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<p><font face="Arial">The IAB thanks <span class="il">ICANN</span>
and the Root Server Operators for the opportunity to <span
class="il">comment</span> on this draft governance model. The
IAB believes that it would be able to perform those duties
discussed in the model, which we understand to be:</font> </p>
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<li><font face="Arial">Appointing two representatives to the
Governance Working Group<br>
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<li><font face="Arial">Reviewing the work of the Governance
Working Group.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Coordinating with the Root Server System
Governance Board<br>
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<li><font face="Arial">Appointing a member of Root Server System
Standing Committee.<br>
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<div><font face="Arial">We do note two areas where the drafters may
wish to consider providing more detail. The first is the work
of the secretariat in facilitating liaisons. The text currently
says, in part:</font></div>
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<li><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;"><span
style="font-size: 18.4px;"></span>Coordinating and
providing transparency to the operationalization of
appropriate </span><span style="font-size: 18.4px;">standards
(e.g., RSSAC publications and IETF RFCs).</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;"></span><span
style="font-size: 18.4px;"></span><span style="font-size:
18.4px;">Assuming new coordination roles that could be
defined in the future</span></font></li>
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<div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;">The IAB
believes that a description of which coordination roles would
be under the Secretariat would be useful, as the RGB and IAB
will evidently also coordinate with each other directly.
Similarly, clarification of whether the coordination
envisioned for the deployment of standards will include
contributions to the relevant IETF working groups <span
style="font-size: 18.4px;">would be useful</span>.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;"><br>
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<p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;">As a second
point, the text on the work of the Root Server Operator Review
Panel contains no direct references to the appeal path of any
decisions it takes. The IAB understands the text to imply
that the ICANN Board's approval is the first confirmation of
RRP decisions and that further appeals take the form of
reconsideration requests as set out in Article 4 of the <span
class="il">ICANN</span> Bylaws. If that is the case,
explicit statements in this document may make the document
more comprehensible to a broad audience. If it is not the
case, the IAB would welcome other clarifications of this
point.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;">regards,</span></font></p>
<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;">Ted Hardie</span></font><br>
<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 18.4px;">for the IAB</span></font>
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