Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Implications of bottom-up "policy" requirement
No, they should. But we need to be careful that our existing contracts are not destroyed. What is deemed to be a "policy" can be very wide and the majority of our current contracts were not created by consensus policy (nor can they ever be under the terms of Spec 1/4). Alan At 13/11/2015 01:27 PM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
".... and, when they alter existing contracts must be developed through a bottom-up, consensus-based multistakeholder process."
Does the above imply that other policies that does not alter existing contracts should/may not go through MS process? I hope that's not what is intended
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Sent from my Asus Zenfone2 Kindly excuse brevity and typos. On 13 Nov 2015 19:12, "Alan Greenberg" <<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote: On review, the change is not quite that simple, partly because in the current version, the first bullet does not make sense. removing the extraneous punctuation for just the first bullet we have: "In this role, with respect to domain names, ICANNâs Mission is to coordinate the development and implementation of policies for which uniform or coordinated resolution is reasonably necessary to facilitate the openness, interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability of the DNS" I do not think that "uniform and coordinated resolution of policies" makes sense. I think it was meant to say that the policies allow uniform and coordinated resolution of names, not the policies them selves. Perhaps the following works. In this role, with respect to domain names, ICANNâs Mission is to coordinate the development and implementation of policies which allow the necessary uniform or coordinated resolution to facilitate the openness, interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability of the DNS. Such policies must be designed to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internetâs unique names systems and, when they alter existing contracts must be developed through a bottom-up, consensus-based multistakeholder process. Alan
At 13/11/2015 12:13 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote: Good question. Let me look at the original version again. Alan At 13/11/2015 10:48 AM, David Post wrote: At 09:45 AM 11/13/2015, Alan Greenberg wrote: I would like to propose a solution to this problem. The current proposal is that policies (without being specific) be developed by a bottom-up MS process. I suggest that we replace "policy' by "Consensus Policy". This is a term already used in the Bylaws and is applicable to both the Registry and Registrar contracts. If, as my original scenario envisions, that such a policy is struck down, then it may be re-crafted (or not!) using the established By-Law mandated processes.
Alan Can you clarify what you mean when you propose replacing "policy" with "Consensus Policy"? Just substituting the words "Consensus Policy" for "policy" in the proposal language looks like this:
"ICANN's Mission is to coordinate the development and implementation of Consensus Policies: . For which uniform or coordinated resolution is reasonably necessary to facilitate the openness, interoperability, resilience, security and/or stability: . That are developed through a bottom-up, consensus-based multistakeholder process and designed to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's unique names system."
Is that what you're proposing? David
At 12/11/2015 04:38 PM, Burr, Becky wrote: But why isn¡¯t the answer that it is a part of a non-policy provision of a commercial contract entered into in furtherance of ICANN¡¯s mission?
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On 11/12/15, 1:23 PM, "Alan Greenberg" <<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
Of course contracts are not policies. But contracts contain provisions based on policies. Stress tests 29 and 30 explicitly makes reference to an IRP challenge could asserting that a contract provision was not developed by consensus.
If the mission statement addition said that Consensus Policy must be developed by a bottom-up MS process, that would be fine. But it simply says "policies", an undefined and rather vague term.
Alan
At 12/11/2015 03:29 PM, Burr, Becky wrote:
With all due respect - contracts are NOT policies. Contracts reflect policies, and they contain limits on what ICANN can impose unilaterally on contracted parties. But contracts with registries and registrars contain lots of mutually agreed commercial terms and conditions that are NOT policy. That is why ICANN must be able to enter into and enforce contracts ©øin furtherance of its mission"
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On 11/12/15, 9:51 AM, "Alan Greenberg" <<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
David, there are several issues here.
PICs were not developed through a bottom-up process, although they were subject to comment processes at various times.
However, PICs are documented in Spec 11 of the registry agreements. Spec 1 is the explicit list of what topics can be the subject of a GNSO PDP, and for whatever reason (you can attribute it to incompetence or conspiracy), PIC are not in the list.
My worry is that PICs, or virtually any part of a contract might be able to be struck down by and IRP because they were not developed in a bottom-up MS process, but there is no way to use the bottom-up MS process to replace them.
Alan
At 12/11/2015 10:26 AM, David Post wrote:
Alan - I'm not clear what you mean when you say that
>AG:- some issues which could reasonably considered "policy", such >as PICs in registry agreements, according to the Registry >agreement Spec 1, are NOT SUBJECT to Consensus Policy"?
Do you mean that the insertion of the PICs in Spec 1 was not developed by a consensus process ( I would agree )? Or that under the current language of the proposal, the insertion of the PICs is the kind of action that ICANN would be permitted to take without it being subject to the consensus process (I don't think I agree )?
David
At 07:54 AM 11/12/2015, Alan Greenberg wrote:
I am increasingly becoming uneasy with the implications of several of our proposed changes/powers. I would be happy to be convinced that I am missing something and there is no need to be concerned.
The particular interaction that I am thinking of is:
- the new requirement that "policies" be developed through a bottom-up multistakeholder process;
- the fact that we never really define "policy" and therefore what is a policy is subject to interpretation;
- we have contracts which are made up of a combination of historical language, negotiated terms, Consensus Policy and yes, terms which at some point in time may have been included through more arcane processes;
- some issues which could reasonably considered "policy", such as PICs in registry agreements, according to the Registry agreement Spec 1, are NOT SUBJECT to Consensus Policy;
- most contractual provisions are also outside of the limited subjects in Spec 1 (Registry) / Spec 4 (Registrar);
- The IRP which can judge something to be outside of ICANN's mission;
When you put these together, we have the situation that an IRP could judge that some contractual provision is "policy", was not developed through a bottom-up MS process, and therefore violates the Bylaws. Yet such terms are not eligible for a bottom-up MS process, or predate such processes.
I find this EXTREMELY problematic.
Alan
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