<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It&#39;s not that they are &quot;superior&quot; but the NomCom nominated people are &quot;independent&quot; directors (in this case, not nominated by ICANN).  This is a very standard category of directors, across all types of corporations (at least in the U.S.).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Matthew Shears <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org" target="_blank">mshears@cdt.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>I agree with Chuck.  Also, this is not about the nomcom nominated
      persons being superior or whatever but about good corporate
      governance.  And, at the end of the day the ICANN Board appoint
      the Chair - the nom com nominates.<br>
    </p><div><div class="h5">
    <br>
    <div>On 6/27/2016 4:19 AM, Gomes, Chuck
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Seun,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">One
            thing I feel very strong about is that the PTI president
            should not be the chair of the PTI Board, not because the
            PTI president is not capable but rather because the PTI
            president will have a conflict of interest on most of the
            issues considered by the PTI board.  The president will be
            needed on the PTI Board to provide facts about PTI services
            but should not be put in the awkward position of being PTI
            Board chair.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Chuck<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><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;">
            Seun Ojedeji [<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>]
            <br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 26, 2016 6:49 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Grace Abuhamad<br>
            <b>Cc:</b> Gomes, Chuck; <a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>;
            <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [IOTF] Updated draft of responses in PTI
            Bylaws-AoI table<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hello,<u></u><u></u></p>
            </div>
            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Somehow
              this skipped my raider, while this is already late, i
              could not come swallow  2 points from the final text.<br>
              <br>
              Section 5.4: I am quite concerned and wonder why we
              include the following text:<br>
              &quot;The Chairperson should be a NomCom­ nominated director&quot;.
              The board does the selection of chair person, so there is
              NO reason why ICANN appointed board member cannot be the
              chairperson if the board wants it. I don&#39;t think i dig
              turning the nomcom nominees into the defacto source of
              chairperson-hood. It seem to me that we are seeing them as
              more superior and trustworthy that the rest which is not
              necessarily always the case. Ofcourse i am with the rest
              of the response to that question.<br>
              <br>
              Section 7.1: I am concerned by this conclusion &quot;The
              Corporation will not need additional officers therefore
              the board does not need this capability.&quot; as i think its
              an unnecessary lock-in and can have unforeseen
              implications in future. I will be fine with something that
              reads like below:<br>
              &quot;The Corporation should not need additional officers
              therefore the board may not need this capability. However
              such may be done with a unanimous votes from board subject
              to member(s) approval.&quot;<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Regards<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Grace
              Abuhamad &lt;<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>&gt;
              wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Dear
                  all,
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Following
                  the CWG-Stewardship call today, here attached are the
                  latest redline and clean versions of the PTI response
                  table to deliver to Sidley. Please review in the next
                  24h before we consider these final.<u></u><u></u></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Thank
                  you,
                  <u></u><u></u></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Grace<u></u><u></u></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Grace
                              Abuhamad</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
                      </div>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black">Manager,
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
                      </span></b><span style="color:black">&lt;<a href="mailto:iotf-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iotf-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt;
                      on behalf of Grace Abuhamad &lt;<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                      <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 6:49 PM<br>
                      <b>To: </b>&quot;Gomes, Chuck&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com" target="_blank">cgomes@verisign.com</a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>&quot;
                      &lt;<a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                      <b>Cc: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&quot;
                      &lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [IOTF] Updated draft of
                      responses in PTI Bylaws-AoI table</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                </div>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Good
                          catch Chuck. Per your comment and Matthew’s
                          agreement, I was supposed to delete the
                          sentence beginning with “Member approval NOT
                          required….”.
                          <u></u><u></u></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">I’ll
                          make the edit in the Google doc and await any
                          further comments before circulating a new
                          version in time for the CWG call.
