Dear all, The notes, recordings and transcripts for the CWG IANA Meeting #37 on 13 April are available here: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=52896580 Action Items -- none Notes Focused first two meetings today on the functional/operational aspects, with review of DT work Today is focus on structural points (with assistance from Sidley team) DT-A just got off call. Areas of disconnect between IANA and DT-A are being clarified. Work needs to be completed in time for Thursday call this week. Structural Discussion * Went into IST with seven models (1st memo prepared by Sidley) * Narrowed models down to 2 variants (2nd memo addressing those two variants and sent on 4 April) * CWG questions were transferred to Sidley, and Sidley responded with a draft set of answers on 9 April. * Sidley has seen and reviewed the CWG questions, and translated into a "punch list": a set of questions that need to be answered. Primary focus of the call is discussion with Sidley. The CWG is the client. Legal Separation Variant * Create a legal entity that is wholly owned by ICANN (called 'PTI'). * ICANN would be the sole member * There would be a contract between PTI and ICANN * What would happen to existing agreements with other communities? * Who approves the budget? * Need a PTI board: what does the Board look like? * PRF: is this a standing team? Or put in place at the time of the review? If there are emergency reviews, then there is a benefit to having a standing group that can come together at any time. * What is the dependency/requirement of the stakeholder community/ Member group? * Legal entity could be sued * What is the relationship of the CSC and PRF? Is the CSC a part of the PRF? * Stewardship comes from the community * PTI Board could be ICANN controlled. It's an option for PTI to be fully dependent of the ICANN/IANA contract CWG needs to create specifications or requirements for CCWG Functional Separation Variant * No separate IANA legal entity * You can have the hallmarks of a separate entity but it's a division, no separate. * Challenges to the need to separate in the future * No need to recreate governance structures Punch List: Advantages in LLC include freedom to do more by contract, tax issues are minimal. Advantages of non-profit has the designator concept What would trigger a separation ? Who could trigger a separation ?