[CCWG-ACCT] Fwd: [Acct-Legal] Public comment on draft Articles of Incorporation?

matthew shears mshears at cdt.org
Wed Jul 6 11:49:32 UTC 2016 

Hello Thomas

Was there a response to Brett's concern re: GPI outlined below? I don't 
recall seeing one.

Thanks

Matthew


On 06/07/2016 09:53, Thomas Rickert wrote:
> All,
> please see below an e-mail from Holly, which did not make it to the 
> CCWG list.
>
> Thomas
>
>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:
>>
>> *Von: *"Gregory, Holly" <holly.gregory at sidley.com 
>> <mailto:holly.gregory at sidley.com>>
>> *Betreff: **[Acct-Legal] [CCWG-ACCT] Public comment on draft Articles 
>> of Incorporation?*
>> *Datum: *5. Juli 2016 um 19:51:06 MESZ
>> *An: *"thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>" 
>> <thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>>, 
>> "mathieu.weill at afnic.fr <mailto:mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>" 
>> <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr <mailto:mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>>, León Felipe 
>> Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx <mailto:leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>>, 
>> "ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org 
>> <mailto:ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org>" 
>> <ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org <mailto:ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Co-Chairs and CCWG Accountability Members and Participants,
>> Please let us know ifwe should be paying attention to issues 
>> regarding the Articles of Incorporation or if you prefer that ICANN 
>> Legal provide advice on these matters.  As you know, we did not 
>> participate in Helsinki and in the interests of economy no longer 
>> read on a daily basis the email exchanges.  Therefore this is meant 
>> as a friendly reminder that unless a matter is specifically addressed 
>> to us we are not following these developments.
>> Kind regards, Holly
>> *HOLLY**J. GREGORY*
>> Partner and Co-Chair
>> Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice Group
>> *Sidley Austin LLP*
>> 787 Seventh Avenue
>> New York, NY 10019
>> +1 212 839 5853
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>> *From:*accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org 
>> <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>[mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org]*On 
>> Behalf Of*Schaefer, Brett
>> *Sent:*Monday, July 04, 2016 5:42 PM
>> *To:*Thomas Rickert
>> *Cc:*Accountability Cross Community
>> *Subject:*Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Public comment on draft Articles of 
>> Incorporation?
>> Thomas,
>> As stated in our public comment, I am concerned about the ambiguity 
>> of the AoI text on the global public interest. As I sent to the list 
>> last Sunday, I do not believe that Samantha's new text on the global 
>> public interest addresses the concerns raised in the June 20 call. 
>> Specifically, that the proposed phrasing leaves open the possibility 
>> that the GPI could at times be determined by non-bottom up 
>> multi-stakeholder process.
>> I suggest that the CCWG request the following text instead of 
>> Samantha's text circulated last Sunday: _as such the global public 
>> interest shall be determined by the multistakeholder community 
>> through an inclusive bottom-up multistakeholder community process 
>> consistent with the mission set forth in the bylaws of the 
>> Corporation (“*Bylaws*”)._
>>
>>
>> I believe that this text would remove any ambiguity about how GPI is 
>> determined.
>>
>>
>> I understand that this would be more controversial and not 
>> necessarily legally necessary, but I think that the AoI would be 
>> clearer if "organized" were replaced by "incorporated" or "organized 
>> and incorporated" and the location of the headquarters was inserted.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Brett
>>
>> __________
>>
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net 
>> <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear all,
>>     it was good to see many of you in Helsinki and I hope that you
>>     had safe trips back home.
>>     We discussed the draft Articles of Incorporation during our last
>>     telco and agreed that Sam would send additional information to
>>     the list and all of us would then consider further whether or not
>>     all concerns have been removed.
>>     Thanks to Sam for providing more information in the meantime.
>>     With the end of the public comment period approaching rapidly, I
>>     would now like those of you who think we should raise concerns
>>     with a CCWG comment to write to the list within the next 24 hours
>>     (until 20.00 UTC on July 5th). Should any concerns raised get
>>     ssufficient traction to be considered a CCWG position, we will
>>     prepare a comment on that basis.
>>     In any case, we will issue a brief CCWG comment supporting the
>>     draft either unconditionally or with any additional CCWG comments
>>     there might be based on the approach described above.
>>
>>     Thanks and kind regards,
>>
>>     Thomas
>>
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>> *Brett**Schaefer*/
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