All, As we prepare to meet in Los Angeles next week, I thought it would might be useful to describe aspects of the first face-to-face meeting of the ATRT1 that took place in Marina del Rey with ICANN staff. In addition to the election of a Chair and Vice Chair and the initial organization of the ATRT's work (terms of reference, methodologies etc.), the ATRT also had an important interaction with ICANN senior staff over the course of two days. ICANN's CEO had a 1 hour interaction with the ATRT that included Q&A from the ATRT. Presentations were also made by senior ICANN staff to the ATRT. If recollection serves, ICANN's COO, Head of Policy (Denise Michele who is now V.P of Strategic Initiatives and Advisory to the CEO) and the General Counsel all participated. Both an open and closed session with senior ICANN staff were held at the initial meeting. While a similar interaction with senior ICANN staff would, in my view, be very useful, the focus of the discussion would obviously be quite different. We are at a juncture where 4 review teams have completed their respective work and given the focus of ATRT2's work under the Affirmation of Commitments, it would be appropriate to hear from senior ICANN staff an assessment of those Review Team processes. I would think the assessment by ICANN senior staff should, at a minimum, address: - the review processes themselves (including learnings on how the processes can be better conducted going forward) - implementation of recommendations from the respective Review Teams - "assimilation" across the organization of "Accountability and Transparency" as informed by the work of the Review Teams (including examples of how the AoC and Review Team work has affected the organizational culture). I would welcome the inputs of fellow ATRT2 team members in terms of their expectations. With respect to the balance of the agenda, the team will want to come away faith an understanding of the terms of reference, the specific work streams and identification of volunteers, the methodology for the work, the need for engagement of independent expert/third parties (or not) and a meeting/call calendar. Please add your thoughts and suggestions as to how we should organize our agenda for next week. Regards, Brian
Colleagues, with my previous experience with WHOIS Review Team, I would support Brian's proposals, May I also suggest to have an informal dinner the day (evening) before (Wed., March 13th) for those who plan to arrive by that time and wish to be more acquainted with each other. Kind regards, Michael 2013/3/8 Brian Cute <bcute@pir.org>
All,
As we prepare to meet in Los Angeles next week, I thought it would might be useful to describe aspects of the first face-to-face meeting of the ATRT1 that took place in Marina del Rey with ICANN staff. In addition to the election of a Chair and Vice Chair and the initial organization of the ATRT's work (terms of reference, methodologies etc.), the ATRT also had an important interaction with ICANN senior staff over the course of two days. ICANN's CEO had a 1 hour interaction with the ATRT that included Q&A from the ATRT. Presentations were also made by senior ICANN staff to the ATRT. If recollection serves, ICANN's COO, Head of Policy (Denise Michele who is now V.P of Strategic Initiatives and Advisory to the CEO) and the General Counsel all participated. Both an open and closed session with senior ICANN staff were held at the initial meeting.
While a similar interaction with senior ICANN staff would, in my view, be very useful, the focus of the discussion would obviously be quite different. We are at a juncture where 4 review teams have completed their respective work and given the focus of ATRT2's work under the Affirmation of Commitments, it would be appropriate to hear from senior ICANN staff an assessment of those Review Team processes. I would think the assessment by ICANN senior staff should, at a minimum, address:
- the review processes themselves (including learnings on how the processes can be better conducted going forward) - implementation of recommendations from the respective Review Teams - "assimilation" across the organization of "Accountability and Transparency" as informed by the work of the Review Teams (including examples of how the AoC and Review Team work has affected the organizational culture).
I would welcome the inputs of fellow ATRT2 team members in terms of their expectations.
With respect to the balance of the agenda, the team will want to come away faith an understanding of the terms of reference, the specific work streams and identification of volunteers, the methodology for the work, the need for engagement of independent expert/third parties (or not) and a meeting/call calendar.
Please add your thoughts and suggestions as to how we should organize our agenda for next week.
