To amplify on my questions—

My notes on Tuesday’s CCWG call indicate that toward the end there was a consensus that no decision on an LA meeting would be made until the CCWG had seen all the comments, including the Board’s.

My notes appear to be correct, as the notes, recording, and transcript links distributed by Brenda on 9/8 state in the official Notes:

The group is in agreement that a face-to-face meeting if conducted must be well-prepared and fit in the CCWG workflow. It must be as inclusive as possible, including additional travel funding. We need to have a good
documentation of Board's thoughts. There should not be any suggestions that this is a negotiation between Board and CCWG. Meeting
should be kept more open to community input as such. At same time, we have heard comments that we should embrace opportunity to
work with Board. We are lacking information to make a decision of whether this fits work flow.

We will let Board know that we are continuing to make a decision about this and will share with them discussion that took place today. We
will be able to make a decision once all comments received. (Emphasis added)

All comments have not yet been received as the comment period closes tomorrow. Why then was the decision made to override Tuesday’s consensus view and schedule the F2F prior to review of all comments, especially the Board’s?

Thanking you in advance for your response.

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal

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From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Phil Corwin
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 1:27 PM
To: Alice Jansen; accountability-cross-community@icann.org
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Venue & Travel - September Face-to-Face Meeting

As an unfunded participant, as well as due to the fact that I have other business travel plans on 9/26, I shall not be in attendance.

However, I do have a few questions for CCWG leadership:

· Did CCWG leaders make an affirmative decision to proceed with a 2-day meeting in LA? Assuming they did, what were the primary factors on which the decision was based?

· What is the anticipated agenda and purpose of the meeting justifying the expense and time commitment?

· Given that the idea of a F2F meeting originally came from the Board, will there be interaction with the Board on 9/25 (noting Chris Disspain’s advisory that the Board has a previously scheduled workshop in LA starting on 9/26)? And what measures will be taken to ensure that this will not turn into a CCWG-Board negotiating session, given the apparent consensus against that expressed during this week’s CCWG call?

Thank you in advance for any response you can provide.

Best to all, Philip

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal

Virtualaw LLC

1155 F Street, NW

Suite 1050

Washington, DC 20004

202-559-8597/Direct

202-559-8750/Fax

202-255-6172/cell

Twitter: @VlawDC

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alice Jansen
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 1:07 PM
To: accountability-cross-community@icann.org
Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Venue & Travel - September Face-to-Face Meeting

Dear all,

We would like to confirm the dates and location for your September face-to-face meeting:

Dates: 25-26 September 2015 (two full working days)

Venue:

LE MERIDIEN DELFINA SANTA MONICA

530 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica CA 90405 United States

http://www.lemeridiendelfina.com/en/lemeridien

We invite you to confirm your in-person presence by sending an RSVP to acct-staff@icann.org by Tuesday, 15 September COB. Please note that only the 26 members, the ATRT Expert, and the ICG Liaisons are eligible for travel funding. Participants are welcome to attend the F2F meeting at their own expense.

Legal counsel and Advisors will be invited to join the CCWG in Los Angeles.

Members unable to attend the meeting in-person may appoint an alternate. Alternates will be eligible for travel funding if they are a current participant of the CCWG-Accountability and are approved by their SO/AC to serve as an alternate.

As always, remote participation will be available for this meeting.

Feel free to contact ICANN staff (acct-staff@icann.org) should you have any questions.

Thank you

Best regards,

Alice

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