<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="">On Sep 23, 2015, at 8:02 AM, WUKnoben <<a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de" class="">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="">Thanks Alissa!</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">I agree to
your amendments re the first question.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">With
respect to the second question you\u2019re right that it isn\u2019t the best one. The
concern in the comments over the last responsibility for carrying out the IANA
functions is raised more in context with the proposed PTI board composition (mix
of ICANN employees and \u201cindependent\u201d members). So a better question would be who
takes this last responsibility: the ICANN board through the contract with PTI or
the PTI board. To my understanding this is not explicitly covered by para 1113.
But if others are convinced it is I\u2019m not adhered to.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">Here\u2019s an
attempt to re-formulate the question:</div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: " class="">7) Some comments
raise concern in context with the proposed PTI board composition (mix of ICANN
employees and \u201cindependent\u201d members) that ICANN board and PTI board could
attempt to avoid responsibility for any operational shortcomings by seeking to
hold the other board responsible. Para 1113 of the proposal indicates the PTI\u2019s
board operational oversight responsibilities \u201cunder the IANA functions contract
with ICANN\u201d. We would prefer a clear statement on where the last responsibility
for carrying out the IANA functions is allocated.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class="">If you or
other native speakers could help with the formulation, I\u2019d
appreciate.<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Ok, I see the direction of this now. Here is what I would suggest:</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="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><div class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Some comments raise concerns in the context of the proposed PTI board composition (mix of ICANN employees and independent directors) that the ICANN board and the PTI board could attempt to avoid responsibility for any operational shortcomings by each seeking to hold the other board responsible. Para 1113 of the proposal indicates that the PTI board will be responsible for ensuring that the PTI "fulfills its responsibilities under the IANA functions contract with ICANN.\u201d Could the CWG provide an unambiguous statement as to which of the two boards will ultimately be held accountable for ensuring that the IANA functions are carried out appropriately? Please include verbatim text amendments to Part 1 if you believe that would be appropriate to clarify this point.</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Alissa</span></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 style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><br class="">Best regards<br class=""><br class="">Wolf-Ulrich<br class=""><br class=""></div>
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<div style="font-color: black" class=""><b class="">From:</b> <a title="alissa@cooperw.in" href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in" class="">Alissa Cooper</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 23, 2015 3:20 PM</div>
<div class=""><b class="">To:</b> <a title="wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de" href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de" class="">WUKnoben</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Cc:</b> <a title="internal-cg@ianacg.org" href="mailto:internal-cg@ianacg.org" class="">ICG</a> </div>
<div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> Re: [Internal-cg] Action item 2, subteam slide
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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>
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<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>
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<div class="">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>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri" 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 This
phrasing implies that it is the PTI itself rather than the PTI board that will
have "</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial" class="">the
minimum statutorily required responsibilities and powers.\u201d </span><font size="3" face="Arial" 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-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial" 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="">
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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
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<div class="">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
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