<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Kavouss,<div class="">with this e-mail, I would like to respond to the two messages you sent recently and confirm that we will cover these issues during the session at ICANN 59.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 17.06.2017 um 14:48 schrieb Kavouss Arasteh &lt;<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com" class="">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>&gt;:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Dear Thomas, Dear Leon, Dear Jordan,</div><div class="">Dear All,</div><div class="">Taking into account what has happened at the last call of WS2 Jurisdiction : intervention of Thomas ; I hereby respectfully and formally include in the F2F CCWG Plenary in South Africa the follows;</div><div class="">1. Duty, responsibility, entitlement, mandate of CO-Chair&nbsp; the SW2 Jurisdiction subgroup .</div><div class="">2. Discussions, debate on the way forward for Sub Group Jurisdiction to </div><div class="">&nbsp;complete its work on time for submission its Recommendations to the Plenary </div><div class="">Regards</div><div class="">Kavouss </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">2017-06-17 9:55 GMT+02:00 Thomas Rickert <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a href="mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de" target="_blank" class="">rickert@anwaelte.de</a>&gt;</span>:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Dear Seun,<div class="">thanks for your note.&nbsp;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During the last subgroup’s call I have explained to the sub team that we would report to the plenary, so please rest assured that keeping the CCWG in the loop was always planned.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In a few days, the CCWG will convene for its meeting at ICANN59.&nbsp;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will address this issue during that session.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><div class="h5"><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 17.06.2017 um 06:45 schrieb Seun Ojedeji &lt;<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;:</div><br class="m_-5884095206444290118Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Dear Co-Chairs,<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I was not in attendance at the last plenary in May (and perhaps a couple of previous ones) but do follow the list and have just also checked the list archive but can't seem to find any thread relating to consensus building of the CCWG which then resulted to the decision of the Co-Chairs that was presented at the jurisdiction subgroup's last meeting.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">May I request clarification on how you arrived at that decision? Ofcourse I certainly may have missed something.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 Jun 2017 7:33 PM, "Greg Shatan" &lt;<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="m_-5884095206444290118m_-9177349997618633128quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Seun,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks for your comments.&nbsp; With regard to your concerns about the co-chairs (all but #2), you should take those up with the co-chairs.&nbsp; It sounds like some things need to be clarified.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The significance of the comments from those opposed to the decision can be weighed by the Plenary.&nbsp; While the Subgroup's support was at a sufficient level to be called consensus, such support of the Subgroup for the Co-Chairs' decision was welcome, but not necessary.&nbsp; Finally , not to speak for the Co-Chairs, but since the motivating factor here was to narrow our options by excluding alternatives that would not get consensus support, checking numbers is relevant.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="m_-5884095206444290118m_-9177349997618633128elided-text"><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 2:39 AM, Seun Ojedeji <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="auto" class="">Hello Greg,<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Thanks for your clarification so based on your explanation:</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">1. The co-chairs of the CCWG presented a personal decision of theirs and not of the plenary? I had thought co-chairs are supposed to observe discussion within the CCWG plenary and make their decision based on that.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">2. The subgroup then supported​ the decision of the co-chairs (hopefully by consensus?). May I know if the subgroup decision making is only limited to those who attend meeting calls? I think it's important to consider the significance of the comments raised by the few members you indicated opposed as you and I know that just checking numbers for/against in this case will not do necessary justice to the matter at hand.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">3. Saying that this will now be decided by the plenary after the co-chairs of the plenary already made a declaration/decision about the subject matter sounds like a procedural flaw to me.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">The plenary co-chairs have done extremely well in coordinating the CCWG since WS1 and I hope this will not be an exception. I will apply same comment to subgroup leads as well.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards</div><div dir="auto" class="">PS: my participation here remains as an end user affiliated to atlarge and NOT as any other hat that I may wear.</div></div><div class="m_-5884095206444290118m_-9177349997618633128m_-3714299025276948845HOEnZb"><div class="m_-5884095206444290118m_-9177349997618633128m_-3714299025276948845h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 Jun 2017 12:50 AM, "Greg Shatan" &lt;<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Seun,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thank you for asking.&nbsp; Let me clarify for you and others where we are procedurally. Yes, issues relating to clarity on scope are ultimately to be determined by the CCWG plenary.