Evan, please note that this proposal is not from ICANN Organization (current name for staff) or the Board. It is from a number of the community members of the CCWG-Accountability group looking at recommendation to make to the AC/SOs and the Board. Alan At 14/02/2018 01:54 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

Fully agree. It is astounding that ICANN wants to consider growing its bureaucracy just as budgets are shrinking.

Perhaps our advice should encourage the Board and senior staff to show leadership to its community as it moves to an increasing culture of austerity. Before ICANN asks its volunteers to sacrifice (through reduced support and/or increased workload) it should engage in some of its own.

(Also funny how ICANN wants to take diversity seriously only AFTER it has set in place policies - on gTLD expansion and the concept of domains as rental property, for instance - that can't really be undone even if a newly-diverse community disagrees with that path.)

- Evan

On Feb 14, 2018 12:46 PM, "Kan Kaili" <<mailto:kankaili@gmail.com>kankaili@gmail.com> wrote: Hi,

I fully agree with the comments initiated by Alan and the points by Maureen, Holly and others.

That is, ALAC should issue a statement against establishing this office. I believe comments of Holly, Maureen and others would suffice as the main body of the statement.

Kaili

----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>Maureen Hilyard To: <mailto:h.raiche@internode.on.net>Holly Raiche Cc: <mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>ALAC ; <mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>Alan Greenberg Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [ALAC] IMPORTANT: PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS

+1 Holly

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Holly Raiche <<mailto:h.raiche@internode.on.net>h.raiche@internode.on.net> wrote: Folks

Part of me absolutely supports any moves that support diversity. At one point in my life, I headed up the Equal Opportunity Unit in the Aust. Broadcasting Corporation so diversity was my job. Putting that aside, I have serious doubts about the concept in this context.

If they talking about just ICANN staff, there is already an ICANN HR function that would (or should) be charged with addressing the issue.

If they talking about the various organisations that attend the SOs/ACs? I have even more concern. Just for starters, it is up to each SO/AC - and then individual members within each SO/AC as to who participates. Is ICANN seriously going to tell GAC members that some of them must send more women representatives/more Asian members/more members from non-English speaking backgrounds? And who is going to tell each registry/registrar whom they can send to represent them!

If the idea is to have diversity in the make-up of ICANN committees, I would hope the first basis for selection is qualifications for the task.

In short, I support Alan’s comments. If the concept is diversity WITHIN ICANN staff, it is covered by HR. Otherwise, I have real doubts about the concept, other than - at best -it could be just a score card.

Holly

On 14 Feb 2018, at 11:18 am, Alan Greenberg <<mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:

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I would like to call your attention to this paper that was just circulated by the CCWG-Accountability WS2 on Diversity.

The ALAC was silent on the question of an Office of Diversity (OOD) that was mentioned in the draft recommendations (see <https://community.icann.org/x/Z5tEB>https://community.icann.org/x/Z5tEB)

As important as diversity is, I find it troublesome that ICANN might be dedicating more bureaucracy to it. As I noted in my recent comments on the Specific Reviews Operating Standards ( https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-reviews-standards-17oct17/2018q1/000... ), I find that for the best of reasons, ICANN is building more and more complex process, rules and bureaucracy. At a time when it is clear we are going to have increasing budget constraint, this must be controlled. If we consider issues such as this as sacred , then we will see more and more other more discretionary budgets cut (and I am predicting that if we don't change our philosophy, budget issues will get MUCH worse).

According to the original recommendations document ( https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-acct-ws2-draft-recs-diversi... ): The role of this office would be to independently support, record and keep track of issues including complaints from the community on diversity issues within the organization.

I presume that by "organization" the document means all of ICANN (ICANN Organization as the staff are now known, the volunteer community and the Board). For ICANN Organization, I see this as falling directly under Human Resources and the Complaints Officer. For the volunteer part of ICANN, and the Board, I think it quite reasonable to keep records but that does not warrant a staffed office. Selection of volunteers is not done centrally, and complaints presumably should go to the Ombudsman.

Should the ALAC issue a further statement on this? And if so, what are your views?

Alan

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From: Bernard Turcotte <<mailto:turcotte.bernard@gmail.com>turcotte.bernard@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:28:23 -0500 To: ws2-diversity <<mailto:ws2-diversity@icann.org>ws2-diversity@icann.org> Subject: [Ws2-diversity] CCWG-Accountability-WS2-Diversity - PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS

All,

As promised at the last meeting of the diversity sub-group please find below and attached the document prepared by Fiona and Rafik on this topic.

Bernard Turcotte ICANN Staff Support to the CCWG-Accountability-WS2

For Fiona and Rafik.

DIVERISTY SUB-GROUP

PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS

Preamble:

The Diversity sub-group presented a report for public comments that presented diversity at ICANN identified by a number of elements by which diversity may be characterized, measured and reported. The report was informed by feedback from ICANN Supporting Organization(SO)/Advisory Committee (AC)/groups through a Diversity Questionnaire. In the report the Sub-group proposes a number of recommendations by which ICANN may define, measure, report, support and promote diversity. It also indicated that there was a lack of consensus on the establishment on an office of diversity and sought to receive public comments on the position of the office of diversity.

Summary of Responses from Public Comments:

Total of 15 comments

* 6 had no comments on an office of diversity * 3 supported an office of diversity or a panel * 3 supported an office of diversity * 3 rejected the notion of an office of diversity.

Breakdown by major categories

* 7 SO/ACs/Board (those which will have to approve the WS2 final report):

* 4 had no comments * 3 Rejected the notion of an office of diversity

* 2 Governments:

* 1 had no comments on an office of diversity * 1 supported an office of diversity

* 6 Individuals/Associations:

* 1 had no comments on an office of diversity * 3 supported an office of diversity or a panel * 2 supported an office of diversity

Summary of Positions relating to the OOD from Public Comments:

1. Establishment of an office of diversity or a panel similar to what is proposed in the Ombuds recommendations.

2. Establishment of an office of diversity

3. Rejection of an office of diversity in favour of staff performing this work.

Required Actions:

The Sub-group on diversity does not have one solid position from the public comments but has instead received a number of options that need to be discussed further and weighed in order to determine how oversight of diversity can be pursued.

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