[Area 4] Remarks by Larry Strickling and Fadi Chehade through ICANN51

[Eric Brunner-Williams]

Dear Grace,

Thank you for the 6pp {.docx & .pdf format} versions of Larry's and 
Fadi's remarks.

Eric

On 1/13/15 7:16 PM, Grace Abuhamad wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Attached is a document I pulled together for the CCWG Drafting Team in 
> October. It's a compilation of the official remarks/speeches made by 
> Larry Strickling and Fadi Chehade at different events from August 
> through October. The Drafting Team used this document to help inform 
> its work in developing the Charter for the CCWG.
>
> The Chairs thought it may be useful to share with this WA4 group so 
> that you could perhaps map the contingencies you are developing to the 
> contingencies they list in their remarks.
>
> A specific example Larry Strickling gave at ICANN51 was a mechanism of 
> Board recall. This comment was in response to a question so it was not 
> included in the original document (attached).
>
> LARRY STRICKLING: SO I -- SO FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE NOTED IN PRIOR PUBLIC 
> STATEMENTS THAT THE ABSENCE OF A BOARD RECALL MECHANISM FOR THE 
> COMMUNITY, THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE THE KIND OF QUESTION THAT WOULD 
> DEFINITELY BE WITHIN THE MORE LIMITED INITIAL SCOPE OF THE 
> ACCOUNTABILITY --
>
> NOW, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE. IT'S NOT A TINY ISSUE WHATSOEVER. BUT IT DOES 
> SEEM TO ME THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF ISSUES PEOPLE WILL HAVE CONCERN 
> ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF -- WHAT 
> PREVENTS THIS ORGANIZATION FROM SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THE U.S. 
> CONTRACT ISN'T THERE ANY LONGER.
>
> NOBODY EXPECTS IT TO HAPPEN, BUT I THINK ALL OF US, TO BE RESPONSIBLE 
> TO THIS TRANSITION, NEED TO THINK THROUGH THOSE POSSIBILITIES AND 
> UNDERSTAND WHAT MECHANISMS EXIST TODAY OR NEED TO BE PUT INTO PLACE TO 
> PREVENT BAD THINGS LIKE THAT FROM HAPPENING.
>
> Best,
> Grace
>
>
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