CCWG ACCT Meeting #85 (23 February @ 06:00 UTC)
Attendees:
Members: Alan Greenberg, Athina Fragkouli, Becky Burr, Bruce Tonkin, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Eberhard Lisse, Izumi Okutani, James Bladel, Jordan Carter, Julia Wolman, Julie Hammer, Leon Sanchez, Olga Cavalli, Pär Brumark, Robin Gross, Roelof Meijer, Samantha Eisner, Sébastien Bachollet, Steve DelBianco, Thomas Rickert, Tijani Ben Jemaa (21)
Participants: Aarti Bhavana, Andrew Sullivan, Avri Doria, Barrack Otieno, Brett Schaefer, Cherine Chalaby, Chris Disspain, Christopher Wilkinson, David McAuley, Edward Morris, Farzaneh Badii, Finn Petersen, George Sadowsky, Greg Shatan, James Gannon, Jonathan Zuck, Jorge Cancio, Kavouss Arasteh, Keith Drazek, Ken Salaets, Lito Ibarra, Lousewies van der Laan, Malcolm Hutty, Mark Carvell, Markus Kummer, Martin Boyle, Mary Uduma, Matthew Shears, Maura Gambassi, Mike Chartier, Milton Mueller, Niels ten Oever, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Oscar Robles, Paul Rosenzweig, Paul Szyndler, Pedro da Silva, Philip Corwin, Rafael Perez Galindo, Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Ron da Silva, Sabine Meyer, Seun Ojedeji, Stephen Deerhake, Steve Crocker, Suzanne Woolf, Tatiana Tropina, Tom Dale, Vidushi Marda (49)
Legal Counsel: Edward McNicholas, Holly Gregory, Michael Clark, Nancy McGlamery, Rosemary Fei (5)
Observers and Guests: Alan Barrett, Annaliese Williams, Asha Hemrajani, Fadi Chehadé, J Curranarin, John Jeffrey, John Poole, Jonathan Robinson, Konstantinos Komaitis, Manal Ismail, Michael Niebel (11)
Staff: Alice Jansen, Akram Atallah, Bernie Turcotte, Berry Cobb, Brenda Brewer, Grace Abuhamad, Karen Mulberry, Laena Rahim, Nigel Hickson, Tarek Kamel, Theresa Swinehart
Apologies: Mathieu Weill
**Please let Brenda know if your name has been left off the list (attendees or apologies).**
Transcript
Recording
The Adobe Connect recording is available here: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p2ner13u4kd/
The audio recording is available here: http://audio.icann.org/accountability/ccwg-accountability-23feb16-en.mp3
Agenda
1. Welcome, Roll call, SoI
2. Substantive discussion on way forward
3. AOB
Notes
These high-level notes are designed to help you navigate through content of the call and do not substitute in any way the transcript.
Seun Ojedeji on phone bridge only.
Objective of call: end this call with firm guidance on way forward. We are not predetermining discussion but should be clear about consequences.
Issues at hands:
- Intervention from Board - There is risk that Board might hold up passing on report to NTIA if there is a 2/3 majority expressing public interest concerns. This means we would not meet the approval deadline of 10 March.
- Government feedback - Concerns raised with latest changes. There might be broader political implications if government concerns are not discussed and taken into account.
Carve out – Status of discussions:
Overview of carve-out discussion: Board concerns about lowering thresholds from four to three. Board agreement to lowering if IRP was pursued prior to and if the community has won the IRP i.e. acted inconsistently with Bylaws or articles of incorporation. On GAC advice, it would be violation of non-unanimity principle to require unanimity where no IRP is available I.e. where the challenge is not to be implemented because it violates the Bylaws. Where there is a challenge to the Board’s implementation of GAC advice that involves recall, the threshold for recalling the board would move from four to three if an IRP has found that in implementing GAC advice the Board violated the Bylaws or Articles of Incorporation or if there is no IRP available to challenge the Board action in question. If it is not available because of what the community is concerned about does not constitute a bylaw violation, reduction still applies. We have agreed with the Board that wherever possible an IRP should be pursued first and if the grounds are for an IRP are there but the community has not invoked that power then the threshold remains at four. But we have also preserved the ability of the community to invoke without requiring unanimity, to recall the board without requiring unanimity in those limited and, you know, probably largely conceptual but certainly not non-existent situations where an IRP - where the grounds simply do not support an IRP challenge. GAC advice is a potential scenario to illustrate this second scenario.
Feedback:
- What does "if available" mean in case of IRP? IRP should be solely based on violation of Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.
--> Always been part of out recommendations to give right to a vote of no-confidence.
- If we had brought an IRP that did not prevail we would have to bring the IRP on other grounds. In that case the threshold would go back up to four.
---> IRP can be based on violation of Bylaws
- What is different between clause 2 and subsequent part?
--> If IRP is not available, if grounds are other than Board has violated Bylaws, threshold goes down. If Board has violated Bylaws, you must first bring an IRP.
- What is the incentive of using the IRP route, when it is much easier to say I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE BOARD DID and just recall the Board with a threshold of 3?
- If the IRP is not available because there is no violation of ICANN bylaws it is the same situation where an IRP was run but it does not prevail because that means that the conclusion of the IRP is that there was no violation of the ICANN bylaws. In the end in both situations the conclusion is there is no violation of ICANN bylaws.
- Specify that it is a no-confidence.
