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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James M. Bladel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 19, 2016 10:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] Draft Motion - GNSO Validation of CCWG-Accountability Budget Request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Council Colleagues - <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attached and copied below, please find a draft motion for consideration during our next GNSO Council call (29 SEP), that examines the subject of the proposed budget & cost control mechanisms for CCWG-ACCT and Work
 Stream 2.   <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In particular, I would like to draw your attention to WHEREAS #4 and RESOLVED #4, in which I attempted to capture the concerns raised by Phil and Paul and others regarding revisiting the subject of ICANN Jurisdiction
 in WS2.  Please review these provisions closely, and make sure that they accurately reflect these points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">J.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Draft Motion - GNSO Validation of CCWG-Accountability Budget Request</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">WHEREAS, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Per its Charter, the Project Cost Support Team (PCST) has supported the CCWG-Accountability in developing a draft budget and cost-control processes for the CCWG-Accountability activities for FY17, and
 has also developed a historical analysis of all the transition costs to date (see
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdfpklU5q6Ojg.pdf">
https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdfpklU5q6Ojg.pdf</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The CCWG-Accountability FY17 budget was presented at its plenary meeting of June 21st and approved for transmission to the Chartering Organizations for validation as per the process agreed with the PCST.
 This request for validation was received on 23 June.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Following review and discussion during ICANN56, the GNSO Council
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/bladel-to-bfc-ccwg-accountability-chairs-10jul16-en.pdf">
requested</a> a webinar on this topic which was held on 23 August (see transcript at
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-ccwg-accountability-webinar-23aug16-en.pdf">
https://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/transcript-ccwg-accountability-webinar-23aug16-en.pdf</a>, recording at
<a href="http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-ccwg-accountability-webinar-23aug16-en.mp3">
http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-ccwg-accountability-webinar-23aug16-en.mp3</a> and AC recording at
<a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p8fu99qpt7d/">https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p8fu99qpt7d/</a>).  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council notes that many members of the GNSO community have expressed the view that the projected budget does not support revisiting the topic of the jurisdiction of ICANN”s organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council has discussed and reviewed all the relevant materials.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">RESOLVED,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council hereby accepts the proposed CCWG-Accountability FY17 budget, as well as the cost-control processes presented in conjunction with the CCWG budget (see
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdfpklU5q6Ojg.pdf)">
https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdfpklU5q6Ojg.pdf)</a>. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council expects to receive regular updates on actual expenditures as tracked against this adopted budget, and reserves the right to provide further input on the budget allocation in relation
 to the CCWG-Accountability related activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council expects the CCWG-Accountability and staff to work within the constraints of this approved budget, and that excess costs or request for additional funding will be considered only in extraordinary
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">It is the position of the GNSO Council that revisiting the jurisdiction or organization of the ICANN legal entity, as established by CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 1, is not supported by this projected
 budget.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The GNSO Council requests the GNSO Secretariat to communicate this resolution to the CCWG-Accountability Chairs, and to the office of the ICANN CFO.     <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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