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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Jonathan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We can make the first line edit noted below.&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">With respect to the comment on structure, that is the approach that was taken on the prior comment letter – a statement of the CWG dependencies, a comment section on how the CCWG proposal addressed the dependency
 and a conclusion as to whether the dependency was met.&nbsp; We had discussed with the committee shortening this comment letter by removing the comment sections.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;In particular, given the conclusions that the dependency had been met, it did not appear that recapping
 the CCWG proposal was necessary.&nbsp; However, we are happy to add back the comment sections and update for the current CCWG proposal.&nbsp; I don’t know if that can be done in 24 hours but we can certainly work towards that goal.&nbsp; Please let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 24, 2016 2:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Flanagan, Sharon; 'Client Committee'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Lise Fuhr'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [client com] Draft CWG Comment Letter on CCWG Final Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Sharon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">We had some discussion on list with regard to this letter but as far as producing a revised draft, there is only one suggested change (see below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Any links will need to be checked to ensure they reflect the actual final proposal and related documents as opposed to the draft.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#222222">The full report is here:
</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_8w2AAw&amp;d=CwMFaQ&amp;c=Od00qP2XTg0tXf_H69-T2w&amp;r=M3rwsTyNMTsSrNjjl2wpjY1sQALn2rPpcxAK31O8xYk&amp;m=kadgmpw2h4TiUAs2a70dht9DNoHW7L5rozndguLBsCI&amp;s=YbVscXXzTSZBggp0emk67fQGMTvIINWN-ljkDoUekks&amp;e=">https://community.icann.org/x/8w2AAw</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#222222">.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Please could you work the changes suggested below into your draft in order to make a final letter for review and consideration by the CWG at their meeting tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">If you could turn this around today (24 February), that will be most helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">If you are unclear or require further input or assistance on this matter, please revert to us ASAP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#1F497D">1.b says: “</span><span style="color:black">The ability to exercise oversight with respect to key ICANN Board decisions (including with respect to the ICANN Board’s oversight of the IANA Functions) by reviewing and approving:&nbsp;
 (i) ICANN Board decisions with respect to recommendations resulting from an IANA Function Review (“<u>IFR</u>”) or Special IFR and (ii) the ICANN Budget;</span><span style="color:#1F497D">”&nbsp; Because the CWG Stewardship’s focus is specifically on the IANA budget,
 would it make sense to change (ii) to something like this: “the ICANN Budget</span><span style="color:#00B0F0"> including a separate budge for IANA services</span><span style="color:#1F497D">”?&nbsp; It seems to me that this would be consistent with item 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#1F497D">I like the fact that the letter states the CWG requirements for each area and that a clear conclusion is provided but I think it would also be very helpful if in each of the eight cases, between the CWG requirement paragraph
 and the conclusion, the CCWG Accountability recommendations that fulfill the requirements were briefly listed.&nbsp; If this seems like a good idea, here is a formatting idea: Provide a heading for each of the three paragraphs of each of the eight items just like
 is already done for the conclusions: 1) CWG Stewardship Requirements; 2) Applicable CCWG Accountability Recommendations; 3) Conclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Flanagan, Sharon [<a href="mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com">mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 19 February 2016 21:57<br>
<b>To:</b> Client Committee &lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-client@icann.org">cwg-client@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [client com] Draft CWG Comment Letter on CCWG Final Proposal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Attached please find a draft of the CWG letter to the CCWG regarding the CCWG Supplemental Final Proposal.&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">As noted in our prior email, with respect to the CWG dependency for an empowered community there was a request in the prior CWG comment letter for CCWG to consider whether the timelines
 in the prior CCWG proposal for SO/AC action were sufficiently long.&nbsp; The revised CCWG proposal has extended some of these timelines.&nbsp; As noted in our prior email, while this is not strictly an issue of conformity with the CWG proposal as the CWG proposal does
 not address this type of detail, we wanted to confirm that CWG was satisfied with the response to its prior comment letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please also note that the community power to recall the entire ICANN Board is modified when the Board is to be recalled for implementing GAC advice.&nbsp; Specifically, if the Empowered Community
 initiates an IRP challenging the Board’s implementation of GAC advice as being inconsistent with the ICANN Bylaws but does not prevail in the IRP, the Empowered Community may not exercise its power to recall the entire Board solely on the basis of the matter
 decided by the IRP. The Empowered Community may, however, exercise the power to recall the entire Board based on other grounds. &nbsp;We don’t believe this directly impacts the CWG dependency, but we did want to note it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to discuss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="color:#1F497D">Holly and Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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