- We need to be really clear about is you could read that as saying that this lowers the threefold from four to three for all of the powers that are listed as having four where it relates to this GAC advice carve out. So that would be the budget, and strategic plan powers, the IANA functions separation power and the board recall power.
- What is the incentive of using the IRP route when it is much easier to say I don’t like what the board did and just recall the board with the threshold of three?
—> Recalling the board over a single incident in - is in any case highly unlikely.
Potential way forward:
- We are still able to exercise vote of no-confidence. Corner case was added to help capture situation where challenging Board implementation of GAC advice with IRP.
Easy way: stay out of corner case and remove 2 (in red) from annex 2 because in reality we can still take a vote of no-confidence and work that through the regular procedure of having four ACs and support.
.Hard way: Leave item 2 in proposal and test Board. Process takes us to further negotiations with Board. Could we perservere this? Would it delay process? Could Board use 2/3?
Is the cornercase worth the risk of extending the process?
Feedback:
- Against removal of #2.
- Board would support proposal of removing red text. We do not want to create incentive of not using IRP. The focus should be on using IRP for that individual case. Power to remove Board still remains. Removing Board should have broad support. The threshold of three should apply when an IRP finds that we have not complied with the bylaws on an individual case and the threshold of four applies to all other cases.
- Support dropping #2.
- Taking out red language does not fix it. It still leaves 2 places where reduced language applies. We still need to fix the language.
- Question of timing and trust.
- This is a consensus-driven process.
- No further objections from Board if dropped.
- This discussion is reopening the question of whether we should prevent the GAC from having two bites of the cherry. Removing the text in red is effectively reversing that decision. I think that would be unwise. Suggestion to drop second half of page
Poll:
11 objections to removing red language
27 objections to shipping report as it is - i.e. Feb 19 version
37 expressions of support for removing language in red.
14 expressions of support for shipping report as it is - version Feb 19
ACTION ITEM – CoChairs to announce results.
Refer to for the final poll results http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-February/011374.html
AOB
- Important to clarify from the Board that whatever decision is made here today it is not considered presidential in terms of what may happen if the GAC never decides to become a decisional participant and the thresholds need to be adjusted to reflect the fact that we only have four SOs and ACs.
- Whether GAC use that exercise power, that is to be left to the GAC.
Action Items
ACTION ITEM – CoChairs to announce results.
Refer to for the final poll results http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-February/011374.htm
Documents
Adobe Chat
Brenda Brewer: (2/22/2016 23:36) Hello and welcome to CCWG Accountability Meeting #85 on Tuesday, 23 February 2016 @ 06:00 UTC! Please note that chat sessions are being archived and follow the ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior: http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/accountability/expected-standards
Holly J. Gregory (Sidley): (23:41) Greetings CCWG friends.
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (23:50) Hello! 3 am here!! good morning!
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (23:51) Brenda can you do a dial out please? +54 xx xxxxxx
Brett Schaefer: (23:51) Hey all!
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (23:51) thanks
Thomas Rickert: (23:53) Hi all!
Pedro da Silva [GAC Brasil]: (23:54) Hello everyone!
Markus Kummer: (23:54) Hello everyone
Ken Salaets/ITI: (23:54) Good monring. 01:00 here. Was tempted to get coffee following the usual morning routine.
Brenda Brewer: (23:54) Yes, Olga, one moment please
Philip Corwin: (23:55) Hello all. I can't figure out whether it's too early or too late to be doing this ;-)
Leon Sanchez (Co-Chair ALAC): (23:55) Hello everyone
Brett Schaefer: (23:56) @Phil, both
Philip Corwin: (23:56) @Brett, Exactly
Steve Crocker: (23:57) Hello, everyone
Pär Brumark (GAC Niue): (23:57) Hi everyone!
Sabine Meyer (GAC - Germany): (23:57) Hello everyone!
Mary Uduma: (23:57) Hello All
Andrew Sullivan: (23:57) Hello to all
Bernard Turcotte Staff Support: (23:58) hello all
Sabine Meyer (GAC - Germany): (23:58) That "on hold" music is sending me right back to sleep...
Rosemary Fei (Adler & Colvin): (23:58) Good evening, everyone.
Cherine Chalaby: (23:58) good morning everyone
David McAuley (RySG): (23:59) Good morning all
Leon Sanchez (Co-Chair ALAC): (23:59) @Sabine we have asked for EDM but we have not been succesful in getting it :P
Philip Corwin: (23:59) The hold music is new. Kind of Hawaiian disco muzak
nigel hickson: (23:59) good morning
Leon Sanchez (Co-Chair ALAC): (23:59) I kindly remind you to mute your mics if you're not speaking
Bernard Turcotte Staff Support: (23:59) all please remember to mute your mikes if not speaking
Sabine Meyer (GAC - Germany): (23:59) @Leon then I'd prefer the sleepy tunes, thankyouverymuch
Paul Rosenzweig: (23:59) Good morning everyone
Paul Rosenzweig: (2/23/2016 00:00) Today seems like a purple day ...
Greg Shatan: (00:00) Hello all!
Bruce Tonkin: (00:00) Good Afternoon All
Martin Boyle, Nominet: (00:01) Hello
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:01) Brenda can the operator call me please?
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:01) Hi all
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:02) I need a dial out please!
Tatiana Tropina: (00:02) hello all
Kavouss Arasteh: (00:02) HI eVERYBODY
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:03) thanks Leon
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:03) Brenda + 54 1xx xxxxxx
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:03) Asha from Ihello
Brenda Brewer: (00:03) Olga, buzy x 2.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:03) hello, even!
