Let me resort to pragmatism. I know it may set a precedent, but I am willing to risk it. 1. We are already pretty much locking in what will be done in WS2 in Recommendation 12, including Human Rights. 2. As an AC Chair, I can definitively say that the workload associated with chartering, populating and finding chairs for a new CCWG is daunting, and not something we will approach frivolously. 3. Wearing my "I am not a lawyer" hat, but having spent a fair amount of time over the last several decades reading, writing and interpreting Bylaws, I cannot see having the ICANN Bylaws refer to a specific CCWG or a sub-part thereof. If they need to make a reference such as the one we are discussing, they should say the work will be carried out by an appropriately chartered, generally/widely supported, cross community working group. Let's not devote more time and bandwidth to this and get on with substantive issues. Alan At 08/02/2016 04:20 AM, Bruce Tonkin wrote:
Hello Tijani
- The Board seems to feel strongly that it would be advisable I would like Why it would be advisable for Board
From a bylaws perspective - we felt that the Chartering organisations should have the option to split some of the work stream 2 topics into separate CCWG's with perhaps different membership that is most interested and/or skilled in the topic.
As Alan and others have pointed out though - we still envisage that each CCWG should have broad participation from multiple SOs and ACs and basically have the same ability for open participation as the CCWG on accountability.
I could imagine that some participants of the CCWG on Accountability would become members of a CCWG on human rights and attend every meeting, and some members may become participants (and monitor the mailing list and attend when available).
The CCWG on Accountability still remains as an option to do all the work in work stream 2 - it is up to the chartering organisations to consider how best to manage the work. All we are doing is creating some flexibility.
Regards, Bruce Tonkin
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