Regards, Brian
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Excellent idea to get an update on the other 3 reviews, but I would expect the core of the meetings with senior staff to concentrate on progress and pitfalls in the implementation of ATRT1 recomendations (both from the team itself as well as the Berkman ones) and and hear their thoughts on where should we focus this time. The same obejtives as the first one? New ones? I think that particularly last years exposure to parallel discussions at the hearth of ITU (WCIT12 in Dubai) have opened a whole new international front worthwhile discussing, as compared to ATRT1. But I clearly welcome all your suggestions for the agenda. Thank you very much Brian Carlos Raul Enviado desde un dispositivo Blackberry® de Kolbi -----Original Message----- From: Brian Cute <bcute@pir.org> Sender: atrt2-bounces@icann.org Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 11:24:22 To: ATRT2<atrt2@icann.org> Subject: [atrt2] Agenda for Face-to-Face meeting All, As we prepare to meet in Los Angeles next week, I thought it would might be useful to describe aspects of the first face-to-face meeting of the ATRT1 that took place in Marina del Rey with ICANN staff. In addition to the election of a Chair and Vice Chair and the initial organization of the ATRT's work (terms of reference, methodologies etc.), the ATRT also had an important interaction with ICANN senior staff over the course of two days. ICANN's CEO had a 1 hour interaction with the ATRT that included Q&A from the ATRT. Presentations were also made by senior ICANN staff to the ATRT. If recollection serves, ICANN's COO, Head of Policy (Denise Michele who is now V.P of Strategic Initiatives and Advisory to the CEO) and the General Counsel all participated. Both an open and closed session with senior ICANN staff were held at the initial meeting. While a similar interaction with senior ICANN staff would, in my view, be very useful, the focus of the discussion would obviously be quite different. We are at a juncture where 4 review teams have completed their respective work and given the focus of ATRT2's work under the Affirmation of Commitments, it would be appropriate to hear from senior ICANN staff an assessment of those Review Team processes. I would think the assessment by ICANN senior staff should, at a minimum, address: - the review processes themselves (including learnings on how the processes can be better conducted going forward) - implementation of recommendations from the respective Review Teams - "assimilation" across the organization of "Accountability and Transparency" as informed by the work of the Review Teams (including examples of how the AoC and Review Team work has affected the organizational culture). I would welcome the inputs of fellow ATRT2 team members in terms of their expectations. With respect to the balance of the agenda, the team will want to come away faith an understanding of the terms of reference, the specific work streams and identification of volunteers, the methodology for the work, the need for engagement of independent expert/third parties (or not) and a meeting/call calendar. Please add your thoughts and suggestions as to how we should organize our agenda for next week. Regards, Brian _______________________________________________ atrt2 mailing list atrt2@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/atrt2
Hi, It sounds like we are collecting a good number of topics to cover. I too beleive that reviewing the first cycle of the AOC and its relation to improving the accountability and transparency of the ICANN Organization is a good first objective. And certainly knowing ICANN Staff's views, beginning with Sr. Staff, on this is important. But really in the end, I think this is a judgement this group will need to make after our deeper review and we should be careful not to have the mission set by what the Sr. Staff say. While I think it is important to hear what Sr. Staff has to say, I hope we have a chance to speak as a group first. Personally I think any discussions with the Sr. Staff are better scheduled for the second day if possible. In terms of the wider Internet governance context, I think the most important thing we can do is understand the degree to which ICANN accountability and transparency meets the mandate of the global public interest. I do not think it is our role to compare, or even to worry about the response to the challenges from the ITU and others. Rather I think it is our job to make sure that ICANN _is_ Accountable to the global stakeholders and has not been captured by any party, stakeholder or other group. And to make sure that ICANN's actions are genuinely transparent in all cases to the world whose Internet interests we serve. Where I think the evidence of WTSA, WCIT, WTPF, IGF etc is relevant is in creating the case studies, if there are case studies, that we use in the review. I also beleive understanding the view of those outside of ICANN is important as part of our review. One thing I would like to add is consideration of IGF opportunities in this context. Coincidentally, now is the time for IGF workshops and other event to be initially proposed. The team has a wonderful opportunity to get global discussion, out of the bubble discussion as one friend would say, on ICANN as seen from the outside if we schedule an open discussion at the IGF on the perception of the world's Internet users regarding the Accountability and Transparency of ICANN. The IGF meeting schedule falls well within our schedule, so I hope we can discuss how we can use this forum as way to broaden the scope of our information gathering. This is especially important in regard to the topic of Enhanced Cooperation - which I think is fundamental to any full discussion of ICANN Accountability in the post WSIS Internet governance environment. I look forward to seeing you all in LA. I arrive in LA on the 13th in the afternoon, and would be vary happy to join a pre-diiner. Avri
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