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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Avri,<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;;color:#1F497D">I have been paying attention to the overall discussion, but I have paid particularly close attention to this issue. After multiple, lengthy discussions, I thought
 that we had agreed that it was up to the GAC to decide to be in or out. <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;;color:#1F497D">I thought that THAT was the compromise, not that the GAC was in by default, but could choose to be out. If this had been made clear, I would have been very
 vocal in opposing it. The text on this issue in the final CCWG-Accountability report is ambiguous:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">99. Implementation of the Empowered Community currently anticipates that all of ICANN’s SOs, the ALAC and GAC (if the GAC chooses to
 participate) would participate in the Empowered Community – that is, they will be listed in the Bylaws as the five Decisional Participants.<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;;color:#1F497D">I read that as GAC participation was dependent on an affirmative GAC decision to participate. Most apparently disagree with this interpretation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I know that most of the CCWG-Accountability is ready to move on, but I hope the implications – that the practical ability of the EC to actually exercise its
 powers will be much harder with a habitually indecisive GAC as a participant &nbsp;– are widely understood.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Brett
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<span style="font-size:x-small; color: #004B8D; font-weight: bold; ">Brett</span><span style="font-size:x-small; color: #004B8D; font-weight: bold; "></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small; color: #004B8D; font-weight: bold; ">Schaefer</span><span style="font-size:x-small; color: #58595B; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; "><br>
Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs</span><span style="font-size:x-small; color: #58595B; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; "></span><span style="font-size:x-small; color: #58595B; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; "><br>
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy</span><br>
<font color="#58595b" size="2">The Heritage Foundation<br>
214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE<br>
Washington, DC 20002</font><span style="font-size:x-small; color: #58595B; "><br>
202-608-6097</span><br>
<font color="#004b8d" size="2"><a style="COLOR: #004b8d; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://heritage.org/">heritage.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</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]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Avri Doria<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 01, 2016 12:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> accountability-cross-community@icann.org<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">Hi,<br>
<br>
I thought doing it this way was one of the earlier compromises in this<br>
extended end game.<br>
<br>
avri<br>
<br>
<br>
On 01-Mar-16 11:37, Schaefer, Brett wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Kavouss,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am mildly surprised that you, as someone who has been very<br>
&gt; protective of the right of the GAC to make its own decisions, is not<br>
&gt; upset with the determination by the CCWG to make GAC a decisional<br>
&gt; participant by default before it has actually made this decision for<br>
&gt; itself.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Best,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Brett<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; *From:*accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org<br>
&gt; [<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>] *On Behalf<br>
&gt; Of *Kavouss Arasteh<br>
&gt; *Sent:* Tuesday, March 01, 2016 11:28 AM<br>
&gt; *To:* Mathieu Weill; Thomas Rickert; León Felipe Sánchez Ambía<br>
&gt; *Cc:* <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
&gt; *Subject:* Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Request for Clarification on Threshold Issue<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Dear All,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Yo are too worried about something that we still do not know how it<br>
&gt; happens<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The text approriate and clearly mention that if the No of Decision<br>
&gt; Making SO and AC changed the threshold should be adjusted<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; That is more than sufficient.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; People need to refrain concentrating/ focussing on a particular AC nor<br>
&gt; envisage all possible senarios.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; We are not wtritting Bylaws at this stage .<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; There is ample time and competent individuals to look at the matter<br>
&gt; once happened.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Let us discontinue this counterproductive discussion<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Regards<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Kavouss <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; 2016-03-01 16:32 GMT&#43;01:00 Mueller, Milton L &lt;<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu%0b">milton@gatech.edu<br>
</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">mailto:milton@gatech.edu</a>&gt;&gt;:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; *From:*Jordan Carter [<a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz%0b%3e%20%3cmailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz%3e">mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz<br>
&gt; &lt;mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz&gt;</a>]<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sorry, wrong. The assumption has been made and it is the same as the<br>
&gt; assumption that was made in the Third, Second and First Draft Reports.<br>
&gt; GAC is going to be listed in the fundamental bylaws as a decisional<br>
&gt; participant in the Empowered Community. <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Huh? See below<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The only way that could change would be if GAC advised it did not wish<br>
&gt; to do so. Same with any other group.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Which they haven’t done yet. Ergo, my statement below was correct.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On 1 March 2016 at 13:16, Mueller, Milton L &lt;<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu%0b">milton@gatech.edu<br>
</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">mailto:milton@gatech.edu</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Whether one agrees with Brett or not, the fact remains that GAC<br>
&gt; has explicitly told us that it is _/undecided/_ on whether to be a<br>
&gt; decisional participant or not. Therefore, until we get a positive<br>
&gt; decision from them, we cannot assume that they will be by default.<br>
&gt; Greg S. was saying essentially the same thing:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
&gt; BrettSchaefer<br>
&gt; Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs<br>
&gt; Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National<br>
&gt; Security and Foreign Policy<br>
&gt; The Heritage Foundation<br>
&gt; 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE<br>
&gt; Washington, DC 20002<br>
&gt; 202-608-6097<br>
&gt; heritage.org &lt;<a href="http://heritage.org/">http://heritage.org/</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; _______________________________________________<br>
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&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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