                          <u></u><u></u></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">Thank
                          you,
                          <u></u><u></u></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">Grace<u></u><u></u></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-- </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Grace Abuhamad</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
                              </span></b><span style="color:black">&quot;Gomes,
                              Chuck&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com" target="_blank">cgomes@verisign.com</a>&gt;<br>
                              <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at
                              6:35 PM<br>
                              <b>To: </b>Grace Abuhamad &lt;<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>&gt;,
                              &quot;<a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                              <b>Cc: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&quot;
                              &lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                              <b>Subject: </b>RE: Updated draft of
                              responses in PTI Bylaws-AoI table</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                        </div>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">The edits look
                                good to me.  Was the second option in
                                Section 7.6.1 supposed to be deleted?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Board
                                may approve delegation of
                                responsibilities or powers of President.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Member
                                approval NOT required for the
                                prescription of additional duties by the
                                board to the President.</span><a name="m_3186136462349631466_m_6812292797163057305__msoanchor_1"></a><a href="#m_3186136462349631466_m_6812292797163057305__msocom_1"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">[1]</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">  <span style="color:black"> </span><a name="m_3186136462349631466_m_6812292797163057305__msoanchor_2"></a><a href="#m_3186136462349631466_m_6812292797163057305__msocom_2">[2]</a>  <span style="color:black"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Member
                                approval required for the prescription
                                of additional powers by the board to the
                                President.</span><span style="color:#1f497d">”</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Chuck</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><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;">
                                    <a href="mailto:iotf-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf-bounces@icann.org</a>
                                    [mailto:<a href="mailto:iotf-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf-bounces@icann.org</a>]
                                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>Grace Abuhamad<br>
                                    <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 15,
                                    2016 5:16 PM<br>
                                    <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a><br>
                                    <b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
                                    <b>Subject:</b> [IOTF] Updated draft
                                    of responses in PTI Bylaws-AoI table</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">Dear
                              all,
                              <u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">Per
                              the discussion on today’s IOTF call, here
                              attached is a redline version of the edits
                              discussed on the call and a clean version
                              to present to the CWG-Stewardship on
                              Thursday. Thank you for your patience in
                              the live editing process!<u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">--Grace<u></u><u></u></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Grace Abuhamad</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
                                  </span></b><span style="color:black">Grace
                                  Abuhamad &lt;<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Date: </b>Monday, June 13, 2016 at
                                  4:47 PM<br>
                                  <b>To: </b>&lt;<a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Cc: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&quot;
                                  &lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Subject: </b>Reminder: Please
                                  review the responses in PTI Bylaws
                                  table</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal">Dear
                                  all,
                                  <u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">In
                                  absence of the IOTF call today, I
                                  would just like to remind you to take
                                  some time to review the Google doc
                                  table of CWG responses on the PTI
                                  Bylaws. There are some notes and live
                                  edits made during the last IOTF call,
                                  and some comments from Chuck and Avri.
                                  The link to the document is:
                                  <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rmsp569qRxkWtNSNrJsZzENxFKLwbXVcTDWSGZJEqcU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rmsp569qRxkWtNSNrJsZzENxFKLwbXVcTDWSGZJEqcU/edit?usp=sharing</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">I
                                  think (but will let the Chairs
                                  confirm) that the plan is still to
                                  have CWG-Stewardship sign-off in time
                                  (or during) the CWG-Stewardship
                                  meeting on Thursday 16 June. Following
                                  group sign-off, the Client Committee
                                  would then be able to share the
                                  responses with Sidley for
                                  incorporation into the PTI Bylaws.
                                  <u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">Thank
                                  you,
                                  <u></u><u></u></p>
                                <p class="MsoNormal">Grace<u></u><u></u></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Grace Abuhamad</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black">801 17th Street NW, Suite 400
                                              | Washington, DC 20006</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
                                      </span></b><span style="color:black">Grace Abuhamad
                                      &lt;<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org" target="_blank">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                      <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 8,
                                      2016 at 6:00 PM<br>
                                      <b>To: </b>&lt;<a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iotf@icann.org" target="_blank">iotf@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                      <b>Cc: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&quot;
                                      &lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                      <b>Subject: </b>Process for IANA
                                      Bylaws - CWG Questions &amp;
                                      Issues from Sidley</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Dear
                                      all,
                                      <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Per
                                      the email below, steps 1 &amp; 2
                                      have been completed: the
                                      CWG-Stewardship Chairs have
                                      provided initial responses, and
                                      the staff have matched these
                                      responses to the transcript of the
                                      CWG-Stewardship meeting from last
                                      week. The initial responses are
                                      available in a Google doc for the
                                      IOTF’s comments at:
                                      <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rmsp569qRxkWtNSNrJsZzENxFKLwbXVcTDWSGZJEqcU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rmsp569qRxkWtNSNrJsZzENxFKLwbXVcTDWSGZJEqcU/edit?usp=sharing</a>.
