[NCUC-DISCUSS] Community Empowerment proposals - ICANN Accountability

[Arun Mohan Sukumar]

Sir, thank you for those constructive comments! We will be sure to reflect
them in the document.

Best,
Arun

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Subrenat, Jean-Jacques <jjs at dyalog.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> thank you Arun for pointing out this interesting legal analysis from
> Delhi. I would be grateful if you would kindly convey my personal remarks
> to its authors:
>
> MEMBERSHIP (page 2)
> - This legal analysis does not mention the fact that the ICANN Board of
> Directors does, in fact, have 2 categories: full Members with voting
> rights, and non-voting Liaisons. On page 3, under "Representative
> Delegates", the paper does not mention the non-voting members. This legal
> paper's distinction between "statutory" and other members does not fully
> reflect the current situation.
>
> LIABILITIES (page 3)
> - When I was on the ICANN Board, and it seems that this is still the case
> today, voting Members have liability. In fact, there is even an insurance
> scheme to provide for expenses which may be incurred by Members as a
> consequence of litigation against decisions taken by the ICANN Board. This
> reality is not sufficiently reflected in the legal analysis.
>
> SUPERVISORY BOARD / 2-TIER BOARD (page 5)
> - Without engaging in a wider discussion about what is permissible under
> California law, I notice that the legal analysis does not mention the fact
> that the Committee structure of the ICANN Board of Directors does offer, to
> some extent, a 2-tier system, where the full Board is the locus of final
> decision.
>
> Thank you.
> Jean-Jacques Subrenat.
>
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> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> À: "Arun Mohan Sukumar" <arunmohan.s at gmail.com>
> Cc: "NCUC-discuss" <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 23 Avril 2015 09:30:01
> Objet: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Community Empowerment proposals - ICANN
>  Accountability
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> Hi Arun,
>
> Thanks for this share. May I suggest to share this on the accountability
> list as well
>
> Cheers!
> sent from Google nexus 4
> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> On 23 Apr 2015 07:59, "Arun Mohan Sukumar" < arunmohan.s at gmail.com >
> wrote:
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> Dear NCUC colleagues,
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> The Centre for Communication Governance has prepared a brief legal note on
> some of the community empowerment proposals under the CCWG-Accountability's
> consideration, based on our reading of the California statute. Please find
> it attached to this mail - we've prepared this keeping Indian stakeholders
> in mind. I hope the memo is accessible for lay readers here!
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>
> Happy to receive feedback from the NCUC!
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>
> Best,
> Arun
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