Repeated with the Subject - CONSENSUS CALL so as to make it stand out. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [ALAC] Fwd: RE: Joint SO-AC-SG-C Submission on ICANN's Enhancing ICANN Accountabitliy Plan Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:08:39 +0200 From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> To: alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org CC: staff >> ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org> Dear ALAC members, I am following up on my message below which included the Registry Stakeholder Group's Statement on the topic of the "enhancing ICANN Accountability" plan. The ALT discussed the matter yesterday and was reminded that according to our ALAC Rules of Procedure, the ALAC Chair would be able to make a decision and respond to a process without an ALAC vote, asking for the ratification vote to take place afterwards. Historically, on occasions, we have sometimes also sent Statements to public comment periods prior to official ratification by the ALAC provided we knew there was consensus on the Statement. With the Registry's Statement being considered, it was the feeling of the ALT that the ALAC should have no objection in supporting such a Statement, for the following reasons: 1. The Statement contains no points which are contrary to an ALAC position. 2. With the amount of time remaining (closing date Saturday 27 September 2014) the Statement is more complete that any Statement the ALAC could draft in such a short amount of time. 3. A Joint Statement from SOs, AC and SGs is likely to have much more impact than separate Statements from various communities. This has been shown already in the speed of the response to the prior joint Statement which the ALAC has signed on. 4. at a time when all lights are on ICANN, showing alignment of the Community means we can work better and across silos - a good showcase of the multi-stakeholder model. I would therefore ask you all for a 24H consensus call now starting at 13:00 UTC and ending on Friday 26 September 2014 at 13:00 UTC. Should I receive no formal objection to the ALAC supporting this Statement, I shall proceed forward with offering the ALAC's support for the Statement. Shortly after Friday, Staff will launch a standard ratification vote for the support of the Statement. If there are objections to the Statement being supported by the ALAC, I plan to offer my individual support to it. For your comfort, please find a copy of the proposed Statement attached again to this message. Kindest regards, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair On 24/09/2014 18:02, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

Dear ALAC members,

please be so kind to find the suggested joint Statement from the Registry Stakeholder Group. (attached as a docx and PDF) Feedback needed as soon as possible. The ALT will be discussing this in a few hours. Kindest regards,

Olivier

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RE: Joint SO-AC-SG-C Submission on ICANN's Enhancing ICANN Accountabitliy Plan Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 08:48:10 +0000 From: Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com> To: SO/AC/SG/C Chairs

Hi all,

Following up my earlier email, I’ve attached the latest draft of the RySG comments on the Enhancing ICANN Accountability process.

Feel free to share these with your respective groups if you find them helpful.

Please respond to this message with any updates from your respective groups. Are you planning to submit comments? Are you open to developing a joint SO-AC-SG-C leaders’ statement?

Thanks,

Keith

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Olivier, I completely support this. The statement both identifies an optimal solution and provides an acceptable fall-back should the preferred solution not be accepted. The fall-back addresses the critical ones (in my mind) of establishing the ground-rules ahead of time, and ensuring that the external members of the community (and particularly the staff and external experts) do not control the outcome. The uniform position presented to ICANN in Istanbul resulted in an unprecedented result. ICANN changed direction, and did so quickly, because of community feedback. Consider how different that was to the similar (but uncoordinated) feedback it received on digital archery! We should only abandon attempting to reply now in a uniform way if what was being opposed was contrary to our own views, and it is not. So you have my complete support to proceed with supporting the RySG statement (or an evolution of it) as you see fit. I am effectively giving you my proxy to take whatever action on behalf of the ALAC and in support of At-Large in this matter. Alan At 25/09/2014 09:08 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

Dear ALAC members,

I am following up on my message below which included the Registry Stakeholder Group's Statement on the topic of the "enhancing ICANN Accountability" plan.

The ALT discussed the matter yesterday and was reminded that according to our ALAC Rules of Procedure, the ALAC Chair would be able to make a decision and respond to a process without an ALAC vote, asking for the ratification vote to take place afterwards. Historically, on occasions, we have sometimes also sent Statements to public comment periods prior to official ratification by the ALAC provided we knew there was consensus on the Statement.

With the Registry's Statement being considered, it was the feeling of the ALT that the ALAC should have no objection in supporting such a Statement, for the following reasons:

1. The Statement contains no points which are contrary to an ALAC position. 2. With the amount of time remaining (closing date Saturday 27 September 2014) the Statement is more complete that any Statement the ALAC could draft in such a short amount of time. 3. A Joint Statement from SOs, AC and SGs is likely to have much more impact than separate Statements from various communities. This has been shown already in the speed of the response to the prior joint Statement which the ALAC has signed on. 4. at a time when all lights are on ICANN, showing alignment of the Community means we can work better and across silos - a good showcase of the multi-stakeholder model.

I would therefore ask you all for a 24H consensus call now starting at 13:00 UTC and ending on Friday 26 September 2014 at 13:00 UTC. Should I receive no formal objection to the ALAC supporting this Statement, I shall proceed forward with offering the ALAC's support for the Statement. Shortly after Friday, Staff will launch a standard ratification vote for the support of the Statement.

If there are objections to the Statement being supported by the ALAC, I plan to offer my individual support to it. For your comfort, please find a copy of the proposed Statement attached again to this message.

Kindest regards,

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair

On 24/09/2014 18:02, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:

...

Dear ALAC members,

please be so kind to find the suggested joint Statement from the Registry Stakeholder Group. (attached as a docx and PDF) Feedback needed as soon as possible. The ALT will be discussing this in a few hours. Kindest regards,

Olivier

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RE: Joint SO-AC-SG-C Submission on ICANN's Enhancing ICANN Accountabitliy Plan Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 08:48:10 +0000 From: Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com> To: SO/AC/SG/C Chairs

Hi all,

Following up my earlier email, I’ve attached the latest draft of the RySG comments on the Enhancing ICANN Accountability process.

Feel free to share these with your respective groups if you find them helpful.

Please respond to this message with any updates from your respective groups. Are you planning to submit comments? Are you open to developing a joint SO-AC-SG-C leaders’ statement?

Thanks,

Keith

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