Brenda Brewer: (00:03) thank you Olga
Kavouss Arasteh: (00:03) GOOD MORNING pAUL
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:03) Good morning Kavouss
Brenda Brewer: (00:04) We continue to try calling you Olga. Thank you.
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:04) im in the phone brenda thanks
Aarti Bhavana: (00:04) Hi All
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (00:05) Morning/good day, all
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:05) Roelof! Hello!
Athina Fragkouli (ASO): (00:05) hello all!
Milton: (00:05) :-)
jorge cancio (GAC Switzerland): (00:05) hi all!
Eberhard W Lisse [.NA ccTLD Manager]: (00:07) Please note that I have a hard stop at 07:00 UTC
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:07) Athina: you should have come to our InternetNZ office for this call
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:07) :)
Keith Drazek: (00:08) I think the Co-Chairs made the right decision to delay publication, particularly with all the weekend email traffic.
Milton: (00:08) plesae note that we all have a hard stop on September 30, 2016
Athina Fragkouli (ASO): (00:08) @Jordan, yes I should!! :)
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:09) Much better Thomas ...
Milton: (00:11) Oh let them hold it up and then face us in Marrakech...
Brett Schaefer: (00:11) What would be the GPI about a 3 SOAC threshold to recall the Board? Likely a Board Internal Interest.
Matthew Shears: (00:11) aren't we already in that "negotiation process"
Milton: (00:12) it is not "the governments'" concerns
Avri Doria: (00:12) Milton our soft stop is before then. And our hard stop is not for several years yet. we might just not be ready to make our own decisions yet.
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:12) Thomas -- 1) THe miniority of the government's concerns were taken into account in the extensive Rec 11 process.
Milton: (00:13) speak for yourself, Avri
James Bladel: (00:13) Please describe the two scenarios, or put them on the screen. I believe these issues are becoming very fuzzy.
David McAuley (RySG): (00:13) Well put Thomas, co-chairs made good call in this respect on timing release
Avri Doria: (00:13) Mitlon i alwasy do.
Avri Doria: (00:13) how about you?
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:13) 2) And if the Board really is willing to assert that theyre is a GPI in NOT having the power to spill the Board then we have lost all seense of the meaning of words
Thomas Rickert: (00:13) Kavouss, we will get to the queue after the introduction!
Edward Morris: (00:13) The Board is going to hold up the transition because they feel there is not enough government influence in the proposal? Let me. I'm sure Congress will love that.
Edward Morris: (00:14) Let them
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:14) No Ed ... they are holding it up becasue there is too much accountability in the process
Andrew Sullivan: (00:15) I don't think it is helpful to us to speculate on the Board's thinking or to attribute malice or self-dealing.
Chris Disspain: (00:15) @ Ed and @ PAul I'm sure bewteen the two of you you'll be able to postulate why the Board does everything it odes
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:16) Agree @Andrew
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:16) @ Chris -- Since the Board's intervention was so poorly articulated that it required a clarification you leave me little choice
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:16) But why don't you tell us ....
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:17) ARe we all listeninng to Becky => I do hope so...
Edward Morris: (00:17) @Chris. I ascribe no motive to what yoiu guys do. I have great respect for the Board. I just ask that you follow appropriate procedure.
Philip Corwin: (00:17) Becky, can you please articulate in what situation(s) the IRP would not be available to challenge Board action?
Kavouss Arasteh: (00:20) What are the scope of application of carve-out
Philip Corwin: (00:21) I realize it's when there is not an alleged Bylaws violation, but can you provide any hypothetical situations?
Kavouss Arasteh: (00:21) They are cases in which Board has violated bylaws or article of incorporation and NOTHING MORE
Greg Shatan: (00:22) @Kavouss, that's not what it says on the screen.
Bruce Tonkin: (00:22) @Edward - the Board''s commitment was to bring to the CCWZG any concerns it had as early as possible. The Board in this case has provided feedabck on a change in the proposal that occured in recent weeks. The board spent time to consider the changes, and then posted a proposed colusiton a coiuple of weeks ago. THe solution look like it meets most sceanrios except if the Board's action is within scope of the mission and bylaws.
Alan Greenberg: (00:22) @Phil, My understanding is that if we simply do not agree with what the Board did (but are not claiming that it is a violation of Bylaws), that would meat the condition.
Asha Hemrajani: (00:23) finally got into Adobe
Alan Greenberg: (00:23) meet
Bruce Tonkin: (00:23) The Board subsequently providfed a response to the text we can see on the screen that emerged last week. So I bleieve we are adhering to the processes that we committed to in October 2014./
Asha Hemrajani: (00:23) Good evening
Keith Drazek: (00:24) I agree with Becky that this is an extreme corner case.
Thomas Rickert: (00:24) Can we please focus on the substance and stop fingerpointing as to who said what when, please? becky is giving her all to be of good service to the group!
mike chartier: (00:24) What is the threshold for the last two sentences ? (IRP fail), the language does not seem clear.
Milton: (00:24) if the IRP determines that following GAC advice is against the bylaws, and the decision to implement it is rescinded, most if not all of us would be satisfied and the chance of going tor spilling the entire board seems very remot eto me
Kavouss Arasteh: (00:24) SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF carve-out
Milton: (00:25) so to me Recommendation 2 seems quite reasonable as is
Milton: (00:25) Only if the board refuses to follow the result of an IRP would there be any grounds for recalling the entire board
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:26) and so you'd delete #2 in orange in that slide?
