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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I wonder if we might focus on what we want on the IG activities, and not address the 'blanket' issue, as Bill recommends.<div>M<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: bismith@paypal.com<br>To: marilynscade@hotmail.com<br>CC: sdelbianco@netchoice.org; bc-gnso@icann.org<br>Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] ICANN Board's secret September resolution on internet governance<br>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:41:38 +0000<br><br>
While we may disagree with confidential actions, it appears that ICANN’s Bylaws allow it, and likely for good reason. There are any number of issue that a corporate board faces that require confidential deliberation, decision making, and action. I’ve had more
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<div>I’d caution against the BC taking the broad stance suggested, even if limited to “just” Internet Governance. I am a strong supporter of openness and transparency but there are times that other mechanisms are appropriate. Blanket admonitions rarely achieve
a rational result.<br>
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<div>On Nov 18, 2013, at 5:18 AM, Marilyn Cade <<a href="mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com">marilynscade@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I intend to say that there is no rationale for secrecy of any work that our Board, or our CEO does in the Internet Governance issue and that is is [pick a modifier] and unnecessarily stressfully disappointing to the community of stakeholders,
many of whom are active leaders in other Internet public policy debates.
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<div>And that from today, it must be practiced by the Board, byt he staff and by the CEO, as well as the community that we are open and transparent and collaborative, and understand that the community that built and works at ICANN, is also building and working
in the outside ecosystem of multistakeholder approaches.</div>
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From: <a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br>
Subject: [bc-gnso] ICANN Board's secret September resolution on internet governance<br>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:54:38 +0000<br>
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<div>This is the resolution that gave Fadi a mandate for his initiatives in Montevideo and Brazil.</div>
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<div>See below or at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28sep13-en.htm#2.f" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-28sep13-en.htm#2.f</a> </div>
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<h3 style="font-family:'Klavika Medium';font-weight:normal;">Resolution Re Internet Coordination (Published on 17 November 2013)</h3>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Whereas, the existing, global, open, multi-stakeholder Internet governance system is under increasing pressure to evolve and adapt to global concerns.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Whereas, such pressures and concerns, if not addressed, may negatively impact many, including <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> stakeholders
and the stability and effectiveness of the open Internet system.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Whereas <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> has a responsibility to act in the global public
interest.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Whereas these increasing pressures cannot be addressed by <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> alone,
but only by a group of similarly concerned organizations and entities acting in concert, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr>should participate in an effort
to form an Internet cooperation agenda ("Coalition").</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Resolved (2013-09-28-C1), the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> Board authorizes its CEO
to allocate necessary and sufficient time and resources of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> and work with other key organizations and leaders to establish
a coalition towards the formation of a movement or initiative. The financial resources for building the coalition must be allocated from the already established Strategic Plan funds.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr>'s involvement shall be consistent with <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr>'s
purpose. The CEO shall provide regular reports to the Board of Directors regarding the status of these discussions.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Resolved (2013-09-28-C2), the Board directs the CEO to: (1) assess the potential for success of the Coalition; (2) in the event of a positive assessment, should the CEO recommend an additional longer
term strategy based on Coalition results, the CEO shall present such a plan of action, including any additional financial resources required, for further consideration by the Board.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;"><strong>Confidentiality Resolution</strong></div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Resolved (2013-09-28-C3), the Board directs that pursuant to Article III, Section 5.2 of the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> Bylaws,
this resolution and rationale be kept confidential. Such resolution shall be held confidentially, without publication, until such time as the Board determines that such a resolution shall be published.</div>
<h4 style="font-family:'Klavika Basic';font-size:1em;"><a name="2.f.rationale" id="ecx2.f.rationale" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(239, 103, 62);"></a>RATIONALE FOR RESOLUTIONS 2013-09-28-C1 – 2013-09-28-C2</h4>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> uses a multi-stakeholder governance model to coordinate,
at the overall level, the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers. This governance model is derived from the approach of global multi-stakeholder cooperation that has been used over time in the development of the Internet and World Wide Web. As <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> has
been participating in discussion regarding Internet Governance, there has been continuing debate on whether to use conventional governance models or a global multi-stakeholder governance model to address broader governance coordination issues. This action
by the Board is an initial step in moving towards how <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> can assist the global community in addressing these issues through
global multi-stakeholder cooperation without compromising or increasing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr>'s mandate. The potential for the formation
of a Coalition to address these Internet coordination issues appears to be the most promising path forward to starting this work.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">Taking this action allows <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> to remain responsive to those
in the Internet community that wish to continue to use a global multi-stakeholder to address broader Internet governance issues, while remaining accountable to its core mission. The development of a coalition will allow for community participation and input
into this coordination work, while not relying solely on <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> or <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> processes
to move coordination issues to the forefront. Achieving this balance is key for <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> in its role in acting in the public
interest.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">As this resolution directs that all of this initial work be performed within the Board approved budget for Strategy Panels of US$3.5 million this action is not anticipated to have a significant financial
impact on <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr>. Similarly, directing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">ICANN</abbr> to
initiate coordination exercises is not anticipated to have any impact on the security, stability or resiliency of the <abbr title="Domain Name System" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;">DNS</abbr>, though the outcomes of any Coalition
could have positive benefits on how these issues are coordinated in the future.</div>
<div style="padding:0px;line-height:1.45em;">This is an Organizational Administrative Function for which public comment is not required.</div>
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