<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Keith,</div><div>We ar not drafting Bylaws on 29.02.2016.</div><div>Moreover, we need to recognize the rights of the SO/AC to decide wquietly and smoothly. I do not undersatnd such a hurry.</div><div>GAC will meeting in Marrakech and discuss the issue.</div><div>I do not know what they decide notr I wish to speak on their behalf</div><div>Pls wait and let the matter be resolved properly.</div><div>Kavouss </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-29 16:33 GMT+01:00 Drazek, Keith <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com" target="_blank">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">I don’t think anyone is trying to tell the GAC *<b>how</b>* to decide.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Rather, it’s a question of timing….there is a recognition that a decision needs to be made prior to the drafting of the bylaws.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:10pt"> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kavouss Arasteh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 29, 2016 10:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mueller, Milton L</span><div><div class="h5"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is not the responsibilty of CCWG to instruct the GAC on how it wishes to participate in the exerciose of the community power.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We better leave the issue for those who are eligible and competent to decide .<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kavouss  <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2016-02-29 16:12 GMT+01:00 Mueller, Milton L &lt;<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>&gt;:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Boyle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 28, 2016 3:09 PM</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">
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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 &lt;</span><a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">&gt;<br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Bruce</span><u></u><u></u></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</span><u></u><u></u></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 &lt;</span><a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">&gt; wrote:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Hello Keith,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">I assume there also needs to be some lower limit of participants that applies to the concept
 of “</span><i><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">preventing the need for unanimous support”.</span></i><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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.   </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">So rather than “If fewer than 5”, it could be “If at least 4”</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">
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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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Hi Thomas, Mathieu and Leon. I’m submitting the following on behalf of the undersigned members/participants
 from the GNSO:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Dear CCWG-Accountability Chairs,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">“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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Reject a proposed Operating Plan/Strategic Plan/Budget;</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Recall the entire Board of Directors; and</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Reject an ICANN Board decision relating to reviews of IANA functions, including the triggering of any PTI separation process.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">“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="color:red;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">shall</span></i></b><span style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">
</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">be adjusted
</span><b><i><span style="color:red;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">to prevent the need for unanimous support among the decisional Participants to exercise any of the seven Community powers</span></i></b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">.
 Thresholds may also have to be adjusted if ICANN changes to have more SOs or ACs.”</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Phil Corwin</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Steve DelBianco</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Keith Drazek</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">James Gannon</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Robin Gross</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Ed Morris</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Brett Schaefer</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Greg Shatan</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:11pt">Matthew Shears</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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