<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Keith, All - <div><br></div><div>I find in particular risk related points raised on page 15 (ICANN’s governance) and 24 (Geopolitics) are not fully appropriate. </div><div><br></div><div>ICANN’s Governance (page 15)</div><div><div>Strategic risks:</div><div>• Unclear community and organizational priorities compete for scarce resources.</div><div>• The cost to implement ICANN’s multistakeholder model becomes unaffordable.</div><div>• Polarized positions or agendas that do not represent the collective interest impede progress and waste resources.</div><div>• Increased workload for the ICANN community, Board, and org impact the ability to effectively support ongoing work, resulting in community fatigue or stakeholder disengagement.</div><div>• Process complexity impedes ICANN’s ability to keep pace with the speed of external events that impact its future.</div><div>• Perceived or actual delays in decision-making fuel doubts about ICANN’s ability to address serious global issues in a timely fashion. </div><div><br></div><div>Geopolitics (page 24) </div><div>Strategic risks:</div><div><div><br></div><div>• ICANN’s inability to establish itself as a key player in Internet governance results in increased external interventions by nation states or other entities.</div><div>• Failure to anticipate legislative efforts force ICANN into a reactive mode</div></div><div><br></div>Best,</div><div>Erika </div><div><br></div><div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Drazek, Keith via council <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The attached notice, dated 2 July 2019, concerns the GNSO’s obligations as a decisional participant in the Empowered Community vis-à-vis approval of the FY21-25 Strategic Plan. This notice triggered the bylaw-mandated
21-day period for decisional participants to consider initiating a Rejection Action Process (RAP).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here’s the relevant language from the letter:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“This Board Notice triggers the Empowered Community Rejection Action Process as set out at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Annex D, Section 2 of the ICANN Bylaws. The timeline for the Empowered Community’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">exercise of this Rejection Action Process will be tracked, including the associated deadlines, at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.icann.org/ec">https://www.icann.org/ec</a>. The first deadline is a 21-day period for Decisional Participants to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">each consider if it will raise a petition.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As such, we have until 24 July 2019 to take action if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(NOTE: This original email was sent by ICANN the day I went on vacation and I only got to it upon my return. Procedurally, we are working to address this situation to avoid single-threaded communications on
such important matters, and/or to ensure Staff have a standing action to forward such communications to the full Council list. I apologize for the delay in forwarding this.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We can discuss further on the Council call this week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<br>
Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Drazek, Keith
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2019 11:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-chairs@icann.org">gnso-chairs@icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org">gnso-secs@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Secretary's Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Just catching up on email. This may have already been forwarded, but this is formal notice concerning the GNSO’s obligations w/r/t the RAP and a deadline of 23 July.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Keith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Peg Rettino <<a href="mailto:peg.rettino@icann.org">peg.rettino@icann.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 02, 2019 10:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ecadmin@icann.org">ecadmin@icann.org</a>; <a href="mailto:chair@nro.net">
chair@nro.net</a>; Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:katrina@nic.lv">katrina@nic.lv</a>; Drazek, Keith <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>>; Manal Ismail <<a href="mailto:manal@tra.gov.eg">manal@tra.gov.eg</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Goran Marby <<a href="mailto:goran.marby@icann.org">goran.marby@icann.org</a>>; Cherine Chalaby <<a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org">cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Secretary's Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Attached please find the Secretary’s Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25 sent on behalf of John Jeffrey.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Peg Rettino<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><July 2019 Notice to EC re Approval of Five Year Strat Plan for FY21-25.pdf></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>council mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (<a href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy">https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy</a>) and the website Terms of Service (<a href="https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos">https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos</a>). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.</span></div></blockquote></div></body></html>