All,
The
agenda for the joint meeting (Monday afternoon in Sydney) is below.
I
am seeing 3 or 4 volunteers with an interest in this topic to be on the panel.
If you are interested please let me know asap.
Cheers,
Chris
Disspain
CEO
- auDA
au
Domain Administration Ltd
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The ACSO session
will have as its focus the following topic:
Institutional
Improvements
The roles and
responsibilities of ACs, SOs, Policy Staff and Board in ICANN's processes:
current situation and possible evolutions
This topic will
be explored within the current context of where ICANN is an organization,
particularly: current practices and their contribution to transparency and
accountability; ongoing independent reviews of the ACs and SOs and the
subsequent reorganizations; the Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC) consultation
that followed the midterm review of ICANN's Joint Project Agreement (JPA) with
the US government; and the current review of the JPA that is underway.
The Chairs of
each of the ACs and SOs would like to note that discussing the current systems
in place does NOT imply any implicit criticism of either the community or the
staff. The aim of the discussion it to identify areas of improvement.
Instead, the
Sydney meeting provides a unique opportunity to take at look at some of the
practical aspects of ICANN's continuing internal effort to improve institution
confidence.
Current community topics that the conversation is expected to touch upon
include:
Specific
questions that will be explored include:
1. Roles and
responsibilities of the ACs, SOs and Policy staff:
a. What should
these roles be?
b. What is the
right balance between volunteer activity and policy staff activity?
c. Is the
current balance correct or should it be altered?
d. Does the
current balance lead to volunteer exhaustion?
e. Would
shifting the balance diminish the degree of private bottom-up policy making?
2. Policy staff
as Board intermediary:
a. Should all
communications between the SOs be moderated by Policy staff?
b. Should there be direct communication between the Councils and the Board?
3. Board
communication with Advisory Committees:
a. Should all
ACs have the same rights in terms of recommendations and response by the Board
to their issues?
4. Transparency
of communications:
a. Should staff
communications to the Board be confidential?
b. Should
communications regarding AC or SO activities be confidential?
c. Which other
communications need to remain confidential?
d. What would be
the effect of making most communications between staff and the Board open to
community review?