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:26) (to @Milton)
mike chartier: (00:26) no I asked "mike chartier: What is the threshold for the last two sentences ? (IRP fail), the language does not seem clear."
Milton: (00:26) @ Jordan - are you asking me that?
Philip Corwin: (00:26) It seems that if we eliminate clause 2 (language in red -- and I am not advocating or opposing that at this point in the discussion), and the community strongly disagrees with Board implementation of GAC advice, it could still use the lower threshold to remove indivdual Board members, correct?
Greg Shatan: (00:27) @Phil, that is correct.
Milton: (00:27) No.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:27) no, it doesn't
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:27) the lower threshold ONLY applies for 1 or 2
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:27) if 2 is deleted, it ONLY applies for 1.
Milton: (00:27) If 3 of 4 SOs think that implementing GAC advice is wrong, for whatever reason, they should be able to stop it
mike chartier: (00:28) mike chartier: What is the threshold for the last two sentences ? (IRP fail), the language does not seem clear.
Brett Schaefer: (00:28) @Becky, Malcom had one example on the list last week that perhaps he could raise.
Greg Shatan: (00:28) +1 to Mike's question....
Philip Corwin: (00:28) And if that is correct, it would be free to remove individual Board members sequentially -- or sequentially appointed Board Chairs -- until the Board reversed its decision.As I read the current language.
Milton: (00:28) Mike: the threshhold would be 4 in that case
Greg Shatan: (00:29) @Phil, it doesn't even need to be sequential.
Sabine Meyer (GAC - Germany): (00:29) @Greg: But that's where the Agatha Christie element sets in!
Philip Corwin: (00:29) @Jordan -- I believe your are reading it incorrectly.
Greg Shatan: (00:30) I win threshold bingo iwht that answer.
Milton: (00:30) @GReg :-)
Greg Shatan: (00:30) Becky's interpretation of the text is consistent with my understanding.
Milton: (00:30) I still don't think Mike's question has been answered correctly
mike chartier: (00:31) Thanks. I agree with a threshold of three, but then the words "with the following exception" do not make sense.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:31) Phil, how so? For all of Board removal? It's crystal clear.
Philip Corwin: (00:31) As I read it, it limits the reduced threshold applies only when the power to be exercised is racall of the entire Board simultaneously.
Milton: (00:31) I think she answered what happens under 2). But Mike asked about the last two sentences
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:31) Yes, that's what the whole bottom half of the slide deals with.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:31) It certainly fitted with my understanding of the intentions Greg Yes
Andrew Sullivan: (00:32) I think that Kavouss's argument appears to be missing part of the point of the empowerment of the community.
Milton: (00:32) it does, Andrew
Philip Corwin: (00:32) But this may be a drafting issue. Perhaps we need to make sure there is a common understanding of the text's effect.
Matthew Shears: (00:32) agree Phil
Becky Burr: (00:32) That's what the community power provides Kavouss, and has provided for months. I am not defending that
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:33) absolutely agree
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:33) (Phil, that was at you)
Greg Shatan: (00:33) @Milton, Becky's answer is that we go back to (2) (IRP not available) if the power is exercised on other grounds. Drafting can always be improved, as long as we have a common understanding.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:34) agree Greg
Philip Corwin: (00:34) As I read it, "the power will still be validly exrecised if three are in support" in any situiation where the community challenging the "Board's implementation of GAC cinsensus advice".
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:34) the other two powers
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:34) Milton, what you just said is right
Kavouss Arasteh: (00:34) Thomas
Philip Corwin: (00:35) That seems to eb the effect of the 1st para, with the 2nd para further limiting it when the power sought to be exercised is spilling the entire Board.
Annaliese Williams (GAC Australia): (00:35) I am genuinely confused. The GAC could provide advice with a ratiionale, and teh community could challenge the Board's implementation of that advice, because it 'doesn't like it' even if it is in accordance with the Bylaws, and then spill the Board? How is this not a significant change to to the roles of the GAC, the Board and the community? And how does it enhance accountability?
Brett Schaefer: (00:36) Agree Phil
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:36) The community could spill the board for any reason at any time, Annaliese. The issue here is what the threshold should be.
Milton: (00:36) right. IRP is only available for bylaw violation. So if following GAC advice does not violate bylaws, but we just don't like it, does the thresshold go down?
Andrew Sullivan: (00:37) I believe that the community's empowerment always was a significant change, yes. I thought that was the point, myself.
Becky Burr: (00:37) yes, under this language
Bruce Tonkin: (00:37) Feels like a clash of principles: (1) that a Board spill shoudl be a result of a braod sprectrum of the SOs and ACs to decide to remove the Board, and principle 2 - board removal shouldn't require unanimous asset to remove the Board.
Greg Shatan: (00:37) It is clear to me that spilling the Board is an action of great gravity. That fact that we are speaking about it in shorthand ("I don't like it") should not be taken to indicate otherwise.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:38) it is a clash of principles
Bruce Tonkin: (00:38) The complexity in this case is casued by the GAC carve out . The Board's view was that you need at least 4 Sos and ACs to demonstrate broad sconsensus to remove the Baord, and this clashes with a situation where if there are only 4 orgs able to participate than all foour would have to agree.
Brett Schaefer: (00:39) @Bruce,
Andrew Sullivan: (00:39) The way I have been understanding this is congruent with what Becky outlined, but goes in the other direction. In case GAC wants to be the advisor, it's not eligible to be part of the Empowered Community. If an IRP is brought and concludes that the Board is outside the bylaws, then the GAC is allowed back into the EP. Otherwise, it remains out.
