March 2016 - Accountability-Cross-Community

Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN 55
by Padmini April 1, 2016

April 1, 2016

Dear all PFA my public statement in this respect. It is a repeated plea to the Board of ICANN as well as the Community to clarify the timeline as to the development of the sexual harassment policy in this regard, as well as to reaffirm a commitment towards the development of strong, continued gender sensitisation. Regards Padmini Baruah V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) NLSIU, Bangalore Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore

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Announcement of new email address
by Brenda Brewer March 30, 2016

March 30, 2016

Hello all, I'm writing to inform you of a new email address you will start seeing in your in-box. Mail will start arriving from mssi-secretariat(a)icann.org<mailto:mssi-secretariat@icann.org> so please read it! Note the mail is from the Multistakeholder Strategy and Strategic Initiatives (MSSI) department and I invite you to reply to this new address as need be. Thank you! Enjoy your weekend! With kind regards, Brenda Brewer MSSI Projects & Operations Assistant ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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Extended Public Comment on Principles for CCWGs
by Grace Abuhamad March 28, 2016

March 28, 2016

Dear all, The Public Comment period for the CCWG-Principles draft has been extended to 16 April 2016. You now have 19 days to submit comments: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-framework-principles-draft-2016-…. Thank you to James, Jorge, and Seun who have followed Mathieu’s lead and submitted comments. In the next 19 days, I am hoping to see more comments from CWG-IANA and CCWG-ACCT volunteers :) Best, Grace -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE. From: Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org> Date: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 12:09 PM To: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Subject: Reminder: 12 days left to comment on Principles for CCWGs Dear all, Just a quick note to remind you that there are 12 days left to submit comments on the draft framework principles for cross community working groups: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-framework-principles-draft-2016-…. As of right now, only one comment has been submitted (by our faithful CCWG-Accountability co-Chair Mathieu Weill, no less!). If you need a review of what this is all about, my original impassioned note is below :) Best, Grace -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE. From: <cwg-stewardship-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 6:14 PM To: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] Principles for CCWGs -- Public Comment Dear CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability members, participants, and observers, I’m writing to request your expert feedback for the public comment on the draft framework principles for cross community working groups: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-framework-principles-draft-2016-…. I’ve attached the draft to the email for your convenience. Why you? You are the experts. You are the past, the present, and the future of cross community working groups at ICANN. You have survived one (or both) of the big IANA Stewardship Transition working groups over the past two years, and you probably (I hope!) have a lot to reflect upon and share. What’s the point? There are no agreed community-wide guidelines on the use of CCWGs, but they are such an awesome form of multistakeholder policymaking that the ICANN community is increasingly reliant on CCWGs for their policy efforts. The CCWG-Principles has taken on the task of developing a uniform framework of principles intended to guide the formation, initiation, operations and closure of future CCWGs. How much time do I have? The public comment period opened on Monday this week. You have 39 days left, until 23 April at 23:59 UTC. You could jot down some thoughts during your long plane rides to/from Marrakech, or even as you observe the action during the sessions! The email to which your comments may be sent is: <comments-ccwg-framework-principles-22feb16(a)icann.org>. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Wong (cc’ed here). I am passionate about this work because we’ve innovated and learned so much from the IANA Stewardship Transition working groups, and I have had the privilege and opportunity to work with both groups from their formation. I am keen to see where the outcome of this public comment period takes us next, and I very much hope that you will take pride in designing that path forward. —Grace

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CCWG-Accountability Call for Volunteers
by Hillary Jett March 25, 2016

