August 2016 - CWG-Stewardship

Agenda for CWG Meeting (25 Aug 16 @ 14:00 UTC)
by Yuko Green Aug. 24, 2016

Aug. 24, 2016

?Dear CWG-Stewardship, Below, please find the agenda for tomorrow's CWG meeting (25 Aug 16 @ 14:00 UTC). 1. Status Update (Chairs) 2. Implementation Update · Staff update 3. Key Issues (with Sidley) · Naming Functions Agreement · Services Agreement · IANA IPR 4. Client Committee 5. AOB Regards, Yuko Green

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ICANN-PTI Services Agreement
by Trang Nguyen Aug. 24, 2016

Aug. 24, 2016

All, Please see attached a draft of the ICANN-PTI services agreement. Best, Trang

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FW: ICANN-PTI Services Agreement
by Jonathan Robinson Aug. 23, 2016

Aug. 23, 2016

>From Chris Disspain -- Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Disspain <chris(a)disspain.uk <mailto:chris@disspain.uk> > Date: 23 August 2016 at 06:18:35 BST To: Paul M Kane - CWG <paul.kane-cwg(a)icb.co.uk <mailto:paul.kane-cwg@icb.co.uk> > Cc: Trang Nguyen <trang.nguyen(a)icann.org <mailto:trang.nguyen@icann.org> >, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org <mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org> " <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org <mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org> >, Samantha Eisner <Samantha.Eisner(a)icann.org <mailto:Samantha.Eisner@icann.org> > Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] ICANN-PTI Services Agreement Hi Paul, Bottom line is the vast majority ccTLDs do not want to appoint ICANN in charge of their enteries in the ROOT zone - (some ccTLDs - around 10 have agreements with ICANN which does outline the relationship - such as .AU) but the 240+ others don't!" Where has this been respected/recognised please? The changes drafts of the agreement and annex reflect, I think, the input from the ccTLDs and correct the language in the first draft around the status of the FoI and GAC principles. There may be some more tinkering to do on those points but any issues will doubtless be raised in the public comment. Your point appears to be a different one that is nothing to do with the PTI but is, rather, seeking to insert statements of principle at this extremely late stage. Or if I'm wrong and your point is relevant to the PTI then surely this is something that should be raised by you and other ccTLDs in the public comment isn't it? Or have I misunderstood? Cheers, Chris On 22 Aug 2016, at 15:16, Paul M Kane - CWG <paul.kane-cwg(a)icb.co.uk <mailto:paul.kane-cwg@icb.co.uk> > wrote: Thanks Trang I have been asking members of the ccTLD community for their guidance on the draft Agreement and to make sure they are satisfied with Annex C being incorporated. (I have yet to read the latest draft). Also the CWG asked that I seek clarification as to what was meant by the opening remarks in Section 1. The comments I received by email were: "Bottom line is the vast majority ccTLDs do not want to appoint ICANN in charge of their enteries in the ROOT zone - (some ccTLDs - around 10 have agreements with ICANN which does outline the relationship - such as .AU) but the 240+ others don't!" Where has this been respected/recognised please? I have subsequently been asked (as the original person advocating) by a different ccTLD Rep for a status report regarding the promised end-to-end automation for an updates to the Root Zone... I have said that this is not part of the transition and may occur later, but I'd welcome ICANN/IANA's response just to accurately convey the message to the ccTLD Community. Thanks Paul Quoting Trang Nguyen <trang.nguyen(a)icann.org <mailto:trang.nguyen@icann.org> >: All, Please see attached a draft of the ICANN-PTI services agreement. Best, Trang _______________________________________________ CWG-Stewardship mailing list CWG-Stewardship(a)icann.org <mailto:CWG-Stewardship@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cwg-stewardship

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Staff analysis report for PTI Bylaws
by Yuko Green Aug. 22, 2016

Aug. 22, 2016

Dear CWG-Stewardship, ICANN has published the staff analysis report for the public comments received for the PTI Bylaws. The staff report, as well as updated Bylaws based on the submitted comments are available at the section IV and V of the public comment page: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-pti-bylaws-2016-07-12-en Regards, Yuko Green

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Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update
by Xavier J. Calvez Aug. 22, 2016