Brett Schaefer: (00:40) That would also be a complication if the GAC does not participate in teh EC. WOuld the Board still say that 4 SOAC should be reuired in that situation?
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:40) Bruce -- What is the reason for the Board's insistence on four SOs and ACs as the minimum. If it is a question of represenatitiveness isn't that answered by the fact that 2 of the ACs have decided to withdraw voluntarily. Why is there representativeness at issue when they chose so ...
Andrew Sullivan: (00:40) s/EP/EC. Sorry
Brett Schaefer: (00:40) edit-required
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:40) tHOMAS, IN THE CASE THAT irp is invoked and the results are negative but still the community still wants to recall the Board we need 4 SO/AC IN FAVOUR AND NOT 3
Becky Burr: (00:40) But the community must articulate the reason it is recalling
Chris Disspain: (00:41) by-law violation is not a pre-requisite for Board removal as I understand it
Malcolm Hutty: (00:41) There do seem to be possibile cases where the IRP would not be applicable. e.g. where at GAc request Board altered new gTLD process to give a veto to governments.
Matthew Shears: (00:41) I assume that under 2) the community would go through the full escalation process with opprtunities for mediation and resolution
Milton: (00:41) "In case GAC wants to be the advisor, it's not eligible to be part of the Empowered Community." this may be a better way to articulate the principle, Andrew
Greg Shatan: (00:41) Roelof, that is correct, and that is why the answer Becky gave earlier is that the threshold is 3 in either case.
Brett Schaefer: (00:41) Correct. Chris
Ken Salaets/ITI: (00:42) @Mike, perhaps it would be a good time for you to repeat your table approach.
Chris Disspain: (00:42) Roelof is correct about the game playing that is possible...
Brett Schaefer: (00:42) My understanding as well, Matthew
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:42) No Chris but it is the only basis for a succesful IRP
Greg Shatan: (00:42) It should be 3 in either case (IRP not available/IRP fail) or 4 in either case. But not a ddifferernt threshold.
Andrew Sullivan: (00:42) Yes, it is self-evident that that will be the consequence
Becky Burr: (00:42) yes, Roelof is correct that the game playing is possible.
Milton: (00:42) Roelof: the threshold is the same in either case
Andrew Sullivan: (00:42) (that such objections will be on non-IRP-able grounds)
jorge cancio (GAC Switzerland): (00:42) The non-unanimity principle is carved out by the impact of the GAC carve out, which reduces the quorum from 5 to 4. Therefore, the non-unanimity-principle should be suspended. Otherwise the principle of broad support for a board recall is weakened
Brett Schaefer: (00:43) Agree, jordan
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:43) @Bruce -- Second question -- if as seems qquite plausibel the GAC also declines to join as a voting member, such that there are always only 4 SOs and ACs voting (unless and until one of the ACs changes its mind or ICANN's structure changes). Is it your view that even when the 3 ACs choose voluntarily not to participate as members of the EC that there is still a 4 minimum. That isn't a representativeness issue -- since representativeness is at least in part reflected of what people want when they decide not to cast a vote. It can and must be a "we want to make it harder" position ...
Greg Shatan: (00:43) All of this is after a number of escalation and resolution steps.
Becky Burr: (00:43) this is not about wording Kavouss. It's about reconciling conflicting principles.
Becky Burr: (00:44) which can be done in several ways
Milton: (00:44) Yes, Paul you are right.
Matthew Shears: (00:44) who/what would make the determination that an IRP is not available/appropriate?
Cherine Chalaby: (00:44) Q: What is the incentive of using the IRP route, when it is much easier to say I DON'T LIKE WHAT THE BOARD DID and just recall the Board with a threshold of 3?
Milton: (00:44) Matthew: the EC
Vidushi Marda: (00:44) isn't the threshold same either way?
Milton: (00:44) when making a challenge
Brett Schaefer: (00:45) Matthew, the basis for the initial petition in the EC
Matthew Shears: (00:45) thanks
Philip Corwin: (00:45) @Jorge--failing to lower the voting thershold in situations regading Board implementation of GAC advice would give the GAC permanent veto power against any challenge to such implementation, even where an IRP found a Bylaws violation
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (00:45) @Milton: yes, I am aware of that. But if one uses other grounds than bylaw violation, one is assured of the lower threshold. If one uses the argument of bylaw violation, the is the risk of losing the IRPand NOT being able to recall the board
Andrew Sullivan: (00:45) @Cherine: there isn't one.
Milton: (00:45) Vidushi: yes, I think the threshold is the same whether you use IRP or not, -as long as the issue is GAC advice
Greg Shatan: (00:45) Kavouss, you are stating a result, not a reason.
Milton: (00:45) Roelof: the main concern is whether to follow GAC advice or not, NOT recalling the board
Samantha Eisner: (00:46) @Phil, under (1) on the screen, wouldn't that address the scenario where a Bylaws violation was found?
Becky Burr: (00:46) yes, Kavouss is stating an alternative way to reconcile the competing principles
Vidushi Marda: (00:46) @Milton: thanks. :)
Cherine Chalaby: (00:46) Thomas, I would appreciate an answer to my question in the chat
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (00:46) @Thomas:you might consider asking someone who has the queue on his screen who's next in line...
