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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IE link=blue vlink=purple><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'>Please see attached for discussion at today’s CWG call.<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<o:p></o:p></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> Flanagan, Sharon [mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 25 February 2016 04:26<br><b>To:</b> jrobinson@afilias.info; 'Client Committee' <cwg-client@icann.org>; 'Lise Fuhr' <Fuhr@etno.eu><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [client com] Draft CWG Comment Letter on CCWG Final Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Attached is a revised draft letter with the changes below reflected. To facilitate CWG’s review, we have also attached redlines to the February 19 draft and also the final CWG comment letter on the third CCWG proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Holly and Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>SHARON R. FLANAGAN</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><br>Partner<br><br><b>SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP<br></b>+1 415 772 1271<br><a href="mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com" title="Click to send email to Flanagan, Sharon">sflanagan@sidley.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><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:#1F497D'><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'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Jonathan Robinson [<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info</a>] <br><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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Sharon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span 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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span 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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><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&d=CwMFaQ&c=Od00qP2XTg0tXf_H69-T2w&r=M3rwsTyNMTsSrNjjl2wpjY1sQALn2rPpcxAK31O8xYk&m=kadgmpw2h4TiUAs2a70dht9DNoHW7L5rozndguLBsCI&s=YbVscXXzTSZBggp0emk67fQGMTvIINWN-ljkDoUekks&e=">https://community.icann.org/x/8w2AAw</a><span style='color:#222222'>.</span></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span 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:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you could turn this around today (24 February), that will be most helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span 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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>1.b says: “</span><span lang=EN-US 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: (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 lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>” 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 lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'> including a separate budge for IANA services</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>”? It seems to me that this would be consistent with item 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-US 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. 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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><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 style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Flanagan, Sharon [<a href="mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com">mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 19 February 2016 21:57<br><b>To:</b> Client Committee <<a href="mailto:cwg-client@icann.org">cwg-client@icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [client com] Draft CWG Comment Letter on CCWG Final Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Attached please find a draft of the CWG letter to the CCWG regarding the CCWG Supplemental Final Proposal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US 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. The revised CCWG proposal has extended some of these timelines. 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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US 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. 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. We don’t believe this directly impacts the CWG dependency, but we did want to note it.<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:#1F497D'>Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to discuss.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Holly and Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>SHARON R. 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