Aug. 22, 2016

Dear Brett, Kavouss, et al, As a reminder, this extensive email conversation was initiated by my email announcing the publication of our quarterly update on the IANA Stewardship transition expenses (Mid June). We have all used one of the item included in this information (Other professional services, and specifically the Engagement/education section) as an opportunity to exchange views on furthering ICANN’s transparency. There have been many issues raised on this topic through this exchange, and well beyond the initial call of the email. This should move into a more structured conversation, such as WS2 Transparency subgroup, where issues of transparency and document disclosure are scheduled for conversation. I look forward to supporting the deliberations there and participating in the conversations. Regarding your specific question at the end of your email below, I have already noted below that “ICANN does not have other lobbying activities, corresponding to the established definition of such activities.” ICANN does not have additional lobbying activities in the United States or outside of the U.S. Best, Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org> Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 1:19 PM To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org>, Zakir Syed <zakirbinrehman(a)yahoo.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Sam Lanfranco <sam(a)lanfranco.net>, Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs(a)afilias.info>, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig(a)redbranchconsulting.com>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, 'CCWG-Accountability' <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, Thank you for the response. I appreciate that this is more disclosure than ICANN has provided previously. But I remain concerned over the lack of transparency. You said that “ICANN enters into confidentiality obligations as a result of bilateral negotiations with vendors.” I have several follow-up questions: · Would this confidentiality obligation prevent disclosure through the DIDP process? · Would this confidentiality obligation prevent individual Directors from obtaining this information through their Right of Inspection? · Would this confidentiality obligation prevent an individual Decisional Participant from obtaining this information if they requested it under their right of inspection of ICANN accounting books and records pursuant to the provisions of Section 6333 of the CCC? · Would this confidentiality obligation prevent the Empowered Community from obtaining the information through its right to launch a third-party, independent investigation if three Decisional Participants determine that there is a credible allegation that ICANN has committed fraud or that there has been a gross mismanagement of ICANN’s resources? Finally, I did not see where you clarified whether ICANN engaged other vendors to perform similar tasks in non-US countries. Best, Brett Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 4:52 PM To: Schaefer, Brett; Zakir Syed; Marilyn Cade; Sam Lanfranco; Phil Corwin; Ken Stubbs; Paul Rosenzweig; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; 'CCWG-Accountability' Cc: icann-board(a)icann.org; Executive Team; COMMS Team; community-finance(a)icann.org; 'Finance Staff' Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update All, I have taken several days to review the various inputs and questions you have provided in this email chain, and have involved several ICANN staff members on this topic. Here is [finally!] a response. While ICANN is required under law to report in its form 990 on the identity and amounts paid to its five highest paid independent contractors, we exceed this requirement by reporting on amounts paid to all contractors to which ICANN pays over US$1,000,000 within a fiscal year. See, for example, ICANN’s Form 990 for FY15, at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy-2015-form-990-10may16-en.pdf, pages 67-73. None of the vendors in the “Education/engagement” category reach the US$1,000,000 limit, therefore the issue of disclosure of the specific amounts of their work has not been triggered under ICANN’s expansive reporting practices. The reporting on lobbying expenditures, as has been previously discussed, is completed through ICANN’s Form 990 filing, as well as through the forms available at http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx, which each identify both the specific issues covered in the lobbying activity as well as the House of the U.S. Congress or Federal Agency to which the activity was directed. ICANN’s general vendor contracts (which are separate from the publicly available registry and registrar contracts) are commercial contracts containing commitments between two contracting entities. Many of these contracts contain confidentiality clauses, including those requested by vendors. This is normal throughout commercial contracting practice. For example, some vendors have propriety forms for their contracts that they do not want to release; some are subject to “MFN” clauses, which could require them to offer terms or services to other customers that are equal to more favorable clauses offered to other customers; some have confidential pricing schedules; some have propriety information included within the description of how they will deliver services; etc. ICANN’s ability to enter into these normal commercial contracts allows ICANN to obtain the best services needed at the best prices it can negotiate. I hope this helps clarify the context under which confidentiality clauses may exist in ICANN’s contract, and that ICANN does not “require” confidentiality from the vendors, as some of you have inquired about. ICANN has introduced an innovation into its contracting work in recent years: ICANN has imposed a requirement on all its contractors to fill out conflict of interest statements, which require both the contractor and ICANN to carefully consider the impact of other relationships as it may the work performed by ICANN. ICANN takes the issue of conflicts seriously, and expects its vendors to do the same. Most new contracts that ICANN enters into now contain such conflict of interest statements. In light of the various questions or comments that arose from several of you, we have reviewed specifically the contracts with the vendors that are listed in the category of “Education/Engagement”, subject to Brett’s original request for information. For the 7 contracts supporting the “education/engagement” services that ICANN has received, please find below the information that can be shared without challenging the contractual terms: · Albright Stonebridge Group LLC – engagement and education support to raise awareness of, increase understanding of and increase participation in the IANA Stewardship Transition with stakeholders. · Edelman·- public relations and communications support to raise awareness of, increase understanding of and increase participation in the IANA Stewardship Transition · Interface Media – video content project in support of IANA Stewardship Transition · Rice Hadley Gates LLC - engagement and education support to raise awareness of, increase understanding of and increase participation in the IANA Stewardship Transition with stakeholders. · Summit Strategies International LLC - engagement and education support to raise awareness of, increase understanding of and increase participation in the IANA Stewardship Transition with US stakeholders. · WBC Global - engagement and education support to raise awareness of, increase understanding of and increase participation in the IANA Stewardship Transition with US stakeholders. · Wiley Rein LLP: strategic advice on global Internet Governance issues in the context of the IANA Stewardship Transition. ICANN enters into confidentiality obligations as a result of bilateral negotiations with vendors - either using ICANN templates or vendor supplied templates. The confidentiality provisions in these 7 contracts were in many instances vendor supplied forms and do not allow, either explicitly or implicitly, for ICANN to disclose publicly the value of the services rendered, or, in several cases, any information pertaining to the contract without mutual agreement. This is consistent with common business and procurement practices, notably for professional services where services and financial terms are highly customized to each customer and project and are viewed by the service providers as competitive information. Regarding lobbying expenses disclosure, lobbying is a well-defined activity in the US, and ICANN complies with all defined disclosure requirements, which those of you who are lobbyists themselves know well. None of the groups above were engaged in lobbying on behalf of ICANN. Again, refer to the blog posted in October 2015 on this topic (which I had included in my previous answers to the recurring questions on lobbying) referenced below. In addition, Brett has shared below the information that is disclosed by the lobbying firms that ICANN has engaged, retrieved from the link I shared in my previous email. ICANN does not have other lobbying activities, corresponding to the established definition of such activities. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/lobbying-disclosures-contributions-20…. Though this is not fully reflecting the approaches that some of you had suggested, I hope this is helpful. While there is not much else that can be done at this stage in these specific items, we are thankful for your input and comments on this topic, as this has been a helpful exchange to set directions on future ICANN transparency enhancements, whether as part of WS2 or otherwise. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org> Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 11:43 AM To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org>, Zakir Syed <zakirbinrehman(a)yahoo.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Sam Lanfranco <sam(a)lanfranco.net>, Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs(a)afilias.info>, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig(a)redbranchconsulting.com> Cc: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, 'CCWG-Accountability' <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Thank you, I look forward to seeing the information. Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 2:40 PM To: Schaefer, Brett; Zakir Syed; Marilyn Cade; Sam Lanfranco; Phil Corwin; Ken Stubbs; Paul Rosenzweig Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; 'CCWG-Accountability'; icann-board(a)icann.org; Executive Team; COMMS Team; community-finance(a)icann.org; 'Finance Staff' Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Brett, Thank you for following. I apologize for the delay in responding. I am close and hope to send an email response by the end of tomorrow, if not earlier. As you all know, we are working hard on the IANA stewardship transition implementation plan and have many critical deliverables with due dates every week, which consume a lot of our time. This is not to say that this topic is not fundamentally important, it is, but there are simply other urgent and important activities that we are attending to at the same time. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org> Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 10:40 AM To: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org>, Zakir Syed <zakirbinrehman(a)yahoo.com>, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>, Sam Lanfranco <sam(a)lanfranco.net>, Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>, Ken Stubbs <kstubbs(a)afilias.info>, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig(a)redbranchconsulting.com>, Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Cc: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, 'CCWG-Accountability' <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, I hope you are back in the office and recovered. I believe you said you would be providing this information when you returned? Thanks, Brett Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Schaefer, Brett Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 2:29 PM To: Zakir Syed; Marilyn Cade; Sam Lanfranco; Phil Corwin; Ken Stubbs; Paul Rosenzweig; 'Xavier J. Calvez' Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; 'CCWG-Accountability'; icann-board(a)icann.org; 'Executive Team'; 'COMMS Team'; community-finance(a)icann.org; 'Finance Staff' Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, Are you planning to answer the questions raised in this thread? Thanks, Brett Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: Zakir Syed [mailto:zakirbinrehman@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 4:07 PM To: Marilyn Cade; Sam Lanfranco; Phil Corwin; Ken Stubbs; Paul Rosenzweig; Schaefer, Brett; 'Xavier J. Calvez' Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; 'CCWG-Accountability'; icann-board(a)icann.org; 'Executive Team'; 'COMMS Team'; community-finance(a)icann.org; 'Finance Staff' Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update This is very useful discussion particularly on this very list. Any idea, how are the consultants/contractors hired by ICANN?. If this is through an RFP/competitive bid thn may be the RFP will have the detail/requirement what is required