March 25, 2016

Original link: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-03-25-en Call for Volunteers: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Implementation and Work Stream 2 WHAT IS THE CCWG-ACCOUNTABILITY? In December 2014, the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) was formed to deliver proposals that would enhance ICANN's accountability towards all stakeholders. The work of the CCWG-Accountability is carried out in two Work Streams: Work Stream 1: focused on mechanisms enhancing ICANN accountability that must be in place or committed to within the time frame of the IANA Stewardship Transition; Work Stream 2: focused on addressing accountability topics for which a timeline for developing solutions and full implementation may extend beyond the IANA Stewardship Transition. WHAT IS THE CCWG-ACCOUNTABILITY FOCUSED ON? With the completion of the Work Stream 1 report and delivery to NTIA in March 2016, work is beginning on the implementation of the Work Stream 1 recommendations, followed by the development of a Work Stream 2 report. Work Stream 2 items are listed in Annex 12 of the CCWG-Accountability report [PDF, 6.03 MB], as follows: Considering improvements to ICANN's standards for diversity Focused efforts to enhance ICANN's transparency Improving and clarifying expectations of ICANN staff accountability Enhancing the accountability of ICANN's Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees Addressing jurisdiction-related questions, focused on applicable law for contracts and dispute settlements Developing a Framework of Interpretation for ICANN's Human Rights commitment and proposed draft Bylaw (more information in Annex 5 of the Work Stream 1 Report) Considering enhancements to the Ombudsman's role and function INTERESTED IN JOINING THE EFFORT? The CCWG-Accountability is open to anyone who wishes to join, and the group welcomes all interested stakeholders to join in this next phase. There are two ways to join the CCWG-Accountability: Individual Participants – Participants are expected to actively contribute to mailing list conversations as well as meetings. Each potential participate will be required to provide a Statement of Interest (SOI) before being designated as an individual participant and have posting rights to the mailing list. It is anticipated that participants will provide essential input to the process. Mailing list observers – for those who are only interested in monitoring the exchanges of the CCWG-Accountability. Observers are offered read-only access to the mailing list. At any point in time, a mailing list observer can join the CCWG as a participant simply by informing ICANN staff and submitting a SOI. The CCWG-Accountability operates in a fully open and transparent manner, and all mailing list exchanges are publicly archived. It should be noted that all participants are responsible for abiding by ICANN's Expected Standards for Behavior. If you'd like to join the CCWG-Accountability efforts on Implementation and Work Stream 2, please send a note to acct-staff[at]icann.org. WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING? The next meeting of the CCWG-Accountability will take place on Tuesday, 5 April from 19:00-21:00 UTC to review draft Bylaw language as a part of implementation of Work Stream 1. The group anticipates finalizing discussions on the draft Bylaws in mid-April. After these discussions are completed, the group will focus on the inventory of Work Stream 2 items. For more information on the CCWG-Accountability, visit https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg.

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Re: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG Update post-Marrakech
by Grace Abuhamad March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016

All — Rosemary pointed out a small correction to the note below. April 2nd is a Saturday, not a Friday. From: <accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 2:41 PM To: Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG Update post-Marrakech Sending on behalf of the CCWG-Accounability Co-Chairs Going Forward Although the CCWG has completed an important part of our work, we are far from done, and there are a number of projects we must still complete. These projects include: · Drafting of Bylaws to implement our Work Stream 1 (WS1) recommendations · Completing the work on IRP that goes beyond the Bylaws · Finalizing the budget process in coordination with the CWG-Stewardship · Undertaking Work Stream 2 (WS2) Later this week, the co-Chairs will be sending a note to the Chartering Organizations (COs) to explain our plan for completing the CCWG’s remaining WS1 projects and that we assume that CO members will remain in place unless we are advised otherwise. This will be a follow-up to the communication sent on 6 March 2016 (available here). You will also see a call for WS2 volunteers on the ICANN website in the next few days. In accordance with ICANN’s general outreach practices, the announcement will go out to all users subscribed to ICANN news alerts, and shared amongst their regional stakeholder engagement teams, mailing lists and social media platforms. We ask that you also share this call for volunteers widely to ensure that all interested parties, including those outside of the ICANN ecosystem, are aware that they are welcome to participate in projects of WS2. It is important for our group to continue to strive for maximized diversity of our participants going forward. Bylaws Drafting The immediate focus of our efforts is drafting the necessary Bylaws based on our WS1 recommendations. As discussed during our meeting on 10 March at ICANN55 in Marrakech, there is a critical path for the Bylaws drafting. Along with the CWG-Stewardship co-Chairs, we have instructed our legal teams to work with ICANN to draft the Bylaws. The legal teams will meet in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week to work through and refine language for the draft Bylaws. Our CCWG Rapporteur, Becky Burr, will attend the meeting as an observer and will send through written updates to the CCWG mailing list. Chris Disspain will also attend as an observer from the ICANN Board, and Bernard Turcotte will observe in his support role to the CCWG-Accountability. It is expected that the lawyers will come to an agreement by the end of this meeting and that a final draft of the proposed revisions to the Bylaws would be available for CCWG review by Friday Saturday 2 April 2016 at the latest. It is important to remember that the overall transition schedule depends on completing this work. In order for the transition to take place by the end of the current contract between NTIA and ICANN on 30 September 2016: · ICANN must publish the Bylaws for a 30-day public comment period beginning on 20 April. · This timeline would allow the Board to approve the changes to the Bylaws on 27 May. · This means that the CCWG will be required to complete its review of the draft Bylaws by Wednesday, 13 April. As agreed upon in Marrakech, our objective is to provide the CCWG with as much time as possible to review these draft Bylaws to confirm that the proposals are adequately reflected, with the minimum time being 7 full calendar days. To facilitate the CCWG’s review, we will be organizing two meetings on: · 5 April from 19:00-21:00 UTC, and · 7 April from 12:00-14:00 UTC, where the legal teams can answer any questions we have with respect to the draft Bylaws. Prior to submission to the CCWG, the external counsel to the CCWG will be asked to confirm that the Bylaws are an appropriate reflection of the CCWG’s proposal. We do not anticipate any plenary CCWG calls before the Bylaw review calls on 5 and 7 April. The IRP subgroup may have a meeting next week to discuss the IRP section of the Bylaws, but we leave this decision to Becky who is leading the effort on developing further IRP implementation guidance. Implementation and WS2 Once the Bylaws work is complete, we will turn our focus to our inventory of WS2 items. However, this does not prevent anyone in the group from launching into discussions on the mailing list and self-organizing around the topics. Regarding mailing lists, we have decided to keep the conversation on the main CCWG list until there is enough interest and discussion to launch a separate sub-group list. This way, we can manage the prioritization and sequencing of our work based on the group’s interest. To help us make a determination on when to launch a separate mailing list, it would be useful for the discussion on the main CCWG mailing list to be around scope, initial research, work plan, etc. It should be noted that the Human Rights effort already has a mailing list (former “WP4” group), and anyone interested in joining that mailing list may contact acct-staff. Thank you, Mathieu, Leon, Thomas, Co-Chairs, CCWG-Accountability -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE.

