August 2013 - atrt2 - lists.icann.org

DRAFT - Inventory of Observations and Potential Recommendations
by Larisa B. Gurnick Aug. 21, 2013

Aug. 21, 2013

Dear ATRT 2 Review Team, Attached is a draft Inventory of Observations and Potential Recommendations for Accountability and Transparency. The spreadsheet includes outcomes of your assessment of ATRT 1 recommendations, as well as new issues. It reflects assignments you made to ATRT 2 members for completion of analysis and documentation (see column F). Also reflected are the action items, along with individuals responsible, both ATRT 2 and staff/implementers. Please review the information to make sure that staff has accurately captured everything. Let me know what edits are needed. Similar spreadsheets will be prepared for WHOIS and SSR. In the meantime, staff is coordinating several updates and additional information and will brief you shortly on proposed timing for calls to take place within the next few weeks. Best regards, Larisa B. Gurnick Consultant/Senior Director, Organizational Reviews Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) larisa.gurnick(a)icann.org<mailto:larisa.gurnick@icann.org> 310 383-8995

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email to AC and SO Chairs
by Brian Cute Aug. 21, 2013

Aug. 21, 2013

Larisa, Would you kindly complete the email below (adding the name of the Chair and the ATRT2 email address) and send this out to the respective AC and SO Chairs? Thank you. Regards, Brian Dear (Name/Chair), The second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) continues to gather data to inform its Report and Recommendations that will be sent to the ICANN Board by December 31, 2013. Among the issues ATRT2 is reviewing is ICANN financials. Among the comments from some AC/SOs there have been request for ATRT2 to look into ICANN financials including but not limited to e.g. traceability of projects in the budget and plans for the future budgets regarding the use of the turnover expected to be received from new gTLDs. Under the AoC, ATRT2 is required to issue Recommendations on a fact basis. As such, ATRT2 is interested to hear from your (AC/SO) whether there are facts that would substantiate a Recommendation from ATRT2. ATRT2 will issue its draft Report and Recommendations for public comment by mid-October 2013. Inputs from the community on this, or other issues, should be received by mid-September to afford ATRT2 the opportunity to factor those inputs into its draft Report and Recommendations. Should your AC/SO wish to offer any such inputs to the ATRT2, please send them to (email address) by mid-September. Sincerely, Brian Cute Chair ATRT2

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DOODLE POLLS - Washington DC + Weekly Calls
by Alice Jansen Aug. 18, 2013

Aug. 18, 2013

Dear Review Team Members, Consistent with the decisions you reached today, please complete the enclosed doodle polls: * Face-to-face to meeting in Washington DC: http://www.doodle.com/zd6akigb9t2rhsdr; * Standing weekly calls: (note that Thursday is your call day): http://doodle.com/2p2seh9gpq8zpbb9. For planning purposes, we would appreciate it if you could please complete these doodle polls by Tuesday, 20 August - COB. Thank you so much Kind regards Alice ---- Alice Jansen Strategic Initiatives Manager ICANN Rond Point Schuman 6, Bt.1 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Office: +32 289 474 03 Mobile: +32 4 73 31 76 56 Skype: alice_jansen_icann Email: alice.jansen(a)icann.org<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org>

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Please fill out the Doodle poll for the weekly call!
by Brian Cute Aug. 17, 2013

Aug. 17, 2013

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Please fill out the Doodle poll re: September meeting
by Brian Cute Aug. 17, 2013

Aug. 17, 2013

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Your Revised Template
by Alice Jansen Aug. 17, 2013

Aug. 17, 2013

Dear Review Team Members, Following your discussions held on Saturday, 17 August, please find attached your revised template. Note: it is also available on your wiki at: https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Templates+for+Assessment+of+Imple… Thanks Best regards Alice ---- Alice Jansen Strategic Initiatives Manager ICANN Rond Point Schuman 6, Bt.1 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Office: +32 289 474 03 Mobile: +32 4 73 31 76 56 Skype: alice_jansen_icann Email: alice.jansen(a)icann.org<mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org>

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Criteria for review of Board resolutions
by Fiona Alexander Aug. 16, 2013

Aug. 16, 2013

Below is what we have begun the review with. Please let us know if there are other criteria to consider. Review of the ICANN Board Resolutions on three (3) overarching criteria in order to determine the quality of such decisions and whether they make sense to ordinary citizens not heavily involved in the ICANN process: 1. Does the Board provide a clear explanation of its decision? Are there substantive actions to be taken to further improve the ICANN process? 2. Does the Board provide a clear and reasonable rationale for its decision? Is that rationale easy to understand to an ICANN outsider? 3. Does the Board provide an explanation of how it took into consideration public comments (if any)? If comments were considered, how did they affect the decision?