                                      <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Please
                                      note that the CWG-Stewardship list
                                      is copied for information. Anyone
                                      on either of these lists should
                                      feel free to review and comment on
                                      the initial responses, but the
                                      responsibility lies primarily with
                                      the IOTF at this stage. <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">I
                                      will let the Chairs clarify the
                                      timeline for review, but my
                                      understanding is that we would
                                      like to have CWG-Stewardship
                                      sign-off in time (or during) the
                                      CWG-Stewardship meeting on
                                      Thursday 16 June. Following group
                                      sign-off, the Client Committee
                                      would then be able to share the
                                      responses with Sidley for
                                      incorporation into the PTI Bylaws.
                                      <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Thank
                                      you,
                                      <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Grace<u></u><u></u></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Grace Abuhamad</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black">801 17th Street NW, Suite 400
                                                  | Washington, DC 20006</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                            MORE</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">. </span></b><a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability#status" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">STAY
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:
                                          </span></b><span style="color:black">&lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>&gt;
                                          on behalf of Jonathan Robinson
                                          &lt;<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info" target="_blank">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>&gt;<br>
                                          <b>Organization: </b>Afilias<br>
                                          <b>Reply-To: </b>Jonathan
                                          Robinson &lt;<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info" target="_blank">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>&gt;<br>
                                          <b>Date: </b>Monday, June 6,
                                          2016 at 4:04 AM<br>
                                          <b>To: </b>&quot;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&quot;
                                          &lt;<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                          <b>Subject: </b>[CWG-Stewardship]
                                          Process for IANA Bylaws - CWG
                                          Questions &amp; Issues from
                                          Sidley</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
                                    </div>
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                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">All,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">The substance
                                            and process for dealing with
                                            CWG Bylaws was discussed
                                            this on last week’s CWG call
                                            and then followed up by Lise
                                            &amp; myself.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Based on the
                                            discussions within the CWG,
                                            we propose the following
                                            course of action in order to
                                            get through the work as
                                            efficiently as possible.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p>1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt">      
                                          </span><span lang="EN-IE">Chairs
                                            will make a first attempt at
                                            answering / providing
                                            relevant input on the Sidley
                                            questions</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p>2.<span style="font-size:7.0pt">      
                                          </span><span lang="EN-IE">Staff
                                            will review chairs’ input
                                            for consistency with the CWG
                                            meeting discussions</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p>3.<span style="font-size:7.0pt">      
                                          </span><span lang="EN-IE">Answers
                                            / input to be shared with
                                            IOTF group for further
                                            review / development</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p>4.<span style="font-size:7.0pt">      
                                          </span><span lang="EN-IE">Answers
                                            / input to be shared with
                                            CWG for further review /
                                            development</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p>5.<span style="font-size:7.0pt">      
                                          </span><span lang="EN-IE">Answers
                                            / input to be shared via
                                            Client Committee with Sidley
                                            for incorporation into IANA
                                            Bylaws</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Thank-you</span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal">Lise
                                          &amp; Jonathan<u></u><u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_3186136462349631466_m_6812292797163057305__msocom_1"></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">I lean
                            toward this approach. It seems to me that
                            the PTI Board should have this authority on
                            its own; also, it would cause delays if they
                            had to wait to get ICANN approval, causing
                            unnecessary delays.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_3186136462349631466_m_6812292797163057305__msocom_2"></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">for so long
                            as such powers were strictly limited
                            according to the PTI mission/role etc.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#006600">Seun
                            Ojedeji,<br>
                            Federal University Oye-Ekiti<br>
                            web:      </span></i><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#888888"><a href="http://www.fuoye.edu.ng" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.fuoye.edu.ng" target="_blank">http://www.fuoye.edu.ng</a><br>
                          </span></i><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#006600">Mobile:
                            <a href="tel:%2B2348035233535" value="+2348035233535" target="_blank">+2348035233535</a></span></i><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#888888"><br>
                          </span></i><i><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#006600">alt
                            email:<a href="http://goog_1872880453" target="_blank">
                            </a><a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@fuoye.edu.ng</a></span></i><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#888888"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Garamond&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#888888">Bringing
                          another down does not take you up - think
                          about your action!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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