Welcome to the CCWG New gTLD Auction Proceeds call on Wednesday, 25 March 2020 at 14:00 UTC.

hi all

it is done already

what is done

I think Sam’s interpretation is correct

There may have been an issue with the formulation of the question

Agree - the Board should probably not have been referenced

Alan, the unmute issue makes for better Bingo! ;-)

Alan if you use the audio from computer or tablet you only have to unmute in one place

THe confusing language is "including the approval of allocation of auction proceeds" - allocation is normally a budget term and we have to clarify that EC powers are not diminished as to the overall Budget item

I agree with Sam point

@Judith, I use the phone and normally mute locally. Sometimes there is interference from the phone line itself and I get muted in Zoom.

THank you Erika

there is a MAC-shortcut to unmute: [COMMAND] [SHIFT] [A]

Hello. I am on another call at this time. Will attempt to follow the chat.

On a PC, it is ALT-A

Reconsideration is staff and Board

I have the same view as legal response express

IRP does not extend to contractors. It is about whether ICANN followed its Bylaws/Mission

@Sam, is that clear? Normally you cannot absolve yourself of responsibilities by sub-contracting.

@Alan, if ICANN improperly relies on actions taken by a subcontractor, then you challenge ICANN’s action, not the subcontractor’s action

I don’t believe there is currently language in the proposed Final Report addressing the Empowered Community

+1 Sam

This may be something that the leadership team needs to take back and propose language to include

Agreed Sam. That was exactly the motive. Our concern was that the accountability measures might not be a reasonable way to mitigate grant refusals, but that alone would not necessarily stop someone from trying!

will be good if Sam come with more clear words

that is what we need to clarify - that EC overall budget powers are not limited

Sorry, Erika, I wrote that before Sam spoke

Remember the other item.

We’d want to coordinate with Xavier on any language that addresses specific budget items

Suggest "For the sake of clarity, the recommended ByLaws amendment is not intended to affect the powers of the EC over the overall Budget as expressed in the current ByLaws".

Thank you.

thanks Erika

@Anne, we probably want to make it a bit broader to reflect that the EC powers are broader than just over the budget, but I think that your language is a good starting point

Thanks Sam

Do we really need to be reviewing the polite intros to each comment??

Agree with Leadership recommendation

+ 1 with leadership rec

i agree with Alan

i raise the green signal..

Looks fine as to timeline barring other force majeure issues

Thank you everyone, and stay safe!

thanks everyone!

Thanks everyone —stay well!

THank you ERika Emily et al

stay health and safe inside home for while

thank you so much all. stay safe

thanks erika

byr