<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>+1</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">It's hard to explain our proposal to the general public when we can't even tell them who the decisional parties will be or can honestly tell them the role of governments going forward.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Ed<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 29 Feb 2016, at 12:10, Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">+1. The GAC needs to decide whether they want to be in or out of the EC, and the decision time is now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If the GAC can’t reach a consensus on something that basic then trying to use the accountability measures with them in the EC will be like trying to drive a
car with the parking brake engaged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy">Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy">Twitter: @VlawDC</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy">"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mueller, Milton L<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 29, 2016 10:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin Boyle; Kavouss Arasteh; Bruce Tonkin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This discussion is an example of the absurdity of making participation in the empowered community (EC) optional. You were all warned about this months ago.
The boundaries of the EC need to be fixed and completely unambiguous. You must be either in or out. There should be no “oh, today I think I am part of it but tomorrow I may not be.” It should not be determined on a case-by-case basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My understanding is that all 3 SOs are part of the empowered community, as is ALAC. My understanding is that GAC has not decided whether it is in or out. But
once it does decide, it should be in or out, full stop, for all cases except the narrow carve out related to GAC advice.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If the individual entities who are in the EC (ACs and SOs) do not support a vote to spill the board, reject an IANA review decision, etc. they are voting against
it, full stop. They are not “unable to cast a vote.” So a lower threshold never means that there is a chance that one SO or AC can make the decision. The threshold only changes based on whether GAC is in or out.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Boyle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 28, 2016 3:09 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kavouss makes a good point: if views are so divided in the SO/ACs that many are not able to cast a vote, there is an indication that something
is wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kavouss Arasteh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 February 2016 17:32<br>
<b>To:</b> Bruce Tonkin <</span><a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Accruing to some established rule ,out if seven SO/AC, the minimum would be simple majority ( 4) bellow that the process does have no longer any legal validity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ksvouss <br>
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On 28 Feb 2016, at 00:02, Bruce Tonkin <</span><a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au"><span lang="EN-GB">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Hello Keith,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I assume there also needs to be some lower limit of participants that applies to the concept of “</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">preventing
the need for unanimous support”.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Taking an extreme case, what if only one SO or AC “chooses” to be part of the decisional process? Every decision taken would be unanimous by default.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">How many participants of the 7 SOs and ACs makes a viable Empowered Community? Should it be 2, 3, or 4. I hope we get at least 4 out of 7 for
it to genuinely represent a significant portion of the community.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">So rather than “If fewer than 5”, it could be “If at least 4”</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Regards,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Bruce Tonkin</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Drazek, Keith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 28 February 2016 7:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Thomas, Mathieu and Leon. I’m submitting the following on behalf of the undersigned members/participants from the GNSO:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">---------------------------------------------</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear CCWG-Accountability Chairs,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:2.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“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.”</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Reject a proposed Operating Plan/Strategic Plan/Budget;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Recall the entire Board of Directors; and</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Reject an ICANN Board decision relating to reviews of IANA functions, including the triggering of any PTI separation process.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.”</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">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:</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">shall</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">be adjusted
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.
Thresholds may also have to be adjusted if ICANN changes to have more SOs or ACs.”</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Signed,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phil Corwin</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Steve DelBianco</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Keith Drazek</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">James Gannon</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Robin Gross</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Ed Morris</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Brett Schaefer</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Greg Shatan</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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