Dear all,
George Sadowsky has a point. Lets go back to the basics,
1. Why was ICANN formed
2. Has it fullfilled it mandate
3. Going forwad what changes does it require from a legal and governance perspective to fullfill its mandate in a better way in light of the IANA stewardship transition? again lets focus on simplicity
4. This organization is just a means to an end and not an end in itself we should therefore focus on the well being of the organization by harnessing the resourcefullness of all so's and
Ac's
5. Where there is a will there is a way,lets not squander the opportunity.
My humble opinion.
I like this starting point.
el
On 2015-10-13 19:57 , Erika Mann wrote:
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> On 13 Oct 2015, at 19:38, Ray Plzak <plzakr@gmail.com
> <mailto:plzakr@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> George,
>>
>>
>>
>> Regarding your assertion “CANN does have responsibility for
>> more than just being a secretariat for the ACs and the SOs…”.
>> I agree and think that it should be taken one further. ICANN
>> should not be the secretariat for any SO or AC. There should be a
>> distinct secretariat for the GNSO; which should also have its own
>> executive board. It is in this particular area where most of the
>> accountability issues have arisen. The ASO does not receive any
>> secretariat services from ICANN, it takes care of its own. The
>> ccNSO should also have its own secretariat and executive board.
>> As for the ACs there should be a separate secretariat that
>> provides support for all of them except the GAC which has its own
>> secretariat. This singular secretariat for the ACs should have
>> some sort of executive board composed of members selected by the
>> ACs that use the service. This separation of secretariat
>> function would then allow ICANN and its board to focus on areas
>> of general concern for all of the SOs and ACs such as the global
>> public interest. I realize these suggestions would require
>> structural changes both in the corporate organization and in the
>> affected SOs and ACs. Of course there would have to be a
>> discussion of revenue generation and distribution. This
>> separation would enhance accountability as it would move
>> decisions that are currently made by the ICANN board and staff to
>> a point closer to SO and AC scrutiny and control.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just food for thought,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ray
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