<p dir="ltr">Well done Chuck I support those edits </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 09/05/2015 9:24 am, "Gomes, Chuck" <<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com">cgomes@verisign.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The FAQ is very good and very helpful but I suggest that the three bullets under the strengths for Question 1 be reordered as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">The proposed structure allows for a formal contract between ICANN and the<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">IANA functions operator, which further evidences and supports functional<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">separation.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Without a contract, other means of establishing expectations regarding<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">performance levels and related terms would need to be identified, which would<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">likely be less formal and less enforceable than through a contractual relationship.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Recourse for a “breach” of those terms and conditions would be limited to<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">internal redress mechanisms such as through the IFR team and the CSC.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">If there is a future need to separate or divest ICANN of the IANA functions, the<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">work of identifying and segregating assets will have already been done. This<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">should enhance the separability of the IANA functions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">All I did is move what was the first bullet to the last bullet. Because separation is perceived as a last resort and unlikely option, it doesn’t seem to me that
we should lead with that advantage.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Abuhamad<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 08, 2015 4:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CWG-Stewardship] FAQ on Legal Counsel Memorandum on Proposed Post-Transition Structure<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To help inform the public comment proceeding, we have put together a FAQ based on Sidley's memorandum from 3 May. This FAQ will be posted on the Public Comment page within the hour and included in the reference documents related to the
proposal: <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are working on a more extensive FAQ based on the questions received during the webinars. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a good weekend,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grace<u></u><u></u></p>
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