[CCWG-ACCT] Terminology for the ICANN trinity

Tijani BEN JEMAA tijani.benjemaa at benjemaa.com
Sat Mar 4 15:10:31 UTC 2017


Agree with Malcolm about the Empowered Community.

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Tijani BEN JEMAA
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> Le 3 mars 2017 à 15:30, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net> a écrit :
> 
> On 02/03/2017 18:52, avri doria wrote:
>> While there were a few terms we could not come to agreement on, we have
>> produced the enclosed draft terminology. It includes alternatives in the
>> places where we disagreed.
> 
> Avri,
> 
> Thank you for a useful piece of work, most of which seems to me to be
> easily agreeable.
> 
> I do see a problem with your definition of ICANN Empowered Community.
> 
> You suggest:
> "ICANN Empowered Community aka ICANN EC : The representatives of the
> ICANN Corporation assigned by the various SOAC to the Empowered
> Community function"
> 
> The Bylaws state (Article 6.1):
> "(a) The Empowered Community ("EC") shall be a nonprofit association
> formed under the laws of the State of California consisting of the ASO,
> the ccNSO (as defined in Section 10.1), the GNSO (as defined in Section
> 11.1), the ALAC (as defined in Section 12.2(d)(i)) and the GAC (each a
> "Decisional Participant" or "associate," and collectively, the
> "Decisional Participants")
> [...]"
> 
> These are inconsistent.
> 
> The Bylaws define the Empowered Community as a composite legal entity,
> that is comprised of the named SOACs. You give that name to
> "representatives", i.e. individuals.
> 
> I don't think there is even such a thing as "representatives" of the
> SOACs in the Empowered Community process, but even if there were, there
> is a distinction between individuals and the entity.
> 
> I don't think we should encourage people to use the term Empowered
> Community in a manner inconsistent with the formal Bylaws definition;
> this will only generate more of the confusion your paper seeks to resolve.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Malcolm
> 
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