CCWG-Accountability WS2 Chartering Organizations,

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  CCWG-­‐Accountability  WS2  proposes  the  attached  Final Report for your consideration and approval as a Chartering Organization.

 

This Final Report presents a summary of the work completed by WS2 and its sub-­‐groups, a listing of all recommendations as well as the complete report from each sub-­‐group (Annexes 1 to 8) and the Implementation Guidance (Annex 9) developed to meet the concerns of the ICANN Board of Directors relative to the four recommendations it identified in its letter of May 14 2018 (due to size considerations we are also including a version of the Final Report without the Annexes).

 

The  CCWG-­‐Accountability  would kindly ask  that  the  Chartering  Organizations  complete  their approval of this Final Report by the conclusion of ICANN 63 which will be held in Barcelona in October 2018.

 

It is important to note that rejecting specific recommendation(s) of the final report would reopen the discussion in the concerned sub-­‐group(s) and the WS2 Plenary, which would require restarting the WS2 process to reconsider the concerned recommendation(s) and possibly undertaking a new round of public comments. Currently this would not be possible as there is no budget allocated to continue this phase of WS2.

 

Once the CCWG-­‐Accountability Chartering Organizations have approved this Final Report for WS2 according to its Charter, it will be transmitted to the ICANN Board for approval and implementation.

 

During this approval period the CCWG-­‐Accountability Co-­‐Chairs and sub-­‐group Rapporteurs remain available to make presentations on the Final Report and answer any questions you may have.

 

In closing, the CCWG-­‐Accountability Co-­‐Chairs would like to thank the past Co-Chairs, all the Participants for their sustained contributions to this effort, the Rapporteurs for their outstanding dedication and tireless work in guiding their respective groups to producing the recommendations which will help make ICANN better for all in the years to come. The Co-­‐Chairs would also like to recognize the excellent work of the MSSI staff which was highly professional and without whom this would have been impossible.

 

A special thank you to:

 

Past WS2 Co-Chairs:

 

·       León “Magic” Felipe Sánchez Ambiá

·       Mathieu Weill

 

Rapporteurs:

 

·       Avri Doria – Staff Accountability

·       Barbara Wanner - Transparency

·       Cheryl Langdon-Orr – SO/AC Accountability

·       Chris Wilson – Transparency

·       Farzaneh Badii - SO/AC Accountability

·       Fiona Asonga – Diversity

·       Greg Shatan – Jurisdiction

·       Lori Schulman – Good Faith

·       Michael Karanicolas – Transparency

·       Niels ten Oever – Human Rights

·       Rafik Dammak – Diversity

·       Sébastien Bachollet – Ombuds

·       Steve DelBianco – SO/AC Accountability

 

MSSI Staff:

 

·       Bernard Turcotte

·       Brenda Brewer

·       Karen Mulberry

·       Nathalie Vergnolle

·       Patrick Dodson

·       Yvette Guigneaux

 

 

The CCWG-­‐Accountability WS2 Co-­‐Chairs

 

Thomas Rickert, Jordan Carter, Tijani Ben Jemaa