Dear Colleagues,

 

Please find below for your information the note sent today to the Chartering Organization chairs, in line with our discussions during our meeting #82.

 

This will be added to our correspondence section of the wiki.

 

Best

Mathieu

 

De : Mathieu Weill [mailto:weill@afnic.fr]
Envoyé : mercredi 3 février 2016 08:52
À : 'James Bladel'; 'Byron Holland'; 'Louis Lee'; 'Alan Greenberg'; 'Thomas Schneider'; 'Lars-Johan Liman'; 'Tripti Sinha'; 'Patrik Fältström'; 'Alissa Cooper'; 'Mohamed El Bashir'; 'Jonathan Robinson'; 'Lise Fuhr'
Cc : 'David Olive'; 'Steve Crocker'; 'Bruce Tonkin'; 'Theresa Swinehart'; 'Thomas Rickert'; 'León Felipe Sánchez Ambía'; 'ACCT-STAFF'
Objet : Update on Timeline for Chartering Org Approval of WS1 Recommendations

 

Dear all,

 

Yesterday, the co-Chairs issued a formal statement updating the community on the status of the Work Stream 1 Recommendations and providing insight into the steps the CCWG-Accountability will be taking in developing the supplemental draft. 

 

Our hope is that the majority of changes from the Third Draft Report will relate to specificities of implementation rather than content, and as such, an additional public comment period will not be necessary before approval by the Chartering Organizations.

 

In light of progress made and in assessing the outstanding issues, we have announced a target to distribute the supplemental report to our Chartering Organizations in time for consideration and approval on all Work Stream 1 Recommendations during ICANN55 in Marrakech. 

 

The various SOs and ACs approach their work and schedules differently and we are respectfully asking that you take this into account as you plan your discussions before and during ICANN55. 

With that said, we encourage any Chartering Organizations that can deliberate and/or approve the Work Stream 1 Recommendations prior to Marrakech to please do so.

 

We are grateful for your input on the Third Draft Report and for your continued engagement in the development of the revised Work Stream 1 Recommendations. We hope to continue this open dialogue as the supplemental report is finalized, and we are also hoping that all potential issues have been raised to the CCWG-Accountability so they can be mitigated in our revisions. Our objective is to provide the Chartering Organizations a simple and straightforward approval process.

 

Following approval from the Chartering Organizations, we have asked the ICANN Board to be mindful of the timeline as they plan their review period of the Work Stream 1 Recommendations and submission to NTIA.

 

We have seen increased involvement from the ICANN Board as our work progressed since the Third Draft Report. By enabling us to understand Board comments in real-time, the following potential global public interest concerns stemming from the Board’s comments in December, have been discussed:

  • Inspection rights have been fully addressed.
  • Budget process concerns have been fully addressed.
  • Work Stream 2 concerns have been fully addressed.
  • Human rights concerns have been discussed and the group has adjusted its recommendation, however Board concerns still exist.
  • Concerns on ICANN’s Mission are still being discussed.

As always, please not hesitate to reach out to us should you have any questions or concerns.

 

Best regards,

Mathieu, Thomas, León