Hello all, The recordings and transcript for the CCWG Acct Meeting #46 held on 30 July will be available here: https://community.icann.org/x/I4tCAw A copy of the notes and action items may be found below. Thank you. Kind regards, Kim Action Items * Action (staff): fix title for powers (5 not 6) * Action (staff): change "culture of accountability" to "culture of transparency" * Action (staff): add steve's paragraph * Action (staff) Clarify that community powers are a recourse/ escalation path/ backstop * Action (staff) Fix IFR reference (if not in powers, in review) * Action (Steve/Cheryl): note in section the concerns from GAC and ongoing discussions Notes 1. Opening remarks (roll call, SOI) 2. Minority statements * Minority statement is attached to the report in an appendix * Dissenting opinion is your diverging view on a section/part of the report * Statements are need in advance of the report publication. *You are welcome to submit statements/dissenting opinions at any time, but if you miss the deadline, we cannot include them in the published report for 2nd public comment * Extension until 12:00 UTC on Saturday (24h extension) * Include pointer on Wiki for minority statements 3. Review of remaining sections/documents Section 5B: Community Powers (intro) * Three key phases (petition, discussion, decision) * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 5B.1: Budget * Lot of changes from legal review. * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 5B.2: Standard Bylaws * No major changes. * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 5B.3: Removal of Board Members (individuals) * Any objections or comments on this section? Yes, Sebastien Bachollet *Question: Do you think there should be the possibility of invoking the process only once per term? Ticks (Yes): Tijani + 14; Crosses (No): 6. * ---> So, the group will proceed with once per term. Alan Greenberg: Revised Section 30 of Director Removal: For the seven directors appointed by one of the three SOs or by the At-Large Community, a process led by that organization or subdivision would decide on the director's removal. Only the SO or AC that appointed the director could decide on that director's removal. For the purposes of the following paragraph and sub-sections, SO means the SO or for the case of the GNSO, the GNSO House that has the Bylaw right to appointa Director. Section 5B.4: Recalling Board Members (entire Board) *Fine tune in implementation phase the process for recall when close to Board director's end of term (with 6 months or less) * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 5C: Diversity, Staff Accountability, and SO/AC Accountability * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 6: Incorporation of AoC * Any objections or comments on this section? No Executive Summary * Action (staff): fix title for powers (5 not 6) * Action (staff): change "culture of accountability" to "culture of transparency" * Do you think this structure of the executive summary is acceptable? *Suggestion from Steve Del Bianco: suggest that we add one paragraph explaining our WS1/WS2 rationale. This was on page 11 of our first draft proposal: Work Stream 1 mechanisms were defined as those that, when in place or committed to, would provide the community with confidence that any accountability mechanism that would further enhance ICANN's accountability would be implemented if it had consensus support from the community, even if it were to encounter ICANN management resistance or if it were against the interest of ICANN as a corporate entity. * Action (staff): add steve's paragraph * Action (staff) Clarify that community powers are a recourse/ escalation path/ backstop * Action (staff) Fix IFR reference (if not in powers, in review) Fulfillment of Requirements *Any objections or comments on this section? yes, Avri Doria: do not accept the idea that we meet the considtion of require 4 for opennes. Section 1: Background * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 2: Accountability Mechanisms * Any objections or comments on this section? Yes, Eberhard Lisse's wildcard Section 7/8: Stress Tests * Any objections or comments on this section? Concerns from Argentina and Brazil on changing Bylaws * GAC is still looking into issue of Stress Test 18 * Pages 28-27 are where we indicate new stress tests that were added based on PC#1 * Action (Steve/Cheryl): note in section the concerns from GAC and ongoing discussions Section 9: WS2 * Any objections or comments on this section? No Section 10: Implementation * Any objections or comments on this section? Yes, Eberhard Lisse's wildcard 4. Update on human rights discussion per legal advice * Agreement that there should be work/text on HR * The disagreement is about where to include/discuss: WS1 or WS2? *Proposal text from Keith Drazek: Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to respect the fundamental human rights of the exercise of free expression and the free flow of information. * Green ticks (yes, add Keith's text): 16 * Red crosses (no): Tijani + 3 (so, 4) Eberhard Lisse has a general wildcard objection for this call Agenda for next call at 17:00 UTC 1. Opening Remarks 2. Update on voting weights discussion per legal advice 3. Review of previous call (11:00 UTC) 4. Review of XPlane graphics 5. Procedural approach for calls today and for Public Comment A. Freeze starts on Friday 31 July at 18:00 UTC B. Publication on Monday 3 August 6. AOB A. Webinars on 4 & 7 August B. Call on 4 August cancelled (replaced by webinar) 7. Closing remarks