Philip Corwin: (00:47) @samantha. yes, I agree. But I was reply to a comment of Jorge that appeared to oppose every relaxing the threshold
Becky Burr: (00:47) As I understand it, the Board's concern would be addressed by dropping (2) and the "only either" language in the chapeau
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:47) i SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING
Thomas Rickert: (00:47) Roelof, I will!
jorge cancio (GAC Switzerland): (00:48) @phil: why? 4 of the 4 remaining would need to decide, as the gac would be excluded in such cases
Milton: (00:48) Jordan slow down a bit
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (00:49) @Becky: so let's drop (2). It's inconsistent and does not add anything valuable
Bruce Tonkin: (00:49) Yes @Becky - that is correct.
Philip Corwin: (00:49) I' think we may be talking past one another, Jorge. The language on the screen reduces the threshold from 4 to 3.
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:49) +1 to Roelof
Matthew Shears: (00:50) good summary Jordan
Becky Burr: (00:50) remember - this only applies where the challenge is the Board's implementation of GAC Advice. If the desire to recall is based on a general loss of confidence, the carve out is not implicated in the first place
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:50) I suggest the following
Keith Drazek: (00:50) I agree with Jordan.
Edward Morris: (00:50) @Jordan. I agree with your perspective.
Matthew Shears: (00:50) + 1 Becky
Brett Schaefer: (00:50) Yes, agree Becky
James Bladel: (00:50) Agree with Jordan, this is an edge of an edge.
Paul Rosenzweig: (00:51) @ Jordan -- I agree with you that this is not that important.... or I did until the Board intervened. Obviously the Board thinks that this is so important that not only have the objected but they have done so at the last minute in a way that causes the delay. Perhaps the question should be to the Board -- why is this so important that you stopped the train just a few hours before it was leaving the sation ....
Mark Carvell GAC - UK Govt: (00:51) @ Jordan: I agree, thanks.
Brett Schaefer: (00:51) Yes, James, which makes me wonder why the Board would be opposed and raise teh GPI concern about it.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:51) Points to clarify - whether the first part of 72 applies to the three powers with threshold of 4: budget, board recall, sepaeration.
Keith Drazek: (00:52) If removal of bullet 2 gets us across the finish line, we should strongly consider it.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:52) and secondly, to be clear, the only 3/4 debate is where there is no IRP
Matthew Shears: (00:52) is it reasonable to assume that mosty situaton would use the IRP? Seems so
Alan Greenberg: (00:52) Recall that we have always said that Board recall will not likely be used, but it is the THREAT of use that is the power. Given that, Cherine's question is applicable.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:52) and I don't care particularly where we delete 2 or not, but I want us to do whatever is FASTEST to get out the gate.
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (00:52) +1 to Alan´s comment
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:52) When the community invoked IRP to recall the Board in regard with the GAC advice on the ground that BYLAWSor Article of iNCORPORTATION HAS BEEN VIOLATED ,THE THRESHOLD WOULD BE 3 SO/AC
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:52) Remember, for the board recall power, you still need three SOs/ACs to petition to do it, regardless of what the final decision threshold is.
Finn Petersen, GAC - DK: (00:52) +1 Keith
Avri Doria: (00:52) Milton, not if they dont need to and the threshold is the same. Why bother with that long a process.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:53) it's whether IRP is available
Brett Schaefer: (00:53) @Keith, no I disagree, it should be incombent on the Board to convince us why to change teh existing text is necessary beyond their discomfort
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:53) not whether someone chooses to use it
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:53) in other cases in which the balaws or article of incorporation has not been violated then threshold should be 4so/ACs
Milton: (00:53) Avri: I was going to answer that concern but i was not allowed to speak
Avri Doria: (00:53) One process take a year ot more more, one process take a month or so. Why go to IRP?
Milton: (00:53) I had a better answer to Chalaby's quetion than Becky
Philip Corwin: (00:53) Recalling the entire Board at once would likely only be contemplated when the entire organization was already in a state of deep division approaching crisis proportions.
Bruce Tonkin: (00:54) Agree with @Becky - spilling the board in general shoudl be a result of a pattern of bad behaviour and the threshold of 4 is appropriate. Inteh case of an individual case - this shoudl really be if in the individual case the Board has gone outside of its scope or breached its bylaws and rules and procedurs. The reconsideration process ande IRP are designed to deal with individual cases.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:54) @Keith I agree with you re (2) as shown on screen
Greg Shatan: (00:54) Is there a requirement to use the IRP if it's "available"?
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:54) Milton: type it
Becky Burr: (00:54) yes
Matthew Shears: (00:54) good question Greg
Matthew Shears: (00:54) is that explicit|?
Becky Burr: (00:54) the implementation would have to address how you use that.
Mark Carvell GAC - UK Govt: (00:55) If red (2) is retained it needs clarification in text on why this might happen.
Milton: (00:55) in a nutshell, the lowered threshhold does not apply simply because you don't like something the board did - it only applies when you don't like something the board did because of GAC advice.
Becky Burr: (00:55) yes - that's what available means
Alan Greenberg: (00:55) Greg, there is no way that could be enforced.
Andrew Sullivan: (00:55) @Greg: surely someone clever would come up with a reason that made the IRP irrelevant.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:55) CHerine: that's the answer to your question. You don't get to choose. If the IRP is available you have to use it.
Bruce Tonkin: (00:55) If the recosideration or IRP is not available it shoudl revert to cosnidering the overall pattern of behavioru of the Baord and allowing all the community to participate on making that decsion. It shuldn;t just be about GAC advice. for one sitaution.
