Thanks to Alice, David, Kieren and others for flagging these specific IRP issues. I'd like to raise another one, which may be related to the communication issue Alice has raised in the email below, but I'm curious to know whether some degree of transparency can/should be introduced to the process. Not being a lawyer, it's not clear to me how far confidentiality considerations apply in IRPs, so I'm happy to be corrected if transparency would somehow transgress confidentiality. But it would seem important to find some means of keeping the community at large, as well as directly affected or interested parties, better informed as to the status of a pending IRP. Cheers, Suz Suzanne Murray Radell Senior Policy Advisor NTIA/Office of International Affairs PH: 202-482-3167 FX: 202-482-1865 ________________________________ From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alice Munyua [alice@dotafrica.org] Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:18 PM To: David Post; accountability-cross-community@icann.org Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [Party2] Independent Review Dear David Thank you. Re-sending and would like to add another issue regarding timely communication to all affected parties. Best regards Alice Alice Thanks - it doesn't look like your message got distributed to the group list which I think would be a good idea - David At 01:48 AM 3/6/2015, you wrote: Dear David, Thank you for this list of topics. 11. Should the IRP be provided with clear time lines for each stage 12 What provisions can be put in place for redress against the IRP provider in the event the process goes off track Best regards Alice Munyua AUC On 06/03/2015 01:19, David Post wrote: [This is for the Independent Review subgroup: Paul Rosenzweig, David McAuley, Jonathan Zuck, Robin Gross, Chris LaHatte, me]. I don't think a separate mailing list has been set up, so I apologize to the rest of you who are working on other issues here] I'm a little bit late to the WP2 party, but I thought, just for the purpose of kicking off our discussion, we might see if there we can generate a list of topics that we need to cover for the design of the IRP -- I'm sure there are others, but here's a starter group, picking up on some of the "issues" listed in the latest work item list and adding a few others: 1. Will the IRP be a permanent standing panel, or will it have rotating membership? 2. What is the scope of the IRB's jurisdiction - what kinds of claims can it hear? 3. What standard of review will it use to render its decisions? 4. Standing - who can bring claims to the IRP? 5. How will IRB members be nominated and appointed? 6. Term - for how long will IRP members serve? Can they be re-appointed? 7. Will there be a process for removal of IRP members? 8. Costs - who will pay IRP costs? 9. How will IRP decisions be implemented? Are they binding on the Board? Can they be overturned by the Board? 10. Should changes to the IRP process be made permanent (i.e., not subject to Board modification)? If so, how can we accomplish that? As I said, I'm sure there are things missing or mis-stated - but I do think it would be worth trying to put a list like this together to structure our discussion as we plunge forward. David ******************************* David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation blog (Volokh Conspiracy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post book (Jefferson's Moose) http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n <http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0> music http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic publications etc. http://www.davidpost.com <https://as.ntia.doc.gov/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> ******************************* _______________________________________________ WP2 mailing list WP2@icann.org<mailto:WP2@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/wp2 _______________________________________________ WP2 mailing list WP2@icann.org<mailto:WP2@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/wp2 ******************************* David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation blog (Volokh Conspiracy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post book (Jefferson's Moose) http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n <http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0> music http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic <http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic%A0> publications etc. http://www.davidpost.com <https://as.ntia.doc.gov/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> *******************************