Hello all,
The notes, recordings and transcripts for the CCWG ACCT Meeting #42, Session 3 – 18 July will be available here: https://community.icann.org/x/FoFCAw
A copy of the notes may be found below.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Brenda
These high-level notes are designed to help you navigate through content of the call and do not substitute in any way the transcript.
Board recall: entire broad individual directors
· Hold over model, Directors stay seated until the replacement is found
· Alternates, selected when the original Director appointed;
· Ex Officio Model, people involved in certain positions would become these positions
· Interim at the time of recall, only long enough until a "real" board in place my usual processes
· Each has he same fiduciary duties as the typical board.
· Strict bylaws provisions around the time-frame, act as fiduciaries, but a community expectation of caretaker mode
· Shadow board, sitting in the back of the actual board a bad idea.
· Ex Officio: already a burden on the chairs and community leadership
· Everyone who casts the vote, should bring names to the table as replacements, i.e. preference to option 4
· It is possible to go for a smaller board, ignoring concerns of representation.
· A board as small as 1 is possible
· Diversity requirements in the bylaws could be put on hold in the interim
· Staggered terms, the replacement would step into the term associated with the seat they take.
· Backstop under California law, if only one Director, must inform the California Attorney General that they are to resign, who may appoint an interim board.
· Are there any restrictions on who can be appointed?
· Suggestion of a preference with option 4, with implementation details to come.
· Note. NomCom is developing practices for a casual vacancy, which are becoming more regular
· A consultation process must be in place before a Board recall: petition and consultation
· Preference for option 4.
· Not requiring the NomCom to immediately seat interim Directors
· NomCom will not be required to bring names to the table
· Time span in which the new Board should be seated.
· WS2 a set of standards for Board members
· Discussion at the next CCWG mtg July 21st
Mission, commitments and core values
· Comments on the balancing test. In the proposal too complicated and too U.S. law centric
· Consistent with human rights standards
· Suggested commitment to adhering to human rights. Intent: what ICANN does not negatively impact on human rights
· Is there a standard or framework on human rights being suggested? A group to examine this, and its policy implications and practical affects, but now not the time to implement
· Further discussions about the human rights aspects.
· Core value 5. From the AoC and movement of the commitments into the bylaws. The nature of the language in the AoC suggested this different place in the bylaws.
· Words left out from them AoC text, the parenthesis 'issues including...' may be useful to discuss (taken to email).