Thanks Rafik, for providing a copy of the word doc. I’ve made some comments in the document and perhaps you can address these during the Council meeting tomorrow or over email. I apologise that I didn’t get these to you earlier. These comments are reflective of concerns expressed by the RySG when the CCWG IG has been discussed. I understand that post-transition ICANN needs to be cognizant, and responsive, to any potential threats to its mandate and well-being from external entities. This is not a new situation, but certainly the new environment may see a new wave of threats emerge. I certainly appreciate the benefits of having a community that is conversant of these threats and are actively engaged with ICANN the organisation and the Board with a view to mitigating against any emerging threats. I do have concerns about the authority of the CCWG IG to develop position papers and present these as ICANN community contributions, but perhaps this concern would be allayed if I had a better understanding of the subject matter of these position papers. I would also hope that any position papers would be supported by ICANN’s GE team and the Board IG WG. I think the Charter would benefit from more specificity in this regard, along with concrete examples of the IG fora the CCWG would attend or be involved in in some way. I still struggle with the CCWG as the most appropriate vehicle for this effort and it would be helpful to understand if other possibilities were discussed, or conversely why the CCWG believes this is the most appropriate vehicle. My struggle relates to the fact that the Charter speaks to a number of different products, but no timeline or specificity. While the charter proposes co-ordination with the ICANN’s GE team and the Board IG WG, to me it would seem a much better option to have the members of the current CCWG IG, ICANN’s GE team and the Board IG WG, develop an overarching strategy on IG, which clearly sets out roles and responsibilities and project plans could be developed as a result. Perhaps this has already been done and I am just not familiar with it. Look forward to discussing on the Council call tomorrow. Regards Donna From: Rafik Dammak [mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 12:12 AM To: Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz<mailto:Donna.Austin@neustar.biz>> Cc: mariliamaciel@gmail.com<mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com>; council@gnso.icann.org<mailto:council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: Re: Copy of CCWG-IG charter in word doc Hi Donna, please find attached the word version. Best, Rafik 2017-05-16 3:22 GMT+09:00 Austin, Donna <Donna.Austin@neustar.biz<mailto:Donna.Austin@neustar.biz>>: Hi Rafik and Marilia I have some comments on the CCWG-IG, but I am unable to make them on the pdf doc. I was wondering if you could possibly share the word version of the document. Thanks Donna