Greg Shatan: (00:55) I think it's implicit that you have to use the IRP if it's available -- if we stick with the language as drafted.
Becky Burr: (00:55) that's another way of looking at it Bruce
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:55) True. I assumed it. But isn't it implicit in the way 1 is written?
Milton: (00:56) And while it is true that it would be possibly faster and easier to do it directly and not through an IRP, there are MANY cases in which it would be preferable to use the IRP. E.g., you want to establish a precedent, and you DONT want the instability of a spilled board, especially when you don't know anything about who the new board will be
Edward Morris: (00:56) @Greg. Correct.
jorge cancio (GAC Switzerland): (00:56) @Phil: I don’t know. I was addressing the issue of the clash of principles (non-unanimity and broad support for Board recall). I feel that in the face of a GAC exclusion through the carve-out, the principle of broad support should prevail. And in any case, the GAC would not have a veto right here as it is carved out. But the remaining 4 SO/AC would need to decide unanimoulsy.
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (00:56) so we got ourselves cornered by a corner case
Becky Burr: (00:56) It has always been intended that you have to use an IRP if it is available.
Finn Petersen, GAC - DK: (00:56) I you can't explain 2, then you cannot defend is
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (00:56) Yup Roeloff it seems so...;-)
jorge cancio (GAC Switzerland): (00:56) +1 Finn
Matthew Shears: (00:57) @ Becky - as long as it is understood by all to mean that
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:57) the words don't exactly say that but if we understand it as such, that shall be the case
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:58) i DISAGREE WITH sTEVE PROPOSAL.
Greg Shatan: (00:58) Bruce, the implementaton by the Board could be so outrageous that the single incident could be sufficient to cause the community to seek to spill the Board. But that's really unlikely -- hence the corner case nature of this situation.
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:58) wE MUST BE CLEAR
Keith Drazek: (00:58) Well said, Steve.
Bruce Tonkin: (00:58) That is correct @Steve Delbianco
Eberhard W Lisse [.NA ccTLD Manager]: (00:58) I have my hard stop coming up, and so I appoint Stephen Deerhake as proxy.
Becky Burr: (00:58) Kavouss, why? He is proposing to drop (2)
Matthew Shears: (00:58) but, won't there always be the possibility of a "corner case"?
mike chartier: (00:58) the problem is the language "with the following exception", that has to go.
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:58) I disagree to be vague
Cherine Chalaby: (00:58) I confirm what Steve Delbianco is saying
David McAuley (RySG): (00:58) Agree, well said Steve
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (00:58) We must explain both cases
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (00:58) there is no way the Board will reject the proposal over this corner case
Brett Schaefer: (00:59) Yes, Matthew, Steve's proposal would be ducking that possibility
Grace Abuhamad: (00:59) yes, everyone has scroll control
James Bladel: (00:59) And NTIA would wait for this to play out?
Alan Greenberg: (00:59) Removal of 2 makes sense based on Steve's analysis and even more on Roelof's analysis that 2 is equivalent to and IRP failing.
Bruce Tonkin: (00:59) Quite a few Board memebrs are on this call - including Steve, Cherine and many others - and the Board supports @Steve's proposal to remove the red text.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (01:00) It would be in the Board's hands, Steve. :-)
Brett Schaefer: (01:00) Let me point out that the Board has yet to offer a compelling reason for its objection other that it does not like it
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (01:00) As Do I and it seems several other CCWG Members @BRUCE
mike chartier: (01:00) Steve, the problem is sti llthe language "with the following exception", that has to go especially if #2 goes.
jorge cancio (GAC Switzerland): (01:00) any unclear corner cases should at least go to ws2
Edward Morris: (01:00) Exactly Jordan but if they did - that is the appropriate process at this point and time. If we bend to expediency now, why should the world think we won't do so with the accountability procedures wee are establishing in the future.
Avri Doria: (01:00) i can also support Steve's simple solution - remove the red text.
Olga Cavalli - GAC Argentina: (01:00) +1 to jorge cancio´s comment
Mark Carvell GAC - UK Govt: (01:00) The GAC should not be excluded from any action to spill the Board. If root cause for the action is GAC advice to the Board, given the gravity of the situation it should still nonetheless be expected to formally participate in an advisory capacity. Can a statement to this effect be included?
Becky Burr: (01:01) yes Mark
Matthew Shears: (01:01) agree Mark
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (01:01) 11688 emails..
Paul Rosenzweig: (01:01) Steve -- That is not the only set of choices., since you wrongly assume that the Board will, in fact, invoke GPI after getting the proposal. As they have yet to articulate a decent reason why they want the delition I have no reason to think that your "hard" way is really "hard"
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (01:01) It is entirely included advisory
Eberhard W Lisse [.NA ccTLD Manager]: (01:01) I would object against changing the final proposal in any way, ie if removing (2)
Avri Doria: (01:01) i support not excluuding the GAC for the reasons Steve explains.
Paul Rosenzweig: (01:01) +1 EL
Greg Shatan: (01:01) @Mark, the GAC is only excluded from the decisional moment(s), not the rest of the process.
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (01:02) Thomas ,there is a simple fix to the case as follows:
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (01:02) it is explicitly included in such a way in other language
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (01:02) Just to make sure, people: Steve's offering us a, easy way solution and a hard way solution. After more than a year, 85 meetings and 11688 emails...
Becky Burr: (01:02) i don't think that you would get 3 SOs or ACs over a specific action.
Matthew Shears: (01:03) if 2) is removed whow would such a case be addressed in the future?
