<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dear Eric,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net" target="_blank">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Siva,<br>
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As a personal courtesy I would appreciate answers to few questions.<br>
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In #23, in the phrase "the
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">current
IANA functions operator" might refer to some point in the future,
e.g., after 2017, at which the IANA Functions might be conducted
by some party other than the current contractor (ICANN), or it
might refer to the current 2015 contractor (ICANN).<br>
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It might be useful to clarify which, some entity not at present
the </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">IANA
Functions contractor, or the present </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">IANA
Functions contractor, is hypothesized as litigating to prevent a
change of the </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">IANA
Functions contract operator.<br></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline">These are imaginary scenarios, not to be read as alluding to a real, existing or anticipated threat. In this imaginary scenario, "the current IANA functions operator" refers to the present IANA functions operator, rather impersonally. The preventive / mitigation strategy mentioned points to this imaginary scenario of a threat of litigation from the present IANA operator.</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline"></div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
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What appears to be the same scenario appears, with more language,
at #30.<br>
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In #33, the Periodic Review Teams (PRT) sues the "</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Iana
Contracting Entity". In neither the current Bylaws, Article IV,
Section 4, which contains provisions for "periodic review", and
subordinate documents (Methodology, Systematization, etc.), nor
in the Affirmation of Commitments can I find a delegation of legal
incorporation authority to a Review Team.<br>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">It
might be useful to clarify which Review Teams may form legal
persons and "sue" some third-party, e.g., the </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
current 2015 IANA Functions contractor (ICANN), and where this
standing arises.<br></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
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In #26, #27 and #28, a Periodic Review Team appears to
periodically select awardee(s) to one or more successor(s) to the
current </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">IANA
Functions Contract. Is this a correct reading of these scenarios?
If so, as with #33, it might be useful to clarify where the
authority to award the </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">successor(s)
to the current </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">IANA
Functions Contract arises.<br></span></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline"></div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Olivier <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline">came up with</div> scenario<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline">s 26, 27, 28 as well as 33 among a few others</div>. He would be in a better position to clarify. The message is copied to him.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline"> </div></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:inline"></div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
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I've copied the WS4 list simply to create a record of these
questions outside of my cluttered mailer's archives, and "I
don't know" is a reasonable answer, as these are </span></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">among
Olivier Crepin-LeBlond's contributions.<br>
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Thanks in advance, <br>
Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
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