All, Please see below for a third query raised by Sidley (all three current issues are listed below) relating to a proposed edit as well as a rationale for the edit by ICANN legal. Following discussion on the client committee email list and between the co-chairs, we are minded to accept the deletion based on the rationale provided by ICANN. Thank-you, Lise & Jonathan From: Flanagan, Sharon [mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com] Sent: 18 April 2016 03:26 To: Client Committee <cwg-client@icann.org> Subject: [client com] Vacancies on CSC, IFRT and SCWG Dear All, ICANN Legal suggested deletion of the new language below regarding the filling of vacancies. Vacancies are not described in the CWG proposal, so this deletion is not inconsistent with the proposal. Please confirm the deletion is acceptable. It also applies to IFRTs and SCWGs. “A vacancy on the CSC shall be deemed to exist in the event of the death, resignation or removal of any CSC member or liaison. Vacancies shall be filled by the organization that appointed such CSC member or liaison. The appointing organization shall provide written notice to the Secretary of its appointment to fill a vacancy, with a notification copy to the Chair of the CSC. The organization responsible for filling such vacancy shall use its reasonable efforts to fill such vacancy within one month after the occurrence of such vacancy with an individual with a similar skill set and diversity, to the extent practicable.” ICANN Note: There are not diversity or skill requirements for CSC members (the experience requirement of 17.2(a) applies to all selections). Additionally, requiring the new individual to have similar skill set and diversity as the prior person could lead to unnecessary restrictions on filling vacancies (i.e., if a Japanese engineer is being replaced, does the vacancy have to be filled by another Japanese engineer?). Given time constraints, we are sending these issues as they are identified. At this point we have: - mission/purpose/role issue - budget line edits - vacancies Thanks SHARON R. FLANAGAN SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 California Street Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104 +1 415 772 1271 <mailto:sflanagan@sidley.com> sflanagan@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. ****************************************************************************************************