<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I'm not sure what you mean by "general community veto" being struck by the stress tests group. There isn't really such a thing that has been proposed.</div><div><br></div><div>The Community veto proposal that I made has always been for very specific purposes: budget, bylaws revision, strat plan. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; ">According the <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/52888421/Accountability%20Mechanism%20Template%20WP1-F%20-%20Community%20Veto_v2.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1426109008000&api=v2">template</a> posted to the website on 11 March:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; ">"This challenge mechanism
would only apply to a narrow set of predetermined high impact board decisions
such as the adoption of the organization’s strategic plan, approval of the
budget, approval of bylaws, etc."</span></div>
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EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">So I'm also not sure what is meant by a conversation in Istanbul to narrow the veto proposal down only these things - since it has always been about these specific things.</span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;
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<div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Apr 8, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">To be clear Robin the ST-WP is NOT removing anything we have however noted that neither WP1 or 2 has (as yet proposed a general Community Veto) unlike specific veto for Budget etc., that is why the text is strike through in the doc at this stage and not removed, and it will allow us to show it as a mechanism if an when like any others it is actually proposed and agreed to... However what IS important from our running through these various exercises is that should the general Community Veto not end up as a proposed mechanism the ST's it is applied to currently will still not be critically effected...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">I am sure Steve will have more to say on this issue as well to help you better understand what the ST-WP role is and what it does... This run and re run through process is important to help us refine the St's as well as recognise any obvious gaps that the other WO's may need to address, particularly with the very little time after the mechanisms and powers of the community etc., are agreed to that will be available for the ST-WP to complete its work in a timely manner pre publication of documentation...</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><a href="http://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(58,169,233);text-decoration:none;line-height:18.200000762939453px" target="_blank"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;line-height:1"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1"><font color="#674ea7"><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><font size="6">C</font><font size="4">heryl </font><font size="6">L</font><font size="4">angdon-</font><font size="6">O</font></font></i><font size="4"><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">rr ... </font></i><span style="font-family:proxima-nova-1,Proxima-Nova,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:inherit">(CLO)</span></font></font></div><div style="font-family:proxima-nova-1,Proxima-Nova,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;margin:3px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,130,173)"><br></div><div style="font-family:proxima-nova-1,Proxima-Nova,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;margin:3px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,130,173)">about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr</div></td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td align="left" valign="top" style="padding:8px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;line-height:1"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:right;background-color:rgb(197,208,224);height:4px"><img src="http://d13pix9kaak6wt.cloudfront.net/signature/colorbar.png" alt="Cheryl Langdon-Orr on about.me" width="88" height="4" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;float:right;display:block"></div></td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:20px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></a><div> </div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 April 2015 at 06:17, Robin Gross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org" target="_blank">robin@ipjustice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">There is no authority for removing the community veto proposal at this stage. I'm not sure how the stress tests group is proposing to eliminate proposals like this. It seems to be an over-reach of this group - this sub-group is not a gate-keeper to shut-down proposals that show to have no problems in operation. The memos coming back from the legal advisors all say vetos are possible and probably desirable in some fashion.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Robin<br><div><br></div></font></span><div><br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On Apr 8, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Steve DelBianco wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
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<div>Per our discussion today’s stress test WP call, we want to inform the rest of CCWG about this. Here’s a draft for your consideration:</div>
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<div>When ST-WP applies the stress tests to proposed mechanisms, we look at all proposed measures that are under active consideration in the CCWG. (Those are the measures cited in the right column of each stress test). </div>
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<div>When the CCWG and CWG package their proposals for public comment, the ST-WP can then re-apply the stress tests to what is actually proposed.</div>
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<div>Until then, the ST-WP is monitoring discussions in WP1 and WP2 and wanted to flag two proposed measures that have implications for stress testing. </div>
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<div>First, we note that the ‘Community Veto’ measure first proposed in Singapore seems not to be under active consideration in WP1, and is unlikely to make the cut for our first public comment document. </div>
