Is this within scope? el Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
On Dec 31, 2014, at 00:39, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:
All
As a follow up to our discussion on today’s call and in reference to my point that OUR work on accountability is highly dependent on what the Board/ICANN will or will not agree to, may I propose that our Chairs send to the Board and the ICANN CEO a communication roughly along the following lines:
The Cross-Community Working Group on accountability measures has been considering many accountability mechanisms to recommend concerning the prospective governance of ICANN. Many members and participants in the CCWG have tentatively concluded that the nature and scope of the CCWG’s recommendations is dependent upon knowing whether or not the Board and ICANN will agree to certain fundamental limitations on Board authority. Accordingly, the CCWG requests direct input from the Board and/or CEO on the following question:
“Will the Board agree, in principle, to accept accountability recommendations that a) restrict (either through Bylaw amendment or contract) the scope of ICANN activity exclusively to management and operation of the IANA function; and b) that provides an independent mechanism (whether through outside arbiter or internal review by a standing community group) by which alleged attempts by the Board/ICANN to exceed that narrow scope of authority may be adjudicated and, if necessary, restrained?
If the Board is fundamentally willing to accept such limitations then remaining accountability mechanisms may be reasonably limited to proposals that relate to the successful implementation of the IANA function itself. If the Board and ICANN are, however, not willing to accept such limitations on their own authority then many members of the CCWG believe that accountability mechanisms proposed by the CCWG will need to be commensurately broadened.”
I do not, of course, care terribly much about the specific language we use. My goal, however, is to find a way to get Board input into our decision making at a point where it can significantly narrow (or substantially broadened) our field of consideration.
Perhaps more to the point, simply asking the question creates information – if the Board is unable or unwilling to answer at all (or if it answers in the negative) that would, in and of itself, justify the community in seeking a broader accountability package. By contrast, if the Board answers affirmatively, then our task is much simpler – we need to reach consensus on the critical WS0 board control mechanisms and then add only the IANA function-related mechanisms we deem necessary.
So … my proposal is simply that the Chairs of our WG find some way of both asking this question formally and getting a formal answer for us at the earliest practicable opportunity.
I wish everyone a very healthy and happy new year.
Warm regards Paul
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From: Grace Abuhamad [mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 8:16 AM To: Accountability Cross Community Cc: Brenda Brewer Subject: [CCWG-Accountability] Agenda for CCWG-Accountability on 30 December at 19:00 UTC
Dear all,
Please find below the proposed agenda for the CCWG-Accountability call on 30 December at 19:00 UTC. I will send to call details to the Notify list.
Proposed Agenda: 1. Welcome & Roll Call & Statements of Interest 2. Membership Updates 3. Work Area Updates WA1 – David Maher / Samantha Eisner WA2 – Steve DelBianco WA3 – Avri Doria WA4 – Eric Brunner-Williams 4. Coordination between CWG and ICG 5. Expectations for the F2F 6. AOB 7. Closing Remarks _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community