<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Duane & others,</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 22, 2017, at 8:25 PM, Wessels, Duane <<a href="mailto:dwessels@verisign.com" class="">dwessels@verisign.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Thank you Russ,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I think this could be useful to include in the procedures document, although the text isn’t really procedural in nature. I’m a little uncertain if the introduction is the best place for it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I would be fine with the text going into a later section. The primary reason the intro seemed like a good place to me was that this is where we area where relationships are discussed.</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I think what you’re getting at here is that RZERC’s view might not always match the views of its member’s appointing organizations. What do you think about making this point in section 5.4 “Deliberation and Decision Making”?</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I’d be okay with the idea being in this section. And, yes, the main point is to say that RZERC views might or might not align with those of any of designating organization but also to note that neither RZERC nor any of the designating organizations are in any way “bound” to have their recommendations aligned.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>One thing that I did note when re-reading the Intro and Section 5.4, they don’t seem to be fully consistent. The Intro says that RZERC makes recommendations to the ICANN Board while section 5.4 says:</div>
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</div><div>The ‘requesting body’ might or might not be the ICANN Board - if we think that all of our recommendations will always be to the Board (which I infer from the Intro & our Charter) then I think we should say that in a more direct manner in this section.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Russ </div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">DW<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">Russ Mundy <<a href="mailto:mundy@tislabs.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mundy@tislabs.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 3:44 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Duane Wessels <<a href="mailto:dwessels@verisign.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">dwessels@verisign.com</a>>, ICANN Root Zone Evolution Review Committee <<a href="mailto:rzerc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rzerc@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Russ Mundy <<a href="mailto:mundy@tislabs.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mundy@tislabs.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>[EXTERNAL] Re: [RZERC] RZERC Procedures redline and clean copy docs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">During our last meeting, I suggested that our procedures document should have one or two sentences added to the end of the Introduction to make it clear that RZERC recommendations were not intended to be a replacement or substitute for recommendations by the organizations that designate RZERC members. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">My apologies for this taking a little longer that I anticipated but here are my proposed sentences to be added to the first paragraph of the Introduction section:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">Organizations/groups that designate RZERC members might also submit recommendations or comments to the ICANN Board of Directors on the proposed changes. RZERC recommendations should be considered additional information that the ICANN Board may use to make their decisions on the proposed changes. RZERC recommendations are not intended to be a substitute for recommendations/comments made by the organizations/groups that designate RZERC members.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify;">I’ve included the .docx and a pdf with the change incorporated. Thought and comments by others are, of course, appreciated.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Russ<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">On Jun 1, 2017, at 11:05 AM, Wessels, Duane via RZERC <<a href="mailto:rzerc@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rzerc@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Dear RZERC,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Attached is an updated copy of the draft RZERC procedures document. Mario, Steve, and I spent some time editing the document after our May 22 meeting. I believe we have addressed all of the comments and suggestions provided. Note in particular that the procedures document now makes clear when it references the RZERC charter.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">I'd like to encourage everyone to take a look at this version and provide feedback soon so that we can iterate on this faster than once per month.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">DW<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><Draft_RZERCOperationalProcedures_clean copy01.docx><Draft_RZERCOperationalProcedures_clean copy01.pdf><RZERC Operational Procedures_redlineV01.docx>_______________________________________________<br class="">RZERC mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:RZERC@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">RZERC@icann.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rzerc" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/rzerc</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>