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I actually raised this very issue, while we were working on the accountability framework. At the time, folks believed the power to throw out the board would suffice but clearly that is a tool of last resort.<span></span></div>
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I wonder if there are other examples of inaction so a session, of some sort, would not be focused on your case alone. While I share Evan's perspective, on this particular example, it DOES seem like a sequence of events we might dislike repeating, in another
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For example, there were several voices, in the At-Large community and elsewhere, opposed to the sale of PIR. Luckily, that sale required affirmative approval, by the board, but I'm certain their are instances where a failure to act constitutes passive approval.<span></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 30, 2021 10:46:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [At-Large] ICANN Accountability Mechanisms</font>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:17pt; line-height:normal">I thought this was important enough of an issue to be discussed and I am happy to answer any questions you may have.</span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:17pt; line-height:normal">Please see</span><span style="font-size:17pt; line-height:normal"> </span><a href="https://circleid.com/posts/20211230-icannas-accountability-mechanisms-in-name-only" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px"><span style="font-size:17pt; line-height:normal">https://circleid.com/posts/20211230-icannas-accountability-mechanisms-in-name-only</span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:17pt; line-height:normal">.</span>
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<span style="line-height:normal; font-size:17pt">This article covers ICANN’s taking retaliatory action against a company I am involved in for daring to use the Reconsideration Process. We alleged ICANN’s inaction was a violation of the Bylaws (and you can read
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<span style="line-height:normal; font-size:17pt">What does ICANN do? It “pauses” its consideration of what it has failed to act on in retaliation against my company thereby compounding the original issue. In other words, we complained ICANN was moving to slow
in our request for the assignment of a TLD Agreement - and that was a violation of the Bylaws. ICANN has responded by stating that it now needs to halt all consideration of the assignment request because we filed the Reconsideration Action in order to investigate
the basis of our claims that it was moving too slow.</span><span style="line-height:1.5"><span></span></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:normal; font-size:17pt">There will be a follow up post on why our initial request for urgent reconsideration was denied. In short, ICANN has taken the position that:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:17pt">A). Only ICANN Board Action can be challenged on an Urgent Basis. ICANN staff Action or inaction may not be.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:17pt">B). And ICANN Board Inaction cannot be challenged where the basis for the “Inaction” is ICANN’s failure to pass a Board Resolution. In other words, if you are angry at the Board for not passing a resolution, you cannot file an urgent
reconsideration request…..why…..because in order to have an urgent Reconsideration Request, there needs to be an actual Board Resolution. Thus, if the board fails to pass a resolution, by definition, there is no resolution on which to basis the urgent action.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; line-height:normal; font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:22.66666603088379px">This case also covers ICANN’s misguided fight against the blockchain. Although the request to assign .hiphop has nothing to do with the blockchain,
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<span style="font-size:17pt">If you want to cover any of this in an open session, I am more than happy to discuss. I believe all of this should be done in the open and if ICANN Org is not going to be completely open and transparent, then there is no reason
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<span style="font-size:17pt">Sincerely,</span></p>
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