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<div>As initially proposed, a community veto would enable a supermajority of the community representatives to veto a board decision, putting it back in the hands of the board. At the Sunday Istanbul meeting, a sub-team proposed limiting the community veto
only to a list of specified board decisions. Further discussion revealed reservations about allowing community veto to block decisions of the board without citing standards or principles, and attention turned to enhancing other community challenge powers,
such as Reconsideration and IRP.</div>
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<div>In our latest draft of Applying Stress Tests, we applied a strike-thru to the community veto mechanism in the 8 stress tests that had cited the measure. On today’s call, we concluded that the absence of a community veto would not in itself flip any stress
tests from ‘Adequate’ to ‘Inadequate’, since the reconsideration and IRP measures are available to the community. </div>
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<div>So we are alerting the CCWG to this situation, although we do not believe stress testing reveals that community veto must be further developed as long as other challenge mechanisms are available. </div>
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<div>Second, we note that 6 stress tests anticipated another community power that may also fail to make the cut for first public comment. As explained in the email below from Jonathan Zuck, a proposal from the Frankfurt meeting would allow the community to
force ICANN to implement a previously-approved Review Team Recommendation or consensus policy. Another suggested power would allow the community to force ICANN to respond to formal advice from an Advisory Committee (SSAC, ALAC, GAC, RSSAC).</div>
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<div>We note that several stress tests would likely flip from ’Adequate’ to ‘Inadequate’ if the community lacked any new powers to force ICANN to consider and respond to formal advice from an Advisory Committee. </div>
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<div>It’s possible that WP1 could address this concern by developing a power for the community to force ICANN board to acknowledge and respond to AC advice, since that board response could trigger community challenge mechanisms such as Reconsideration or IRP.
This possibility requires some advice from legal experts, as described in Jonathan’s note below. </div>
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<div>In conclusion, we believe that CCWG WP1 could adopt the ATRT2 recommendation for a bylaws change along these lines:</div>
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9.1. ICANN Bylaws Article XI should be amended to include the following language to mandate Board Response to Advisory Committee Formal Advice: <i>The ICANN Board will respond in a timely manner to formal advice from all Advisory Committees, explaining what
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Jonathan Zuck<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 9:05 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:ccwg-accountability4@icann.org" target="_blank">ccwg-accountability4@icann.org</a>"<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[ST-WP] Spurring Board Action<br>
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<i>inaction</i>. You might recall that Alan Greenberg originally brought up the notion of "compelling the board to take action" and there are several of the existing stress tests that highlight the need for that capability on the part of the community. Specifically, </div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ST 11: “force ICANN to implement a recommendation arising from an AOC review, namely SSR"</div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">ST 17: "force ICANN to respond to recommendations from advisory committees such as SSAC."</div>
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</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">Cheryl brought up the fact that 11 and 17 had piqued the interest of the CWG so we focused on those two. Stress test 11 was inspired by the recent breach at ICANN and the inability of the community to extract information about
the breach. Without the ability to spur action, that stress test would fail.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">Stress test 17 was about recommendations that are ignored by the board. One example we have used for some time is on the issue of Name Collisions and certs where a fairly large outcry on the part of the community was required
to spur action a year ago. Another example, near and dear to the ALAC is dotless domains where there was very specific advice from SSAC as well as consensus concern and the board was slow to respond.</span></div><div><br>
</div><div>Avri brought up recommendation 9 of the ATRT with respect to advice which dictates the board respond to advice in a timely manner:</div><div><br>
</div><div>9.1. ICANN Bylaws Article XI should be amended to include the following language to mandate Board Response to Advisory Committee Formal Advice: </div><div><i>The ICANN Board will respond in a timely manner to formal advice from all Advisory Committees, explaining what action it took and the rationale for doing so.</i><br>
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</i></div><div>The question then arose whether a board "response" would be sufficient to trigger the other review mechanisms currently under consideration by WP2 so it was resolved to discuss that with Becky and her team. Perhaps it would be enough to dictate that the
trigger mechanism for a review is a decision or response from the board. If not, we might need revisit a specific community power to induce the board to vote on a recommendation so that the vote can act as a trigger for further review if necessary.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Cheryl, I hope I have sufficiently stressed everyone out with the possibility of board inaction. Feel free to ask questions or raise issues I have forgotten. I'll clip the mp3 for the topic if that's helpful to folks.</div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br>
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