Steve DelBianco [GNSO - CSG]: (01:03) As I indicated, Milton, Spill the Board woudl be driven by a pattern of board actions. Not a single action
Paul Rosenzweig: (01:03) @ Roelof -- Of course the other "easy" way is for the Board to withdraw its objection to this edge case. If it really isn't that significant, why have they made such a strum and drang about it.? If, however, they see it as that important then all the more reason for the community to not recedie ...
Becky Burr: (01:03) If you can't bring an IRP and win, you need 4 Matthew
Keith Drazek: (01:04) Agree with Becky and Steve.
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (01:04) I prefer keeping the report as it is, but I don't object to deleting (2). I have said this multiple times.
Greg Shatan: (01:04) @Paul, is "strum und drang" a type of heavy metal music?
Becky Burr: (01:04) @ Paul, because of concerns about recall being too easy
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (01:04) @Paul: I find it easier to remore an error than ask others to stop objecting to an error
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (01:04) I am happy with the CCWG being the grown ups here.
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (01:04) remove..
Avri Doria: (01:04) I still do not see why, if the community wanted to remove the board, we would go to IRP if the threshold was the same whether we went or not. Rationality says get rid of them in a month instead of a year.
Milton: (01:04) Steve and others framing it as easy vs. hard is a bit prejudicial. How about right vs wrong, or more accountable vs less accountable?
Paul Rosenzweig: (01:04) @ Roeloef -- Then you should acknowledge that most of us don't think it is an error.
Greg Shatan: (01:04) I think there is a requirement to use the IRP if it's available.
Greg Shatan: (01:04) I think there is a requirement to use the IRP if it's available.
Steve Crocker: (01:04) Apologies; I had a problem with my screen. I have regained control. I support what SDB said.
Steve DelBianco [GNSO - CSG]: (01:04) can a board member put in this chat that they would support WITH NO FURTHER CONCERNS if the red text were dropped?
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (01:05) In case that the Board is recalled on the non observance of the bylaws and article of incorporation in deciding on the GAC advice using IRP then reduced threshold of 3 SO/AC .
Becky Burr: (01:05) how would you gain community support for the because we don't like it Avri?
Matthew Shears: (01:05) @ Greg - seems that needs to be made clearer
Steve Crocker: (01:05) Yes, no further concerns.
Becky Burr: (01:05) If there is a broader pattern of behavior at stake, the GAC carve out doesn't apply
Edward Morris: (01:05) Correct Greg
Greg Shatan: (01:05) @Matthew, one way to make it clearer is to drop (2).
Roelof Meijer (SIDN, ccNSO): (01:05) Acknowledged that part of the group doesn't. And part of the group does
Cherine Chalaby: (01:05) Steve, I have already said it in the chat
Jordan Carter (.nz, WP1 rapporteur): (01:06) this carve out doesn't apply to broad concerns
Avri Doria: (01:06) right and wrong is just a matter of perspective, especially in this case.
Steve Crocker: (01:06) Cherine, thanks.
Keith Drazek: (01:06) Bruce is right....the power still exists, just in a different manner.
Cheryl Langdon-Orr: (01:06) thanks @Bruce tat works for me
Andrew Sullivan: (01:06) If the red text is removed, what happens to the support from the chartering organizations?
Milton: (01:06) Bruce: broad pattern of board is always avaiable, yes, but if the objection is to its following GAC advice, then why should GAC get a second bite at that apple?
Bruce Tonkin: (01:07) @Mlton - I get that - but the other 4 Sos and ACs can still make that call.
Milton: (01:07) but then you need unanimity
Bruce Tonkin: (01:08) We think it is a corner case as that even in working towards getting 4 Sos and Acs in support -0 there woul dbe a community forum and lots of opportunity for the Boad to adjust its stance against such strong opportisition. I think it is highly unlikely that the Board would not shift its view ifeven one SO or ACs was strongly against its position.
Brett Schaefer: (01:08) The threat is not very threatening if the possibility of its exercise is too difficult, i.e. unanmity.
Bruce Tonkin: (01:08) The sitatuion where the Board decides to ignore 3 or 4 Sos we think is extremely remote.
Grace Abuhamad: (01:08) Queue order for the Chairs: MikeEdwardCherineRoelofGregStevePaul MalcolmJordan.
Alan Greenberg: (01:08) @Andrew, I think that is what this discussion is about.
Bruce Tonkin: (01:08) Our normal process is to run things by the braoder community beofre we decide.
Brett Schaefer: (01:09) @Bruce, so is this corner case!
Greg Shatan: (01:09) Grace, is that a german word?
Becky Burr: (01:09) the following exception applies to recall Mike
Grace Abuhamad: (01:09) @Kavouss, the queue is closed after Jordan. I will lower your hand.
Sabine Meyer (GAC - Germany): (01:09) @Greg: no umlauts. So no.
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (01:09) tHOMAS,
Paul Rosenzweig: (01:09) @ Sabine -- hard to do umlats on this keyboard
Kavouss Arasteh 2: (01:09) PLS CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING
Milton: (01:09) right. always easy to give in to no accountability option
Andrew Sullivan: (01:10) @Alan: I get that, but I think the characterization as "easy" and "hard" needs to take it into consideration :)
mike chartier: (01:10) Becky, the way its written the following exception refers to a threshold of three vs four
Steve DelBianco [GNSO - CSG]: (01:10) and we HAVE the power to spill the board. that has not changed at all, Ed