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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Erika,<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">Thanks for your note below. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Can you please elaborate a bit on why you see these as not fully appropriate for inclusion in ICANN’s 5-year Strategic Plan?<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">As I noted below, we have until next week (24 July) to exercise any action as a Decisional Participant in the Empowered Community concerning a Rejection Action Process (RAP). Is it your view the Council should
consider this action, or something else?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Separately, there is an open public comment period (closes 5 August) on Draft Financial Assumptions & Projections and Operating Initiatives for the development of Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Operating & Financial
Plan. <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-financial-projections-fy2021-2025-2019-06-14-en">
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-financial-projections-fy2021-2025-2019-06-14-en</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This was flagged in AOB during yesterday’s Council call, but there was no substantive discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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"> Erika Mann <erika@erikamann.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 17, 2019 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> council@gnso.icann.org; gnso-secs@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [council] 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">Dear Keith, All - <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I find in particular risk related points raised on page 15 (ICANN’s governance) and 24 (Geopolitics) are not fully appropriate. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN’s Governance (page 15)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Strategic risks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Unclear community and organizational priorities compete for scarce resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• The cost to implement ICANN’s multistakeholder model becomes unaffordable.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Polarized positions or agendas that do not represent the collective interest impede progress and waste resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Increased workload for the ICANN community, Board, and org impact the ability to effectively support ongoing work, resulting in community fatigue or stakeholder disengagement.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Process complexity impedes ICANN’s ability to keep pace with the speed of external events that impact its future.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Perceived or actual delays in decision-making fuel doubts about ICANN’s ability to address serious global issues in a timely fashion. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Geopolitics (page 24) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Strategic risks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• ICANN’s inability to establish itself as a key player in Internet governance results in increased external interventions by nation states or other entities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Failure to anticipate legislative efforts force ICANN into a reactive mode<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Erika <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi all,</span><o:p></o:p></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).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here’s the relevant language from the letter:</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">each consider if it will raise a petition.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As such, we have until 24 July 2019 to take action if needed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></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.)</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Keith</span><o:p></o:p></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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Greetings,</span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><July 2019 Notice to EC re Approval of Five Year Strat Plan for FY21-25.pdf><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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