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<div>Seun just to make this clear you then by extension support the concept of unanimous support requirement for the exercising of the community powers? Because I will remind you that the non unanimity principal has been core to the last 18 months of work that
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<div>Obviously Im fine with that if that’s your position but I would appreciate clarity on wether I am reading between the lines correctly?</div>
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<div>-jg</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Seun Ojedeji <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Saturday 27 February 2016 at 10:16 p.m.<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<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>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Dear Co-Chairs,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Before I make my comment, I like to raise 2 points based on my understanding of current status:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1. If my timing is right, I believe the proposal is currently on the table of the chartering organisations hence no changes can be done on the proposal.</p>
<p dir="ltr">2. Any comment regarding any change would emerge from the formal response of the chartering organisations(not even from individual members unless endorsed by the CO).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now to substance, I agree with changing the "may" to "shall" but such threshold review must be discussed and endorsed by the EC based on the threshold for amending fundamental bylaw or in the case where it happens before initial bylaw implementation,
then it must be approved by the current chartering organisation. I am saying this just incase the intent is to enable such automatic threshold change during the bylaw drafting.
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<p dir="ltr">Secondly, I disagree with the follow-up explanation indicated in red (except the "shall"). For the obvious reason that anything below 4 AC/SO to exercise those critical powers would not be representative of the ICANN community with all its diversity.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards<br>
Sent from my LG G4<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 27 Feb 2016 21:04, "Drazek, Keith" <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Thomas, Mathieu and Leon. I’m submitting the following on behalf of the undersigned members/participants from the GNSO:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">---------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dear CCWG-Accountability Chairs,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We are very concerned with the response of the Board to the request for clarification regarding the need to adjust the thresholds for the Empowered
Community to exercise its powers if the number of decisional participants is less than 5 SOACs. Currently the text in Annex 1 and 2 regarding this possibility is ambiguous:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:2.25pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“The thresholds presented in this document were determined based on this assessment. If fewer than five
of ICANN’s SOs and ACs agree to be decisional Participants, these thresholds for consensus support may be adjusted. Thresholds may also have to be adjusted if ICANN changes to have more SOs or ACs.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">In our view, there is no question that the thresholds
<i>must</i> be adjusted if there are fewer than five decisional participants. We have acknowledged repeatedly and operated under the assumption that there should not be a requirement of unanimous support for the Empowered Community to exercise its powers. Yet,
if there are less than five decisional participants, unless the thresholds are adjusted it would require unanimous support for the Empowered Community to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Reject a proposed Operating Plan/Strategic Plan/Budget;<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Recall the entire Board of Directors; and<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Reject an ICANN Board decision relating to reviews of IANA functions, including the triggering of any PTI separation process.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">These powers are central to ensuring that ICANN remains accountable to the Empowered Community. This matter is too critical to the primary purpose
of the CCWG-Accountability proposal to remain unclear. As the Board has noted in its own formal comments, “Leaving this issue for future consideration raises the potential for renegotiation of the community thresholds. This potential for renegotiation adds
a level of instability and a lack of predictability.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Although it has a superficial resemblance to the recent debate over thresholds in the GAC carve-out, we believe it is fundamentally different. There
is a great distinction between an SO or AC <b><i>choosing</i></b> to not participate, and an SO or AC being
<b><i>blocked</i></b> from participation in a specific instance, as was the case in the case of the GAC carve-out. We were willing to accept a unanimous threshold for Board recall in the unique circumstances of the GAC carve-out, where the GAC was blocked from
participation, but we believe firmly that if any SO or AC <b><i>elects</i></b>, whether through a conscious decision or an inability to decide, to not participate, then the non-unanimity principle must be upheld.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">However, as we saw with the debate over the thresholds in the GAC carve-out, this could be a contentious issue. It is far better to resolve this matter
now (and during the drafting of bylaws), prior to the official transfer of the proposal to NTIA, than to delay it when it could have significant negative ramifications on the transition through a failure to resolve it during the implementation phase.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Therefore, we respectfully request that the current text in Annex 1 and Annex 2 be edited to replace “may” with “shall” and add an additional explanatory
clause:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“The thresholds presented in this document were determined based on this assessment. If fewer than five of ICANN’s SOs and
ACs agree to be decisional Participants, these thresholds for consensus support </span>
<b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;">shall</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">be
adjusted </span><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;">to prevent the need for unanimous support among the decisional Participants to exercise any of the seven Community powers</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">.
Thresholds may also have to be adjusted if ICANN changes to have more SOs or ACs.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Signed,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Phil Corwin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Steve DelBianco<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Keith Drazek<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">James Gannon<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Robin Gross<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Ed Morris<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Brett Schaefer<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Greg Shatan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Matthew Shears<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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