Kumbaya first it is. Will renumber questions as suggested.

Tapani

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 03:26:46PM +0100, Michael Oghia ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> +1 Kathy, good points and thank you for highlighting Bill's suggestion as
> well.
> 
> Best,
> -Michael
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Tapani,
> >
> > These questions look great - hitting some important and concerning issues
> > for NCSG and the ICANN Community.
> >
> > Per Bill's suggestion, may I suggest we move Question #1 to #3 or #4?  As
> > Bill noted, the Content question (current #2) is one that we are supporting
> > the Board on (Steve Crocker has been great on pushing back against using
> > the DNS for content control). The Whois may be one that we can gather
> > support on too.  Human Rights may be in a similar category.
> >
> > Current Question #1 is an adversarial one, as Bill pointed out. He
> > suggested we move it to after the questions on which we are likely to have
> > agreement, such as content.  (To rephrase Bill, can we have our "kumbaya"
> > moments first?)
> >
> > Best, Kathy
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/31/2016 9:29 AM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
> >
> >> Collecting and combining topics here's what I came up to
> >> ask the board. Way past deadline, have to send it today,
> >> if anybody spots glaring errors please let me know ASAP.
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. How does the Board expect the the new complaint system to work when it
> >> puts ICANN's lawyer, whose job is to protect the corporation from
> >> complainers whether they are right or wrong, in charge of managing
> >> complaints? Has the Board considered how it affects the independence
> >> of the Ombudsman? As an example of our concerns, why there were no
> >> repercussions for the abuses of TLD evaluation procedures in the Dot
> >> Registry case?
> >>
> >> 2. Does the Board continue to agree with Fadi Chehade's position
> >> of Summer 2015 that ICANN does not police content,
> >> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-is-not-the-internet-content-police
> >> (published by Alan Grogan, ICANN's Chief Contract Compliance Officer)?
> >> Does the Board share our concerns that arrangements like the
> >> MPAA-Donuts agreement are deeply inappropriate for the Domain Name
> >> System?
> >>
> >> 3. The Whois Complaint process and why anonymous people can ask for
> >> personal information about registrants. Why ICANN never investigates
> >> whether these allegations are intended to harass, intimidate or for
> >> anti-competitive reasons?
> >>
> >> 4. What steps the ICANN board is making and when to implement a Human
> >> Rights Impact Assessment of ICANN the organization?
> >>
> >>
> >>