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Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [Ianaplan] [governance] Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN 55
by Seun Ojedeji March 23, 2016

March 23, 2016

Sent from my LG G4 Kindly excuse brevity and typos On 23 Mar 2016 19:33, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" < salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I do not condone sexual harrassment nor bullying, intimidation of any sort. > SO: +1 > > The fact that the matter has been logged with appropriate authorities who should also afford the accused party the right to be heard. > SO: ++1 > Personally, I do not see the link to internet governance as this is a matter for relevant authorities. > SO: +++1 Overall, I am in support of an harassment policy that ensures fair treatment irrespective of the gender. Cheers! > Sala > > On 18 Mar 2016 6:50 pm, "Padmini" <pdmnbaruah(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear all >> >> PFA my public statement in this respect. It is a repeated plea to the Board of ICANN as well as the Community to clarify the timeline as to the development of the sexual harassment policy in this regard, as well as to reaffirm a commitment towards the development of strong, continued gender sensitisation. >> >> Regards >> >> Padmini Baruah >> V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) >> NLSIU, Bangalore >> Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You received this message as a subscriber on the list: >> governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org >> To be removed from the list, visit: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing >> >> For all other list information and functions, see: >> http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance >> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: >> http://www.igcaucus.org/ >> >> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ianaplan mailing list > Ianaplan(a)ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ianaplan >

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CCWG Update post-Marrakech
by Grace Abuhamad March 22, 2016

March 22, 2016

Sending on behalf of the CCWG-Accounability Co-Chairs Going Forward Although the CCWG has completed an important part of our work, we are far from done, and there are a number of projects we must still complete. These projects include: · Drafting of Bylaws to implement our Work Stream 1 (WS1) recommendations · Completing the work on IRP that goes beyond the Bylaws · Finalizing the budget process in coordination with the CWG-Stewardship · Undertaking Work Stream 2 (WS2) Later this week, the co-Chairs will be sending a note to the Chartering Organizations (COs) to explain our plan for completing the CCWG’s remaining WS1 projects and that we assume that CO members will remain in place unless we are advised otherwise. This will be a follow-up to the communication sent on 6 March 2016 (available here). You will also see a call for WS2 volunteers on the ICANN website in the next few days. In accordance with ICANN’s general outreach practices, the announcement will go out to all users subscribed to ICANN news alerts, and shared amongst their regional stakeholder engagement teams, mailing lists and social media platforms. We ask that you also share this call for volunteers widely to ensure that all interested parties, including those outside of the ICANN ecosystem, are aware that they are welcome to participate in projects of WS2. It is important for our group to continue to strive for maximized diversity of our participants going forward. Bylaws Drafting The immediate focus of our efforts is drafting the necessary Bylaws based on our WS1 recommendations. As discussed during our meeting on 10 March at ICANN55 in Marrakech, there is a critical path for the Bylaws drafting. Along with the CWG-Stewardship co-Chairs, we have instructed our legal teams to work with ICANN to draft the Bylaws. The legal teams will meet in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week to work through and refine language for the draft Bylaws. Our CCWG Rapporteur, Becky Burr, will attend the meeting as an observer and will send through written updates to the CCWG mailing list. Chris Disspain will also attend as an observer from the ICANN Board, and Bernard Turcotte will observe in his support role to the CCWG-Accountability. It is expected that the lawyers will come to an agreement by the end of this meeting and that a final draft of the proposed revisions to the Bylaws would be available for CCWG review by Friday 2 April 2016 at the latest. It is important to remember that the overall transition schedule depends on completing this work. In order for the transition to take place by the end of the current contract between NTIA and ICANN on 30 September 2016: · ICANN must publish the Bylaws for a 30-day public comment period beginning on 20 April. · This timeline would allow the Board to approve the changes to the Bylaws on 27 May. · This means that the CCWG will be required to complete its review of the draft Bylaws by Wednesday, 13 April. As agreed upon in Marrakech, our objective is to provide the CCWG with as much time as possible to review these draft Bylaws to confirm that the proposals are adequately reflected, with the minimum time being 7 full calendar days. To facilitate the CCWG’s review, we will be organizing two meetings on: · 5 April from 19:00-21:00 UTC, and · 7 April from 12:00-14:00 UTC, where the legal teams can answer any questions we have with respect to the draft Bylaws. Prior to submission to the CCWG, the external counsel to the CCWG will be asked to confirm that the Bylaws are an appropriate reflection of the CCWG’s proposal. We do not anticipate any plenary CCWG calls before the Bylaw review calls on 5 and 7 April. The IRP subgroup may have a meeting next week to discuss the IRP section of the Bylaws, but we leave this decision to Becky who is leading the effort on developing further IRP implementation guidance. Implementation and WS2 Once the Bylaws work is complete, we will turn our focus to our inventory of WS2 items. However, this does not prevent anyone in the group from launching into discussions on the mailing list and self-organizing around the topics. Regarding mailing lists, we have decided to keep the conversation on the main CCWG list until there is enough interest and discussion to launch a separate sub-group list. This way, we can manage the prioritization and sequencing of our work based on the group’s interest. To help us make a determination on when to launch a separate mailing list, it would be useful for the discussion on the main CCWG mailing list to be around scope, initial research, work plan, etc. It should be noted that the Human Rights effort already has a mailing list (former “WP4” group), and anyone interested in joining that mailing list may contact acct-staff. Thank you, Mathieu, Leon, Thomas, Co-Chairs, CCWG-Accountability -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE.

