<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi everyone,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I got those from board asking for clarification about the topics we proposed:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="324" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:324pt"><colgroup><col width="324" style="width:324pt"></colgroup><tbody></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></span><ul><li>Does the Board have any plans for new/revised/additional naming policy programs outside of the new gTLD program? <font color="#ff0000"> —> could you be more specific? Are you thinking of/worrying about anything in particular? </font></li><li>Does the Board feel that the IANA functions should remain within ICANN in perpetuity, if so should the community not have the right to periodically review the performance of IANA and, if required, seek bids from alternate providers? <font color="#ff0000">—> the feeling is that the dialog on this was clear but the Board is of course willing to discuss further should you feel the need to – you might want to provide additional info/questions?</font></li><li>When performing its work, what situations does the Board feel it is exercising its fiduciary responsibility, and does the Board take into account the community input when making such decisions; has the board received formal guidance on the boundaries of their fiduciary responsibility with regard to the IANA transition? <font color="#ff0000">—> Could you elaborate a bit more? What are you concerned about exactly?</font><br></li></ul>
<br>please those who proposed those topics, can you elaborate and clarify more.<table width="2034.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class=""><tbody><tr><td valign="bottom" class=""><br>On other hand, the board planned those topics to be discussed Thursday's public forum:
<p class=""></p><ol><li>CEO Succession</li><li>New gTLD's</li><li>USG Transition</li></ol><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><p></p>
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</table><div class="gmail_quote">2015-06-14 9:40 GMT+09:00 Rafik Dammak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,
<div><br></div><div>few weeks ago we discussed about topics we would like to ask ICANN board members about, during our NCSG-Board 1 hour session. We got those topic below and we got several interventions in the list.</div><div><br></div><div>since, we shared the topics earlier with the board, we don't necessarily need introduction for each during the session. However, we should prepare for the meeting and develop more questions and interventions. any NCSG member attending physically or remotely the session can intervene.</div><div><br></div><div>Please check the topics and share your thoughts, you can also ask questions if you would to get some clarifications to understand the background and the issues.</div><div><br></div><div><ul style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Does the board have any plans for new/revised/additional naming policy pr programs outside of the new gTLD program?</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Does the board feel that the IANA functions should remain within ICANN in perpetuity, if so should the community not have the right to periodically review the performance of the IANA and if required seek bids rom alternate providers?</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">When performing its work, what situations does the board feel it it exercising its fiduciary responsibility, and does the board take into account the community input when making such decisions., has the board received formal guidance on the boundaries if their fiduciary responsibility with regards to the IANA transition?</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">On the topic of ‘Public Interest Commitments’ how does the board feel that PICs interact with existing bottom up policy making at ICANN. Does the board feel that there may be a conflict between PICS and multistakeholder policy development. How does the board plan to enforce PICs, specifically in the case where there may not be community agreement over the actions contained in the PIC?<font style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.6666669845581px">When will the community be given the opportunity to review the PICs process in a bottom up </font><font style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.6666669845581px">manner?</font></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.6666669845581px">On the topic of gTLD auction proceeds, does the board plan to accept the community suggestions via the CCWG current being chartered or will the board unilaterally decide the uses for the sequestered funds? </span><font style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.6666669845581px">In the case of a unilateral decision what </font><font style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.6666669845581px">will be the boards basis for the decision, and what inputs will the board be soliciting apart from the CCWG initiated by the GNSO</font></font></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px">Best Regards,</span></font></div></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px">Rafik Dammak </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px">NCSG Chair</span></font></div></div>
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