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? > >> > >> > >>