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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Grace has provided an edited version of the Sidely drafted letter which seeks to encompass previous comments on list as well as the outcome of our discussions in yesterday’s meeting of the CWG.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Lise and I have reviewed that version and made some minor additional changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The document is attached in both redline and clean versions for your careful review. Please do so and provide any final comments / edits by the deadline of 24 hours from the CWG meeting yesterday i.e. no later than 16h00 UTC on 17 December 2015 (Tomorrow).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank-you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jonathan & Lise<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Grace Abuhamad [mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 16 December 2015 00:11<br><b>To:</b> Mueller, Milton L <milton@gatech.edu>; jrobinson@afilias.info<br><b>Cc:</b> cwg-stewardship@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [client com] CWG Comment Letter to CCWG 3rd Draft Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Hi Milton, all, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>I changed the one instance where there was a reference to an “IANA Department” to “PTI". However, this was a reference to a document that Xavier had provided DT-O, so it may not be appropriate to change the language in this case, as it may confuse the reference. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Also, we used the term “IANA Budget” in the CWG proposal. Did you intend to have that language switched to "PTI Budget”? If so, this is a deviation in consistency of language from the proposal and past public comment submissions to the CCWG. I would recommend consistency, but I leave the decision to the group. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Any comments? A possible compromise could be “PTI/IANA Budget"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='color:black'><<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Milton Mueller <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">milton@gatech.edu</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, December 11, 2015 at 1:22 PM<br><b>To: </b>Milton Mueller <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu">milton@gatech.edu</a>>, Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<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><b>Subject: </b>Re: [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [client com] CWG Comment Letter to CCWG 3rd Draft Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Sorry, all, that message was sent from a mobile using speech to text and certain things got garbled. (My favorite: “banana functions operator”!!) It also got sent before completion. Here is a complete and corrected version </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Jonathan, Lise and all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>I reviewed the response and only found one thing that needs modification. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Section 2, about IANA budget. In this paragraph there are references to an "IANA department". After the transition there will be no IANA department there will only be PTI. I suggest that all references to IANA in this paragraph be changed to PTI. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Furthermore, the section about transparency of cost seems to be based on the premise that IANA still is a department of ICANN rather than a separate corporation that is contracted to perform the functions. It is not clear from this discussion whether you are referring to the existing costs of the IANA department, which need to be itemized perhaps in order to determine the size of the PTI budget going forward, or whether you are referring to the PTI budget. For example when you refer to support functions allocation and shared resources what are you taking about? one would think that when PTI is separate almost all costs will be direct. PTI should be a separate organization with its own facilities and staff. We don't want to encourage a situation where the purpose of legal separation is subverted by embedding IANA so deeply within ICANN that it really is not a separate corporation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>One other issue. It is now important to be careful about the name of the PTI. Originally, PTI stood for “post-transition IANA”. Going forward the term IANA will be a trademark owned by the IETF trust or some equivalent, and the domains will also be owned by the trust. Because it is a principle of the transition that the IANA functions operator will not control these terms, it would not be appropriate for the name the corporate name of PTI to include IANA. So perhaps we can just use the acronym. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Aside from these I think Sidley did a comprehensive job of assessing the CCWG proposal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>--MM<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <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>Mueller, Milton L<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 11, 2015 1:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] FW: [client com] CWG Comment Letter to CCWG 3rd Draft Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Jonathan, Lise and all:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>I reviewed the response and only found one thing that needs modification. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Section 2, about I am a budget. In this paragraph there are references to an "IANA department". After the transition there will be no IANA department there will only be PTI. I suggest that all references to IANA in this paragraph be changed to PTI. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Furthermore, the section about transparency of cost seems to be based on the premise that IANA still is a department of ICANN rather than a separate corporation that is contracted to perform the functions. It is not clear from this discussion whether you are referring to the existing costs of the IANA department, which need to be itemized perhaps in order to determine the size of the PTI budget going forward, or whether you are referring to the PTI budget. For example when you refer to support functions allocation and shared resources what are you taking about? one would think that when PTI is separate almost all costs will be direct. PTI should be a separate organization with its own facilities and staff. We don't want to encourage a situation where the purpose of legal separation is subverted but I am betting I am so deeply within I can that it really is not a separate corporation. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>One other issue. It is now important to be careful about the name of the PTI. Going forward the term IANA Will be a trademark in the domain owned by the IETF trust or some equivalent. Because it is a principle of the transition that the banana functions operator will not control these terms, it would not be appropriate for the name the corporate name of PTI<br><br>Milton L Mueller <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Professor, School of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Georgia Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><br>On Dec 11, 2015, at 11:53, Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>All,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Please see attached for the (Sidley Austin authored) proposed CWG response to the current CCWG proposal with reference to the CWG dependence on that proposal.