In my view is not ICANN Legal either, but ICANN compliance

2 cents

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On 1 Nov 2016, at 15:05, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:

> Hi Milton,
>
> Agreed, I was in too much of a hurry, your suggestions for 3 & 4 are 
> better.
>
> I also tend to agree with Dave that "ICANN legal" is better than
> "ICANN lawyer", makes it look less like a personal attack.
>
> Tapani
>
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 08:37:32AM +0000, Mueller, Milton L 
> ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>
>> Tapani,
>> You did a great job of phrasing the first question, which is a highly 
>> sensitive one, taking lots of input and forming it into a coherent 
>> question that meets all our concerns. 2nd one works well, too.
>>
>> The 3rd and 4th questions on the other hand seem to be a bit 
>> confusing. Can you agree to rephrase them as follows?
>>
>>> 3. In the Whois Complaint process, anonymous people can make 
>>> complaints that he data is inaccurate and in some cases cause 
>>> trouble for innocent registrants. Why doesn't ICANN ever investigate 
>>> whether these allegations are intended to harass or intimidate 
>>> registrants or are made for anti- competitive reasons?
>>>
>>> 4. What steps is the ICANN board is making to implement a Human
>>> Rights Impact Assessment of ICANN policies?
>>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf 
>>> Of
>>> Tapani Tarvainen
>>> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 9:30 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Topics for meeting with the board in Hyderabad?
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tapani Tarvainen