which in other words will mean what the consultants do. Not? Zakir From: Marilyn Cade <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com> To: Sam Lanfranco <sam(a)lanfranco.net>; Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>; Ken Stubbs <kstubbs(a)afilias.info>; Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig(a)redbranchconsulting.com>; "'Schaefer, Brett'" <brett.schaefer(a)heritage.org>; 'Xavier J. Calvez' <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Cc: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>; 'CCWG-Accountability' <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org>; "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>; 'Executive Team' <executive-team(a)icann.org>; 'COMMS Team' <commsteam(a)icann.org>; "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>; 'Finance Staff' <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:27 AM Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update I'd like to stick to the topic we are discussing which is disclosure about 'advisors', and lobbyists, and not venture until the gTLDs contracts. I fear that would become a bog that is too unbounded, with some questioning the marketing plans of different gTLDs, like give aways, etc. So, I ask that as this is the CCWG-ACCT, and the topic is about the amounts paid for consultants specifically working on the IANA transition -- and who they are -- and that they have only ICANN as a client, not also members of ICANN's community on directly related subjects -- we stick to that discussion. All law firms in the US 'clear' conflicts before accepting a new client, and all corporations 'clear' their consultants. While this may be confidential in both these cases, I do agree that a public interest NGO, which is what ICANN is, can best serve itself, and the interest of the broader ICANN community by as much transparency as possible. BUT let's keep it high level and civil in our request for facts and figures. As I like to say: Facts are our friends. Of course, some issues have to be kept confidential. Who the consultants are has been published, what they were paid would add to the transparency. What they do, at a high level, should be published as well. I will say again that I think that the work is probably much needed. I spend a lot of time -- without being paid -- explaining ICANN as I do my other IG work and it is is a worthwhile task and an important one if we are to demystify ICANN to RoW [Rest of World]. I am sure it is all above board, but it has now taken on a sort of taint of 'why not tell'. Let's keep this high level and not make it a hunt for the details, but just get the high level facts, and make that a standard. Will help us all. M Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [community-finance] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update To: psc(a)vlaw-dc.com; kstubbs(a)afilias.info; paul.rosenzweig(a)redbranchconsulting.com; marilynscade(a)hotmail.com; brett.schaefer(a)heritage.org; xavier.calvez(a)icann.org CC: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org; icann-board(a)icann.org; executive-team(a)icann.org; commsteam(a)icann.org; community-finance(a)icann.org; finance-staff(a)icann.org From: sam(a)lanfranco.net Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:23:12 -0400 As the non-lawyer economist here I would like to observe that the discussion has honed in on a specific enough question, one that has an ICANN definitive answer, and that it should be put both to the Board and the new CEO for a an answer and clarification. I previously worried that the ICANN DNS contract with .sucks seemed to verge on ICANN exposing itself to the RICO act in the U.S., given the .sucks marketing plan. Maybe I am overly cautious but as a not-for-profit corporation operating in the public interest ICANN is more than obliged to provide clarity here. Silence won't do. Sam Lanfranco, NPOC/CSIH On 7/20/2016 12:06 PM, Phil Corwin wrote: If the contract non-disclosure clause indeed violates IRS disclosure requirements then how could ICANN legal agree to it? 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: Ken Stubbs [mailto:kstubbs@afilias.info] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 11:37 AM To: Paul Rosenzweig; 'Marilyn Cade'; Phil Corwin; 'Schaefer, Brett'; 'Xavier J. Calvez' Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; 'CCWG-Accountability'; icann-board(a)icann.org; 'Executive Team'; 'COMMS Team'; community-finance(a)icann.org; 'Finance Staff' Subject: Re: [community-finance] [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update I believe Lori is correct here. IRS requirements on disclosures are usually quite specific here Ken Stubbs On 7/20/16 10:32, Lori Schulman wrote: I don’t believe that 501©3 orgs can consider any consulting fees confidential as the top fees are required to be reported on the 990. Lori Lori S. Schulman Senior Director, Internet Policy International Trademark Association (INTA) +1-202-704-0408, Skype: lsschulman From: accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Paul Rosenzweig Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 10:16 AM To: 'Marilyn Cade' <marilynscade(a)hotmail.com>; 'Phil Corwin' <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>; 'Schaefer, Brett' <brett.schaefer(a)heritage.org>; 'Xavier J. Calvez' <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; 'CCWG-Accountability' <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org>; icann-board(a)icann.org; 'Executive Team' <executive-team(a)icann.org>; 'COMMS Team' <commsteam(a)icann.org>; community-finance(a)icann.org; 'Finance Staff' <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update I agree completely with Marilyn and Phil. I have been on both sides of non-disclosure agreements – both ones requested by me and ones requested by my clients. Typically, a client (in the position of ICANN) may request that a consultant sign an NDA so as to protect the confidentiality of its efforts or its intellectual property. Sometimes a consultant might have a proprietary methodology or process that they are using on behalf of the client that they wish to protect. Neither circumstance applies here that I can see. And in no case that I am aware of has a client ever asked me to keep confidential my fee … I don’t broadcast them, but I’m in the private sector. For ICANN, which is an NGO acting in the global public interest, I cannot see any reason at all why ICANN would want or agree to a confidentiality arrangement as to the size of the fee paid. Xavier – can you tell us what the rationale is? I may be missing something ….. Thanks Paul Paul Rosenzweig paul.rosenzweig(a)redbranchconsulting.com O: +1 (202) 547-0660 M: +1 (202) 329-9650 VOIP: +1 (202) 738-1739 www.redbranchconsulting.com My PGP Key: http://redbranchconsulting.com/who-we-are/public-pgp-key/ From: accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Marilyn Cade Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 9:05 AM To: Phil Corwin <psc(a)vlaw-dc.com>; Schaefer, Brett <brett.schaefer(a)heritage.org>; Xavier J. Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org>; icann-board(a)icann.org; Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>; COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>; community-finance(a)icann.org; Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update I support Phil's clarifying explanation. I also think that anyone who is in this category, should have to declare if they re also representing companies in a SO/AC. Or advising governments. In the BC, we do not allow an ICANN consultant to be a BC member, regardless of the amount, but if someone is a backdoor advisor to ICANN and also a group of entities, in a SO/AC, that would not be so obvious, but I think that for integrity sake, of course, any such entity would recuse themselves from advising companies, while also advising ICANN. And I would expect ICANN to disqualify such entities as their consultants. Thanks, Phil, for this useful clarification. M From: psc(a)vlaw-dc.com To: Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org; xavier.calvez(a)icann.org Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:48:08 +0000 CC: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org; icann-board(a)icann.org; executive-team(a)icann.org; commsteam(a)icann.org; community-finance(a)icann.org; finance-staff(a)icann.org Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update In the U.S. much of what used to be done by registered lobbyists is now performed by “strategic advisors” who walk right up to the line of what constitutes lobbying (and maybe a few inches over), and nonetheless facilitate door opening to key members of Congress and the Executive branch, and who “educate” rather than “lobby” members of both branches of government. So while the seven firms may not be engaged in what is considered lobbying under current U.S. law, they are still likely engaged in helping to assure officials outcomes desired by ICANN corporate. It is for that reason – as well as for the exercise of effective oversight over ICANN budgeting and expenditures – that the community should have more data on this. If ICANN is prohibited by its contracts with these firms from disclosing its expenditures that is unfortunate – and in the future I would hope that ICANN would tell any firms being considered for such duties that its own transparency obligations to the community preclude it from agreeing to such restrictions (I’d wager that the majority of the firms would waive confidentiality rather than lose the contract). At a minimum, ICANN should disclose the aggregate amounts spent with these seven firms since they were engaged – surely their contracts don’t bar such aggregate reporting. 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(a)icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Schaefer, Brett Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1:04 PM To: Xavier J. Calvez Cc: cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; CCWG-Accountability; icann-board(a)icann.org; Executive Team; COMMS Team; community-finance(a)icann.org; Finance Staff Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, Are you saying that ICANN’s contracts for Education/Engagement/Advice with (1) Albright Stonebridge Group LLC, (2) Edelman, (3) Interface Media, (4) Rice Hadley Gates LLC, (5) Summit Strategies International LLC, (6) WBC Global, and (7) Wiley Rein LLP each contain confidentiality provisions that prohibit ICANN from disclosing the specific amount paid to each of these individual vendors? Does this only apply to the CCWG and the public or does it also apply to other parts of the ICANN community, specifically the Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees? Thank you for the link on lobbying disclosures. For those who are interested, here are ICANN’s lobbying expenditures based on the disclosure website of the U.S. Congress. I do have a couple of additional questions. Would this source capture lobbying exclusively directed toward the US Executive Branch? Has ICANN spent any funds during this period lobbying governments other than the US? Thank you, Brett Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 6:30 PM To: Schaefer, Brett Cc: community-finance(a)icann.org; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; CCWG-Accountability; Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board(a)icann.org; Finance Staff Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Brett, Yes, the information I provided in my latest email had been included in some previous communication. I just wanted to make sure you had a clear visibility on this information, which provides for (i) categories of expenses, (ii) the individual names of the vendors grouped for each category, and (iii) the total value of the expenses for each category. With respect to the contractual obligations of confidentiality in commercial contracts, ICANN is subject to them, like all business organizations. That said, we disclose what we can consistent with standard business confidentiality provisions in vendor contracts. We cannot disclose the specific amount of spend with each vendor but we were able to disclose the names of the service providers engaged. Regarding the lobbying expenses, as you are aware, both organizations that hire lobbyists and firms that lobby on behalf of organizations are required under U.S. federal law to file lobbying disclosure reports. In addition to ICANN’s quarterly lobbying disclosures posted on our website, you can find the amounts ICANN has paid to individual outside lobbying firms at http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx. I hope this helps and clarifies. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:07 AM To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Cc: "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org>, Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, This is pretty much the same information that was provided before. I am asking for a breakdown of how much was paid to each vender in the lobbying category (Akin Gump, etc.) and the education/engagement/advice category (Albright Stoneridge, etc.). Thank you, Brett On Jul 13, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Xavier J. Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> wrote: Dear Brett, In response to your question listed below on 22 June: the detailed information provided on Other professional fees (other than legal fees, detailed in a separate section of the “Transition project cost” expense webpage, on the IANA Stewardship Transition webpage) can be found in the section called “Professional Services – Expenses Breakdown”. Within this section, you will find a link to a document that provides the list of Professional Services (other than legal fees) incurred, by category, with the names of the vendors, and the total amount of expenditures for the category. This link is copied below and was provided in my first answer to your question. I have also attached the file to which this link refers in case the link would not work for you. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-profe… If this not addressing your question, please let me know. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:45 AM To: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Brett, Thank you for following up. I will make sure to respond no later than the end of this week. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org> Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 11:38 AM To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, Thanks for promising to get this information to me in Helsinki. Do you have an estimate for when it will be provided? Thanks, Brett Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: Schaefer, Brett Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 2:39 PM To: 'Xavier J. Calvez'; community-finance(a)icann.org; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; CCWG-Accountability Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board(a)icann.org; Finance Staff Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, I appreciate the detailed breakdown on the legal fees That is indeed what I was looking for though I would think it useful to have the totals provided in the summary document. However, I did not see similar information for lobbying or education/ engagement/advice in the links provided. In fact, the only specific information that I saw listed is for Jamie Hedlund at $200,000. No information on other individual firms or vendors is listed at all – only the top line budget expenditure in the summary document link originally sent around. Could you provide that information? Thanks, Brett From: Xavier J. Calvez [mailto:xavier.calvez@icann.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:43 AM To: Schaefer, Brett; community-finance(a)icann.org; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; CCWG-Accountability Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board(a)icann.org; Finance Staff Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Dear all, It appears that the first link in my email further below (detail of legal fees by firm) does not resolve correctly. Please use the below instead. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-legal… Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 1:01 PM To: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Dear Brett, Thank you for your interest and question. We currently publish the list of all vendors from whom ICANN obtain services in relation to the IANA Stewardship transition. The $$ value of the services received is aggregated by category of expenses, which you mention below (US Government affairs, Education/engagement/advice,…). This presentation is driven by 2 factors: providing clarity as to the type of services received, and abiding by the contractual obligation of confidentiality in force with each of the vendors (resulting from standard business sensitive information). We do publish however the detail of the legal advice, by firm and by working group, on this same page (see for example the link to the report of fees by firm: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-legal…) You will also find more information relative to ICANN’s lobbying in the following blog published a few months ago. In this blog, you will also find links to the disclosure reports that ICANN makes on lobbying activities. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/lobbying-disclosures-contributions-20…. Lastly, further information on lobbying appears in ICANN’s form 990 (Schedule C, Part II-B. On page 33/73 of the FY15 form 990 published at the following link): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/fy-2015-form-990-10may16-en.pdf I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have further questions. Thank you. Best, Xavier Xavier Calvez ICANN CFO 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 Office : +1 (310) 301 5838 Mobile : +1 (805) 312 0052 Fax : +1 (310) 957-2348 From: "Schaefer, Brett" <Brett.Schaefer(a)heritage.org> Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:54 PM To: Xavier Calvez <xavier.calvez(a)icann.org>, "community-finance(a)icann.org" <community-finance(a)icann.org>, "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Executive Team <executive-team(a)icann.org>, COMMS Team <commsteam(a)icann.org>, "icann-board(a)icann.org" <icann-board(a)icann.org>, Finance Staff <finance-staff(a)icann.org> Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Xavier, Thank you. Could you please provide a more detailed breakdown of legal advice, US government affairs, and educations/engagement/advice? In each category, there are multiple firms/vendors listed (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-stewardship-expenses-profe…) I would appreciate the amount provided to each individual vendor. If it is provided somewhere, I would appreciate you letting me know where to find it. Much appreciated, Brett Brett Schaefer Jay Kingham Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-608-6097 heritage.org From: accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Xavier J. Calvez Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:10 AM To: community-finance(a)icann.org; cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org; CCWG-Accountability Cc: Executive Team; COMMS Team; icann-board(a)icann.org; Finance Staff Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] IANA Stewardship Transition - Project Expenses - FY16 Q3 update Dear all, You find at the link below the updated project’s expenses as of FY16 Q3 (from July 2014 to March 2016). As indicated a few months ago, we have added new detailed information on the staff support with the individual positions, names and percentages of effort over the period. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iana-stewardship-project-costs Thank you. 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Notes, Recordings, Transcript CWG IANA Meeting #88 | 18 August @ 06:00 UTC
by Brenda Brewer Aug. 18, 2016