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Available information on ICANN's website on finances
by Fiona Alexander Aug. 16, 2013

Aug. 16, 2013

To facilitate further discussion information for the current fiscal year is at http://www.icann.org/en/about/financials while information for previous years is at http://www.icann.org/en/about/financials/historical

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Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Affirmation of Commitment Reviews Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) | Call for Volunteer Members: Representing ICANN Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations; and Serving as Independent Experts
by Carlos Raul Gutierrez Aug. 16, 2013

Aug. 16, 2013

this is great news!!! Carlos Raúl ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN News Alert <communications(a)icann.org> Date: 2013/8/16 Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Affirmation of Commitment Reviews Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) | Call for Volunteer Members: Representing ICANN Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations; and Serving as Independent Experts To: crg(a)isoc-cr.org ** [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16aug13-en.htm ------------------------------ Affirmation of Commitment Reviews Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT) | Call for Volunteer Members: Representing ICANN Advisory Committees and Supporting Organizations; and Serving as Independent Experts 16 August 2013 *Volunteer applications due by 1 October 2013* Overview In line with the Affirmation of Commitments<http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30s…>(AoC) requirements, and as directed<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-18jul13-en.htm#2…>by the ICANN Board, ICANN invites interested individuals to apply for volunteer Review Team Member positions – either in representation of a Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee, or as an Independent Expert – to serve on the Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team (CCT-RT). The Review Team will work in two phases: - Phase One will occur as soon as the Review Team is appointed, and involves evaluating various metrics to be collected by ICANN as proposed by the GNSO Council, ALAC, and others, as appropriate, and developing recommendations for the set of metrics to be collected by ICANN in preparation for the upcoming review of the New gTLDs, as described in Phase Two. - Phase Two will occur after new gTLDs have been in operation for one year, and involves examining data to assess the extent to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs has promoted competition, consumer trust, and consumer choice. Additionally, the Review Team will evaluate the effectiveness of the application and evaluation process, as well as the safeguards put in place by ICANN to mitigate issues involved in the introduction or expansion of new gTLDs. - Once the proposed metrics are delivered to the Board at the conclusion of Phase One, the Review Team's work will be suspended until the new gTLDs have been in operation for one year. In the interim, ICANN will develop the systems and collect the metrics approved through this process. - The composition of the Review Team will be confirmed at the start of Phase Two, but is expected to comprise the same members from Phase One. Because of the phased approach and the extended duration of the work for this review, Review Team members may be replaced as appropriate. *Candidatures are to be submitted to rtcandidatures(a)icann.org by 1 October 2013 – 23:59 UTC.* Schedule for Phase One Announcement and call for volunteers 16 August 2013 Applications due 1 October 2013 SO/AC endorsement of applicants due 4 November 2013 Announcement of Team members 22 November 2013 Phase 1 project kick-off December 2013/January 2014 Submission of recommended metrics (estimated) July 2014 Tentative Schedule for Phase Two 1<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16aug13-en.htm#foot1> Phase Two project kick-off ICANN 51 Meeting (October 2014) Review Team work and submission of Initial Report (estimated) October 2014 – ICANN 52 Meeting (June 2015) Final Report submitted (estimated) September 2015 Please read the detailed Call for Applicants<http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/cctrt/call-for-volunteers-16aug13-…>for more information and details on the application procedure and the CCT-RT mandate. ------------------------------ 1<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16aug13-en.htm#note1>Due to uncertainty about the timing of when new gTLDs will be operational and the availability of the data needed to perform the review, these dates are estimates. This message was sent to crg(a)isoc-cr.org from: ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email Marketing by [image: iContact - Try It Free!]<http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Manage Your Subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=20754515&l=6333&s=3OPB&m=91…> -- *Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez* skype carlos.raulg _________ Apartado 1571-1000 *COSTA RICA* Mobile +506 6060 7176

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Discussion re: shape of ATRT2 report
by Brian Cute Aug. 16, 2013

Aug. 16, 2013

Larisa and Alice, I will want to put this on the screen later in the day. Thank you. Brian

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