&nbsp;<font face="verdana, sans-serif" class="">As you note, Thomas was speaking for the co-Chairs, and as</font>&nbsp;the co-chairs stated, after almost a year of deliberations in this group, they could not see the possibility of consensus on recommendations which included these elements. &nbsp; The decision presented by Thomas was a decision by the co-Chairs. It was good that bulk of the Subgroup supported the decision on the call, but it should not be viewed as a Subgroup action per se.&nbsp; As of the end of the call, the discussion and decision&nbsp;now goes to the Plenary. Unless the decision changes there, that ends the discussion within the CCWG.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Seun Ojedeji <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="auto" class="">Hello Greg,<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">In the summary sent by staff the decision extract starts with the following:</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">"<span style="color:rgb(128,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.69px" class="">Thomas Rickert for the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs, We</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.69px" class="">&nbsp;have concluded that</span><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:15.69px" class="">......."</span></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Please can you clarify if this decision was made by the subgroup or by the CCWG plenary as well? As I am somewhat unclear who is declaring/making decisions on things here.&nbsp;</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">If am right, the subgroup makes recommendations to the plenary who then decides, it also seem to me that issues relating to clarity on scope should be better determined by the CCWG plenary.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""><div class="m_-5884095206444290118m_-9177349997618633128m_-3714299025276948845m_3731724055385225788m_-6559147710840219691h5">On 15 Jun 2017 10:27 PM, "Greg Shatan" &lt;<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div class=""><div class="m_-5884095206444290118m_-9177349997618633128m_-3714299025276948845m_3731724055385225788m_-6559147710840219691h5"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Jurisdiction Subgroup Members,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As noted below, after two full meetings devoted to the topic, the Subgroup arrived at a decision (excerpted verbatim from the transcript in the email below).&nbsp; For convenience, here it is again:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;padding:0px;border:currentColor" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px" class="">We have concluded that the Jurisdiction sub-group will&nbsp;take California jurisdiction as a base line for all its recommendations, and that the sub-team not pursue recommendations to change ICANN's jurisdiction of incorporation, location of headquarters or seek immunity for ICANN.&nbsp; With this decision we are recognizing that there is no possibility that there would be consensus for an immunity based concept or a change of place of incorporation.&nbsp; As such I would establish in the minutes of this call that we focus on the solution that gets most traction.&nbsp; Recognizing that this does not eliminate, as I think Avri said during last week's call, that we can discuss all issues that might arise during the deliberations.&nbsp; But that we actually focus on the status quo being California law and place of incorporation. and work on solutions that are founded on this.</span></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Opposition was noted from four participants on the call (including one who left before the end, but had made his position clear.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This decision will now be referred to the Plenary, consistent with CCWG procedures.&nbsp;<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">With this, I believe that it is imperative that we return to and focus on identifying potential issues, deciding whether these are in fact issues within our remit, discussing those issues and making recommendations for resolving those issues.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">&nbsp;</div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">MSSI Secretariat</b> <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a href="mailto:mssi-secretariat@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">mssi-secretariat@icann.org</a>&gt;</span><br class="">Date: Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 1:46 PM<br class="">Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Caption Notes-Recordings-Transcript links for Jurisdiction Meeting #35 - 14 June 2017<br class="">To: CCWG Accountability &lt;<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">accountability-cross-communit<wbr class="">y@icann.org</a>&gt;<br class="">Cc: "<a href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org</a>" &lt;<a href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org" target="_blank" class="">ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org</a>&gt;<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">







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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Thomas Rickert for the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs, We have concluded that the Jurisdiction sub-group will&nbsp;take Californian jurisdiction as a base line for
 all its recommendations, and that the sub-team not pursue recommendations to change ICANN's jurisdiction of incorporation, location of headquarters or seek immunity for ICANN.&nbsp; With this decision we are recognizing that there is no possibility that there would
 be consensus for an immunity based concept or a change of place of incorporation.&nbsp; As such I would establish in the minutes of this call that we focus on the solution that gets most traction.&nbsp; Recognizing that this does not eliminate, as I think Avri said
 during last week's call, that we can discuss all issues that might arise during the deliberations.&nbsp; But that we actually focus on the status quo being Californian law and place of incorporation. and work on solutions that are founded on this.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""><u class=""></u>&nbsp;<u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Action Items:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></b></p>
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