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Our plan is for the CWG to review and comment on this response before (and possibly during) the meeting on Tuesday next week such that we get ourselves into a position to provide a thorough response to the current CCWG proposal. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>In addition to communicating our response to the CCWG via the Co-chairs, we also plan to submit the final document into the public comment forum before 21 December and to provide it to the CCWG chartering organisations.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Therefore, please provide any feedback or suggested edits as soon as you are able to properly review the document.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Thank-you</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> Flanagan, Sharon [<a href="mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com">mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 11 December 2015 06:57<br><b>To:</b> Client Committee <<a href="mailto:cwg-client@icann.org">cwg-client@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [client com] CWG Comment Letter to CCWG 3rd Draft Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Client Committee,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Attached is a draft of the CWG comment letter on the 3<sup>rd</sup> CCWG draft proposal. We will leave it to you to forward along to the CWG.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Holly and Sharon</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org">cwg-client-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org">mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Abuhamad<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 03, 2015 8:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Client Committee<br><b>Subject:</b> [client com] Call next week and approved project</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Dear Sidley team, </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Below is a note from the Chairs outlining a process for review of the CCWG-Accountability dependencies. Following on the process for the CCWG’s 2nd Public Comment, the Chairs suggested to the CWG-Stewardship that Sidley assist with tracking these dependencies. During the CWG-Stewardship meeting today (archived <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/kbpYAw">here</a>), the group approved instruction to Sidley for this project. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>The request is for Sidley to work on item #1 and have in mind that the CWG-Stewardship will be requesting item #2 as an update in the future. I’ve copied the two items directly below for your convenience: </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Review the CCWG proposal put out for public comment and then submit confirmation to the public comment that the CCWG proposal does meet the CWG conditionality (if indeed it does) and; </span></i><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Confirm that the final proposal (to be prepared following the public comment period) continues to meet the CWG conditionality (if indeed it does).</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Ideally, this work should be ready for the CWG-Stewardship call on 15 December so that the CWG-Stewardship can review and make its submission to the CCWG-Accountability Public Comment thereafter. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>I’m sending this note on behalf of the Client Committee due to the relative urgency of the project. To discuss other approved projects, the Client Committee proposes a teleconference next week. Please reply to indicate any times/dates for which you are unavailable and we will schedule accordingly. </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Thank you, </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Grace</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>From: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br><b>Organization: </b>Afilias<br><b>Reply-To: </b>Jonathan Robinson <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Friday, November 27, 2015 at 10:02 AM<br><b>To: </b>"<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><b>Subject: </b>[CWG-Stewardship] A process to resolve CWG Stewardship dependencies on CCWG Accountability<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>During our CWG meeting last week, we were unable to deal fully with the topic of the CCWG on ICANN accountability in so far as it is directly relevant to the work of this group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>In particular, confirming the process to deal with the fact that the CWG Stewardship response to the ICG is expressly conditioned on the CCWG Accountability proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The CCWG have had a formal <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ccwg-accountability-issues-formal-update-on-progress-made-in-and-after-icann54-in-dublin">update</a> out for a while now, ahead of publication of their 3<sup>rd</sup> draft proposal which is due out on Monday, November 30<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We propose to utilise the services of Sidley Austin to confirm that the CCWG Accountability proposal does indeed meet the conditionality requirements of the CWG Stewardship. As you will recall, Sidley reviewed the previous CCWG proposal and assisted similarly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Moreover, we propose to undertake this work in two stages:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Review the CCWG proposal put out for public comment and then submit confirmation to the public comment that the CCWG proposal does meet the CWG conditionality (if indeed it does) and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>2.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Confirm that the final proposal (to be prepared following the public comment period) continues to meet the CWG conditionality (if indeed it does).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We believe that by working in this way, we will be able to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>A.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Assist the CCWG by clearly communicating our position at the key stages. As we have done throughout the course of their work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>B.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Assist the CCWG chartering organisations at key stages of their processes such that the they will be able to review the proposal and make their respective decisions with clear knowledge of the CWG position.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We look forward to working with the CWG on this and other matters over the forthcoming weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Thank-you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Lise & Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Lise Fuhr & Jonathan Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Co-chairs, CWG Stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=f85eb409-fef9-4230-a582-d02cd111ec6e><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>****************************************************************************************************<br>This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<br>If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us<br>immediately.<br><br>****************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><CWG Comment Letter.docx></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><Untitled attachment 00135.txt></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>CWG-Stewardship mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CWG-Stewardship@icann.org">CWG-Stewardship@icann.org</a><br><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cwg-stewardship">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cwg-stewardship</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>