<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>The document has been updated to reflect Chuck’s edits below and will be posted shortly to the Public Comment page. </div><div><br></div><div>As I mentioned on Friday, we are working on a more comprehensive FAQ that will cover more than the legal counsel-related questions. You’ll see there is an item (2.b.) on the agenda for tomorrow’s call about the FAQ. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Grace</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> <Gomes>, Chuck <<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com">cgomes@verisign.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, May 8, 2015 at 7:23 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Grace Abuhamad <<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> RE: [CWG-Stewardship] FAQ on Legal Counsel Memorandum on Proposed Post-Transition Structure<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">The proposed structure allows for a formal contract between ICANN and the<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">separation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">Without a contract, other means of establishing expectations regarding<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">internal redress mechanisms such as through the IFR team and the CSC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">If there is a future need to separate or divest ICANN of the IANA functions, the<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">should enhance the separability of the IANA functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">mailto: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">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [CWG-Stewardship] FAQ on Legal Counsel Memorandum on Proposed Post-Transition Structure<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><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">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We are working on a more extensive FAQ based on the questions received during the webinars. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Have a good weekend,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Grace<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></body></html>