Hi Robin, Appendix A has been updated with your minority viewpoint. It is reflected on the Public Comment page that the document has been updated as of 1 December 2015. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-ccwg-accountability-propos al-appendix-a-30nov15-en.pdf Thanks, Hillary -- Hillary Jett Communications Coordinator Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403 Email: hillary.jett@icann.org From: Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org> Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 12:07 PM To: Hillary Jett <hillary.jett@icann.org> Cc: CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>, Thomas Rickert <thomas@rickert.net>, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe@sanchez.mx>, "Mathieu Weill (Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr)" <Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr>, Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-ACCT 21-day Public Comment Is Live Dear Hilary, I note that my dissenting opinion was sent on 29 November and was not included in the report upon the report¹s publication on 1 December. Moreover, the report has incorrectly stated that there are no dissenting opinions, however the chairs acknowledged this dissenting opinion during the CCWG meeting on 2 November. Why did the report knowingly make a false statement about no dissent and why has the dissenting opinion still not been included with the report? I find the delay in fixing this to be unacceptable. If ICANN can¹t even be trusted to honestly report on the accountability recommendations, we really have our work cut out for us. Robin
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From: Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org> Date: November 29, 2015 at 3:40:45 PM PST To: Thomas Rickert <thomas@rickert.net> Cc: León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe@sanchez.mx>, "Mathieu Weill (Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr)" <Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr>, "accountability-cross-community@icann.org Community" <accountability-cross-community@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Minority statements inclusion in report
Thanks, Thomas. See below.
Dissenting Opinion of Member Robin Gross (GNSO-NSCG)
The CCWG-Accountability make a number of helpful recommendations to improve organizational accountability at ICANN, however one aspect of the plan is deeply flawed: changing the role of ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) from purely an ³advisory² role to a ³decision making² role over fundamental matters at ICANN, including its governance. Consequently the proposal marginalizes the role of Supporting Organizations (SO¹s) compared to today¹s ICANN governance structure. The degree of governmental empowerment over ICANN resulting from the proposal¹s community mechanism is dangerous to the success of the proposal¹s political acceptance as well as to its ultimate impact on a free and open Internet.
The creation of a community mechanism to hold ICANN accountable on key issues made a critical error by departing from the existing power balance between SO¹s and AC¹s as determined by relative board appointments. Instead, the proposed community mechanism elevates the AC¹s relative to the SO¹s compared with today¹s balance on ICANN's board of directors, which does not currently provide a decision making role to GAC, and which retains the primacy of the Supporting Organizations on key decisions, particularly those within the SO¹s mandate. The devaluing of the Supporting Organizations in ICANN¹s key decisions was a common theme in both previous public comment periods, however the recommendations not only failed to address this widespread concern, but went even further in devaluing SO¹s in the community mechanism in the 3rd report. The community mechanism failed to take into account the appropriate roles and responsibilities of the various SO¹s and AC¹s, and the dangers inherent in changing those roles with a ³one size fits all² approach to critical decision making.
Additionally, I object to the proposed departure from ICANN¹s typical 30-day public comment period on the 3rd report for CCWG-Accountability. The 3rd report¹s public comment only allows for 9 days of public comment after the language translations are scheduled to be published, which is far too short of a public comment period for a report of this significance and with so many important changes since previous drafts.
Robin Gross
On Nov 29, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Thomas Rickert <thomas@rickert.net> wrote:
Dear Robin, as discussed during the last CCWG call, minority statements will be included in the report as appendices if and when they are received.
Best, Thomas
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Am 29.11.2015 um 21:37 schrieb Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org>:
Dear Co-Chairs,
I have still not received a response to this request. What is the process for submitting minority statements? Please advise.
Thanks, Robin
On Nov 11, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org> wrote:
Dear Co-Chairs,
Could you please advise on the proposed schedule and process for ensuring that minority statements will be included in the report [of the executive summary]?
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On Nov 30, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Hillary Jett <hillary.jett@icann.org> wrote:
Hi Robin,
Thank you for the note. We will be updating the Appendix tomorrow with minority statements received since 29 November.
Best, Hillary
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From: Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org> Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 at 9:21 PM To: Hillary Jett <hillary.jett@icann.org> Cc: CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community@icann.org>, Thomas Rickert <thomas@rickert.net>, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe@sanchez.mx>, "Mathieu Weill (Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr)" <Mathieu.Weill@afnic.fr>, Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad@icann.org> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-ACCT 21-day Public Comment Is Live
Thanks, but the report still incorrectly states that there are no minority opinions. Why hasn¹t the NCSG dissenting opinion been posted or acknowledged in the report? Please fix this incorrect information and omission of a dissenting opinion from the report¹s publication.
Robin
On Nov 30, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Hillary Jett <hillary.jett@icann.org> wrote:
Hello all,
The 21-day public comment period of the CCWG-Accountability Draft Work Stream 1 Recommendations has just been posted here: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-201... -11-30-en. The comment period will run from November 30 through 23:59 UTC on December 21.
We hope to begin receiving translations in the next 12-14 days.
Thank you! Hillary
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