Berry:

Would a modification of Question #1 address your concern to perhaps “Cite the relevant section of the ICANN contracts that corresponds to the above purpose, if any.”?

MM: Yes, that would. But I think the larger question here is that staff should not be making such major modifications in agreed text and format without notifying us and getting approval.  As you know from our deliberations and meetings, people can get very picky about language and wordsmithing, so if you’re re-writing entire sections and then ask us to review them we need to know what you’ve done.