<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="">Steve,<div class="">thank you for this.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The way we planned for the discussion to take place tomorrow, there will be ample opportunity for you and your group to contribute from the below document as these very questions will be raised.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 19.01.2015 um 22:11 schrieb Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" class="">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="">Chairs — to help kick things off tomorrow and to use some of the prior of work area 2, I went thru our 15-Jan version of WA2 inventory and extracted some requirements. Just did the first page here. We could do the second and third page too, if you think
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<div class="">Note1: ‘Community’ refers to cross-community accountability group, whether by Members, Supervisory Board, or other mechanism.</div>
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<div class="">Community powers:</div>
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<div class="">Community appoints representatives to the Affirmation of Commitments Review Teams.</div>
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<div class="">Community has standing to send any board decision to independent Review Panel (may begin the IRP with a Cooperative Engagement Process)</div>
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<div class="">Community has standing to begin a reconsideration request on decisions of board or ICANN management, on matters of process or of substance. </div>
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<div class="">Community may approve/disapprove proposed ICANN annual budget.</div>
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<div class="">Community may approve/disapprove proposed changes to ICANN bylaws or Articles of Incorporation.</div>
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<div class="">Community may recall one or all ICANN board members.</div>
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<div class="">Review and Redress Mechanisms:</div>
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<div class="">Decisions of Independent Review Panel are binding on ICANN’s board.</div>
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<div class="">Panelists in the IRP pool should be selected by the Community.</div>
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<div class="">The standard for Independent Review should be lower.</div>
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<div class="">The cost to prosecute an Independent Review should be reduced.</div>
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<div class="">IRP should address errors or ethical lapses.</div>
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<div class="">Ombudsman should be able to investigate any accountability-related complaint brought by an ICANN employee, while protecting confidentiality of the employee</div>
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<div class="">Affirmation of Commitments:</div>
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<div class="">The Affirmation of Commitments should not be a bilateral agreement with USG that can be canceled by either party. It could be merged into ICANN bylaws, for example.</div>
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<div class="">The Accountability & Transparency Review Team (ATRT) could recommend sunset of previously required reviews, and create new reviews.</div>
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<div class="">Mission/Scope of ICANN:</div>
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<div class="">ICANN should be prevented from imposing obligations on others, unless supported by consensus of affected parties and necessary to protect the integrity and availability of unique identifiers in the DNS.</div>
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<div class="">ICANN should be prevented from acting outside its Bylaws and Articles</div>
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<div class="">Steve DelBianco</div>
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