<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear WG 4,<div class="">the contingencies I see in addition to what has been mentioned are likely - if at all - WS 2 issues: </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- The Board receives conflicting recommendations / advice from different SOs and ACs as we have seen with the IGO/INGO recommendations and the partially conflicting GAC advice. This can be resolved under the bylaws, but that would require refusing one of the group’s advice or recommendations. I am not aware of any mechanism to help mitigate or expediently resolve such matters. I am more than happy to elaborate more if this is too short, but I would imagine that we will see more of such scenarios and they might become an issue for the security and stability in case SSAC advice is concerned. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Don’t you think there could be cases where the ICANN Board of Directors, which is the Board of the ICANN Corporation (and not the ICANN community) might prefer to act in the interest of the corporation and not the community to avoid liability? </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 19.12.2014 um 03:25 schrieb Eric Brunner-Williams <<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net" class="">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hi James,<br class=""><br class="">You're not the first to advance the Runaway Board (or Recalcitrant Board) thesis. See the BC's "Stress Tests" and some contributions by our WG4 colleagues. I'm not sure if the intentional acts of the incumbent contractor completely define our problem, for instance, see my note earlier today on compromise or loss of some resource critical to some existing (or hypothetical) accounting process -- e.g., crypto keys or authentication credentials for documents and/or employees.<br class=""><br class="">Regards,<br class="">Eric Brunner-Williams<br class="">Eugene, Oregon<br class=""><br class="">On 12/18/14 5:41 PM, James M. Bladel wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote cite="mid:D0B8DA49.88355%25jbladel@godaddy.com" type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div class="">Hello WG4 team:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I recognize that there have been several attempts to catalog the various scenarios and situations that would benefit from improved accountability mechanisms. But as a conversation starter, I would propose that there are really only two contingencies:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> * The ICANN Board takes action that is opposed by a significant majority (or unanimously) of stakeholders (SO/AC), or </div><div class=""> * The ICANN Board refuses to take action despite significant support (or unanimity) of stakeholders (SO/AC).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s my opinion that addressing these two over-arching contingencies will naturally sweep up nearly all other scenarios.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thoughts?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks—</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">J.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Grace Abuhamad <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" class="">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 19:00<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>ccwg-accountability4 <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ccwg-accountability4@icann.org" class="">ccwg-accountability4@icann.org</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>[Area 4] Comments from Mr. Kavouss Arasteh (GAC, ICG)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class="">Dear all, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here attached is Mr. Arasteh's first contribution to the work of the CCWG-Accountability as he shared on the main mailing list on 15 December. Below I've copied an excerpt of his document that relates to WA4. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 56.25pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -56.25pt;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 56.25pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -56.25pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">2.4<span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">Working Group 4<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">This scope of work of this Group is to identify contingencies (especially in relation with WS1)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The above-mentioned scope is quite vague and ambiguous<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best, </div><div class="">Grace</div></div></div></span><br class=""><fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset><br class=""><pre wrap="" class="">_______________________________________________
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