Aug. 18, 2016

Dear all, The notes, recordings and transcripts for the CWG IANA Meeting #88 on 18 August 2016 will be available here: https://community.icann.org/x/dRGbAw A copy of the notes and action items may be found below. Kind regards, Brenda Action Items · ACTION: Sidley to prepare an outstanding issues' list re: CWG comments on Naming Function agreement · ACTION (staff): Circulate Services agreement to CWG and former IOTF group and request input on Schedule A · ACTION: Sidley to provide CWG with list of issues to be dealt with if ICANN is the chosen signatory. Notes 1. Introduction/Status Update (by Jonathan Robinson) 2. Implementation update by Trang Remaining items not yet completed: PTI Bylaws, Naming and Services agreements, IANA IPR, escalation processes updates and IRP updates NTIA reviewed ICANN's implementation report and answered they would let the contract expire on Sept 30th. 3. Key Issues 3.1 PTI bylaws Status Update by Sam Eisner 4 comments received ICANN proposes a change of language regarding the term limit of initial/interim independent directors 3.2 Naming Functions Agreement Presentation of how Sidley's comments and Paul Kane's comments were incorporated in the agreement (by Trang) ACTION: Sidley to prepare an outstanding issues' list re: CWG comments on Naming Function agreement 3.3 Services agreement Issues list produced by Sidley Sidley asking CWG to review specifically Schedule A of the agreement (list of services provided by ICANN to PTI) ACTION (staff): Circulate Services agreement to CWG and former IOTF group and request input on Schedule A 3.4 IANA IPR Presentation of potential signatory (by Sharon) Proposal to go with ICANN. Practical alternative would be to have an Unincorporated Association of the Naming community, but due to lack of time, ICANN seems to be a more suitable solution. ACTION: Sidley to provide CWG with list of issues to be dealt with if ICANN is the chosen signatory. 3.5 IANA Budget process and assessment Presentation of the proposed IANA budget process (by Xavier) Presentation of assessment of compliance with the proposal (by Chuck) 4. Client committee No additional issues 5. AOB No AOB

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[client com] Signatory to the Community Agreement
by Greg Shatan Aug. 18, 2016

Aug. 18, 2016

All, Please see below and attached for information from Sidley regarding potential signatories to the IANA IPR Community Agreement. Greg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Flanagan, Sharon* <sflanagan(a)sidley.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sflanagan(a)sidley.com');>> Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Subject: [client com] Signatory to the Community Agreement To: "jrobinson(a)afilias.info <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jrobinson(a)afilias.info');>" < jrobinson(a)afilias.info <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jrobinson(a)afilias.info');>> Cc: Client <cwg-client(a)icann.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cwg-client(a)icann.org');>> Dear Client Committee, Attached is a table highlighting some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various potential signatories to the IPR community agreement. Best regards, Sharon *SHARON R. FLANAGAN* *SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP *+1 415 772 1271 sflanagan(a)sidley.com *From:* Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2016 3:25 AM *To:* Flanagan, Sharon; Hofheimer, Joshua T. *Cc:* Gregory, Holly; Client *Subject:* Signatory to the Community Agreement Dear Sidley, As you are aware: 1. A key issue for the CWG in dealing with the IANA IPR will be a decision on the signatory on behalf of the Names Community. 2. Currently we have some potential options: a. ICANN as signatory (assuming ICANN is willing) b. The formation of an unincorporated entity (a to be defined) c. Other possibilities such as the Empowered Community It will be helpful to the CWG to have some structured input on this, possibly in the form of a table, in order to inform and aid that decision. Please can you provide such input and/or advice and indicate if this will be possible at the meeting of the CWG scheduled for tomorrow (18 August) @ 06h00 UTC. Thank-you, Jonathan (on behalf of the Client Committee) ************************************************************ **************************************** This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. ************************************************************ ****************************************

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Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Notification: CWG IANA Meeting | 06:00 UTC | Thursday, 18 August @ Thu Aug 18, 2016 1pm - 3pm (Kavouss Arasteh)
by Kavouss Arasteh Aug. 18, 2016

