I think it is important that we recognize the context of the client committee.  Its purpose is to lead the effort on behalf of the CWG in obtaining INDEPENDENT legal advice, i.e., independent from ICANN.  So, whether or not ICANN staff is a stakeholder in the CWG IANA, their role in my opinion in obtaining the legal advice must be very limited, otherwise we risk losing the independence that is required.

Chuck

From: cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org [mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of David Conrad
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 3:34 PM
To: Kieren McCarthy
Cc: cwg-stewardship@icann.org
Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Client Committee

Kieren,

And I don't see why ICANN's staff should be given posting rights to the new mailing list either

Is ICANN staff a stakeholder in the transition or not?

Regards,

-drc

(ICANN CTO but speaking only for myself)