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Reminder: 12 days left to comment on Principles for CCWGs
by Grace Abuhamad March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

Dear all, Just a quick note to remind you that there are 12 days left to submit comments on the draft framework principles for cross community working groups: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-framework-principles-draft-2016-…. As of right now, only one comment has been submitted (by our faithful CCWG-Accountability co-Chair Mathieu Weill, no less!). If you need a review of what this is all about, my original impassioned note is below :) Best, Grace -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE. From: <cwg-stewardship-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 6:14 PM To: "cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org" <cwg-stewardship(a)icann.org>, Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Cc: Mary Wong <mary.wong(a)icann.org> Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] Principles for CCWGs -- Public Comment Dear CWG-Stewardship and CCWG-Accountability members, participants, and observers, I’m writing to request your expert feedback for the public comment on the draft framework principles for cross community working groups: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-framework-principles-draft-2016-…. I’ve attached the draft to the email for your convenience. Why you? You are the experts. You are the past, the present, and the future of cross community working groups at ICANN. You have survived one (or both) of the big IANA Stewardship Transition working groups over the past two years, and you probably (I hope!) have a lot to reflect upon and share. What’s the point? There are no agreed community-wide guidelines on the use of CCWGs, but they are such an awesome form of multistakeholder policymaking that the ICANN community is increasingly reliant on CCWGs for their policy efforts. The CCWG-Principles has taken on the task of developing a uniform framework of principles intended to guide the formation, initiation, operations and closure of future CCWGs. How much time do I have? The public comment period opened on Monday this week. You have 39 days left, until 23 April at 23:59 UTC. You could jot down some thoughts during your long plane rides to/from Marrakech, or even as you observe the action during the sessions! The email to which your comments may be sent is: <comments-ccwg-framework-principles-22feb16(a)icann.org>. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Wong (cc’ed here). I am passionate about this work because we’ve innovated and learned so much from the IANA Stewardship Transition working groups, and I have had the privilege and opportunity to work with both groups from their formation. I am keen to see where the outcome of this public comment period takes us next, and I very much hope that you will take pride in designing that path forward. —Grace

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Call on 22 March cancelled
by Grace Abuhamad March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

Dear all, We have been asked to cancel the call that was scheduled for 22 March at 06:00 UTC. Instead of the call, the Chairs will be providing a written communication to the mailing list. Please stay tuned! Best, Grace -- Grace Abuhamad Manager, Public Policy ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006 Direct: +1 202 249 7545 | Mobile: +1 310 200 7638 Interested in the IANA Stewardship Transition? LEARN MORE. STAY UPDATED. FOLLOW. ENGAGE.

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Translations of Supplemental Final Proposal
by Hillary Jett March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016

Hi all, The translated Core Proposal, Annexes and Appendices of the Supplemental Final Proposal have been added to the wiki here: https://community.icann.org/x/8w2AAw. All of the documents have been translated in Arabic, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. Thank you, Hillary -- Hillary Jett Communications Coordinator Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403 Email: hillary.jett(a)icann.org

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