Aug. 18, 2016

Dear CO- chair For your kind attention The chairman shall have the general direction of all the work of the conference, and shall ensure that order is maintained at plenary meetings. The chairman shall rule on motions of order and points of order and, in particular, shall be empowered to propose that discussion on a question be postponed or closed, . It shall be the duty of the chairman to protect the right of each Speaker to express its opinion freely and fully on the point at issue. The chairman shall ensure that discussion is limited to the point at issue, and MAY interrupt any speaker who departs therefrom and request such speakers to confine their remarks to the subject under discussion. During the debate, the chairman may rule that the list of Speakers wishing to take the floor be read. The chairman shall add the names of other SPEAKER which indicate that they wish to speak and may then, with the assent of the meeting, rule that the list be closed. Nevertheless, as an exceptional measure, the chairman may if finding it appropriate to do so rule that a reply may be made to any previous statement, even after the list of speakers has been closed. The above Rules should be applied to every body and not to specific person who may not be favoured by the co-chair Regards Kavouss 2016-08-18 7:29 GMT+02:00 Google Calendar <calendar-notification(a)google.com> : > more details » > <https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=XzYwcTMwYzFnNjBvMzBlM…> > CWG IANA Meeting | 06:00 UTC | Thursday, 18 August > > *When* > Thu Aug 18, 2016 1pm – 3pm Bangkok > > *Where* > https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwg-iana (map > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ficann.adobeconnect.com%2Fcwg-ian…> > ) > > *Calendar* > Kavouss Arasteh > > *Who* > • > Brenda Brewer - organizer > • > Kavouss Arasteh - creator > • > bkuerbis(a)gmail.com > • > nfb(a)email.arizona.edu > • > jorge.cancio(a)bakom.admin.ch > • > john(a)expri.com > • > schweiger(a)denic.de > • > Trang Nguyen > • > pitinan(a)etda.or.th > • > byron.holland(a)cira.ca > • > dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com > • > stacek(a)amazon.com > • > yrjo_lansipuro(a)hotmail.com > • > stephanie.perrin(a)mail.utoronto.ca > • > apennyman(a)gov.bm > • > harold.arcos(a)gmail.com > • > plam.popova(a)gmail.com > • > cgomes(a)verisign.com > • > hoseinb(a)hotmail.com > • > wales.baky(a)googlemail.com > • > vika(a)zadna.org.za > • > sabine.meyer(a)bmwi.bund.de > • > mundy(a)tislabs.com > • > pedro.ivo(a)itamaraty.gov.br > • > Marika Konings > • > Bart Boswinkel > • > malcolm(a)linx.net > • > Xavier J. 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FW: Services Agreement Issues List
by Yuko Green Aug. 18, 2016

Aug. 18, 2016

Dear CWG-Stewardship, I am forwarding this e-mail on behalf of Jonathan. Regards, Yuko From: cwg-client-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Flanagan, Sharon Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:37 PM To: 'cwg-client(a)icann.org' <cwg-client(a)icann.org> Subject: [client com] Services Agreement Issues List Dear Client Committee- Attached is an issues list on the initial draft services agreement we received from ICANN on Monday. We also just received additional materials on the naming contract from ICANN legal and will need to review those before we can circulate an issues list to you which will not be before the call tonight/tomorrow. Best regards, Sharon Sharon R. Flanagan Sidley Austin LLP SF tel: 415-772-1271 PA tel: 650-565-7008 Email: sflanagan(a)sidley.com <mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com> From: Resnick, Yael Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 09:28 PM To: Flanagan, Sharon Subject: Services Agreement Issues List, Draft 8.17.16 YAEL M. RESNICK Associate SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 +1 213 896 6088 yresnick(a)sidley.com <mailto:yresnick@sidley.com> <http://www.sidley.com/> www.sidley.com <http://www2.sidley.com/files/upload/signatures/SIDLEY_150-AUTOSIG.png> **************************************************************************************************** This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. ****************************************************************************************************

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Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [USE THIS VERSION] Footnote comments to CWG counsel revisions to Naming Function Agreement
by Trang Nguyen Aug. 18, 2016

Aug. 18, 2016

All, Please review this version instead. There were a few mis-spellings in the previous document that are corrected in this version. Thank you, Trang -----Original Message----- From: <cwg-stewardship-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Trang Nguyen <trang.nguyen(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 6:10 PM To: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org> Cc: Samantha Eisner <Samantha.Eisner(a)icann.org> Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] Footnote comments to CWG counsel revisions to Naming Function Agreement >All, > >Please see attached ICANN¹s notes regarding how Sidley¹s revisions were >incorporated into version 2 of the Naming Function Agreement, which is >currently out for public comment. > >Best, > >Trang >

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