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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 April 2015 at 00:25, Steve DelBianco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</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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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Thanks to the Stress Test team for discussion on today’s call. As promised, here is v10.3 of Applying Stress Tests. I made the in-line edits we covered on the call. And I added two placeholder paragraphs for your consideration:</div>
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tests identified in this section. In that case, we encourage commenters to apply their own stress test analysis. To do so, a commenter can examine ICANN’s present accountability mechanisms to determine whether they adequately address the contingency. Then,
the commenter can examine the proposed accountability enhancements in this document, and assess whether they give the community adequate means to challenge board decisions and to hold the board accountable for its actions.</span></p><u></u><p></p>
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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">For example, the stress test team evaluated contingencies that could
generally be described as external events (cyber attack, financial crisis, etc.). We discovered that while some risk mitigation was possible, it became clear that no accountability framework could entirely eliminate the risk of such events nor thoroughly
alleviate their impact. Instead, it was critical to explore the ability of the community to hold ICANN board and management accountable for their preparation and reaction to the external events. The proposed accountability measures do provide adequate means
to do so. </span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline"></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><CLO></font><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"> If you believe that there are then contingencies or Stress test Scenarios that we need to additionally consider, then please forward those tot he Stress Test Working Party via email <to staff?> and/or add as a comment to the Wiki page <insert link> </font></div></font></b><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;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 style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><font color="#000000">The stress test exercise demonstrates that WS1 recommendations do
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</span><font color="#000000">It is also clear that the CWG proposals are complementary to CCWG measures.
</font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><font color="#000000">One stress test regarding appeals of ccTLD revocations and assignments (ST 21) has not been adequately addressed in either the CWG or CCWG proposals, </font><font color="#9900ff">awa</font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;display:inline"><font color="#9900ff">t</font></div><font color="#9900ff">ing</font><font color="#000000"> policy development from
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Steve DelBianco<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 10:26 PM<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">Cc: </span>Cheryl Langdon-Orr, ACCT-Staff, Mathieu Weill, Thomas Rickert, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt">In two places I've noted text in RED requiring your insights. While I know we are enabling challenge to board decisions, I don't see where are we recommending any</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline">proscriptive</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">measure
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