional participant to approve a petition within 21 days of a Board decision being published). &nbsp; &nbsp;While this addresses timing of the board challenge, note that the board decision that is being challenged could be based on standing advice
 that the GAC had provided at an earlier date.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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