<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="">Hi Wolf-Ulrich,<div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 23, 2015, at 5:51 AM, WUKnoben <<a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de" class="">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">following
the ICG call today, I have formulated two questions to CWG (to be inserted in
the total list of questions) for further amendments:</div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""> </div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: " class=""><font face="Arial" class="">6) The comments regarding PTI board fall
in two broader categories, one about the board\u2019s powers and another one about
which members get selected in the board and how. Some of the comments have
differing suggestions as to what actual member selection process should be. We
note that the board composition and selection procedure have been extensively
discussed within the CWG and should be elaborated in detail during the
implementation planning.</font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: " class=""><font face="Arial" class=""></font></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-language: zh-cn; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">Para 1112 of the proposal says: \u201cAs a separate legal entity, PTI will
have a board of directors and have the minimum statutorily required
responsibilities and powers.\u201d However, from the underlying legal expertise
(Sidley) we read the minimum statutorily required responsibilities and powers
being with the PTI board. We\u2019d like to ask the CWG whether this interpretation
is correct. In this case we recommend adapting the related text
accordingly.</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I would suggest being slightly more explicit about the change we are proposing. I would suggest the following in lieu of the paragraph above:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" class="">Para 1112 of the proposal says: \u201cAs a separate legal entity, PTI will have a board of directors and have the minimum statutorily required responsibilities and powers.\u201d This phrasing implies that it is the PTI itself rather than the PTI board that will have "</font></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;" class="">the minimum statutorily required responsibilities and powers.\u201d </span><font face="Arial" size="3" class="">However, from the underlying legal expertise (Sidley) we read the minimum statutorily required responsibilities and powers as being applied to the PTI board. We\u2019d like to ask the CWG whether this interpretation is correct. If so, we would propose amending the sentence by replacing \u201cand\u201d with \u201cwho\u201d as follows: </font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;" class="">\u201cAs a separate legal entity, PTI will have a board of directors who have the minimum statutorily required responsibilities and powers.\u201d</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: " class=""><font face="Arial" class=""></font></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: " class=""><font face="Arial" class="">7) Some comments raise concern with
regards to the risk that ICANN board and PTI board could attempt to avoid
responsibility for any operational shortcomings by seeking to hold the other
board responsible. The ICG deems a clarification being necessary on this point
in the following way: If the CWG agrees that the ultimate responsibility for the
PTI performance should be undoubtedly clear then we would ask to provide us with
related text to the allocation of these responsibilities.</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I\u2019m a bit confused by this question. It\u2019s hard to believe the CWG would not want the responsibilities to be clearly allocated between the two boards. Furthermore, paragraph 1113 seems fairly explicit on this point: it is the role of the PTI board to ensure that PTI fulfills its responsibilities under the IANA functions contract with ICANN. Why doesn\u2019t that answer the question? And if it doesn't, are we asking the CWG to amend their proposal? Or are we just asking the question so that we can understand the proposal better (as with the RZM question)? </div><div><br class=""></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alissa</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: " class=""><font face="Arial" class=""></font></span> </p>
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