[CWG-Stewardship] [client com] CWG Comment Letter - PTI Bylaws

Thu Aug 11 10:02:09 UTC 2016

All,

At the previous meeting of the CWG, Christopher Wilkinson raised his significant concern about the (CWG) proposed change in the bylaws to reflect that the PTI chair need not be selected from the Nom Com appointees.

A chairperson of the Board (the “Chairperson”) shall be elected annually and should be selected from among the Nominating Committee Directors by a majority of the Directors then in office.  The President shall not be the Chairperson.  

Lise & I looked back into this point and we note that this change was introduced recently to the CWG (meetings 82 & 83), reflecting a concern with limiting the slate of potential chairs to only the Nom Com nominated directors, when there could be better qualified candidates from the ICANN nominated directors. Note further that the CWG proposal does not specify this point, Sidley did not oppose it and, unlike other similar points, CWG participants did not raise any objection or support at either meeting 82 or 83. It seemed to go un-noticed by CWG participants. Furthermore, a key point for the CWG co-chairs, as proposed initial directors, is that we could be seen to have a conflict of interest (motivation to limit the slate for chair to ourselves), and so we need to be sensitive to this aspect of the discussion.

Therefore, if anyone else feels strongly about this, and assuming so, particularly if they are able to rapidly suggest any pragmatic alternatives which potentially balance the concerns, that may be helpful.

Please be acutely aware that our comments on the PTI Bylaws are due in today.

Thank-you,

Lise & Jonathan

From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info] 
Sent: 11 August 2016 09:09
To: cwg-stewardship at icann.org
Subject: FW: [client com] CWG Comment Letter - PTI Bylaws

All,

Please be  aware of the latest version of the CWG comment letter. 

Please note Sharon Flannigan’s comments below including that the Public Comment period closes later today.

Thank-you.

Jonathan

From: Flanagan, Sharon [mailto:sflanagan at sidley.com] 
Sent: 10 August 2016 07:21
To: 'Client Committee' <cwg-client at icann.org <mailto:cwg-client at icann.org> >
Subject: [client com] CWG Comment Letter - PTI Bylaws

Dear Client Committee,

Attached is a revised draft of the CWG comment letter on the PTI bylaws.  As noted previously, we have updated the letter to address the appointment of the initial independent PTI directors.  We also understand that the Nominating Committee will be prepared to begin nominating the two independent PTI directors in 2017 (rather than waiting until 2018 or 2019). These changes are reflected in Sections 4 and 5 of the draft comment letter and in Sections 5.2.2 and 5.5.1 of the revised bylaws.

We note that strategy/budget still needs to be finalized in the letter and the draft bylaws.

As a reminder, the comment letter is due Thursday, August 11.

Best regards,

Sharon

SHARON R. FLANAGAN

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
+1 415 772 1271
 <mailto:sflanagan at sidley.com> sflanagan at sidley.com

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