All,

We touched on this today.  It seems that we could do with a volunteer or two to contribute to Thursday’s panel.

When I raised this at the end of our meeting with the ICANN Board, Avri & James both approached me indicated that they have ATRT experience and would be willing to do so.

Any concerns or inputs? 

Jonathan

From: Jamie Hedlund [mailto:jamie.hedlund@icann.org]
Sent: 19 June 2014 00:50
To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond; Louie Lee; Byron Holland; Jonathan Robinson; heather.dryden@ic.gc.ca; Lars-Johan Liman; Patrick Falstrom
Subject: Thursday Session on Enhancing ICANN's accountability

All,

On Thursday, June 26 at 10:30-12:30, there will a session on Enhancing ICANN Accountability in light of the NTIA IANA Stewardship Transition. The purpose of this session is to advance the community dialogue on this important subject. To help make it as informative, interactive and constructive as possible, we propose the following structure: 

• Introduction and review of community input received in London – Theresa Swinehart
• Overview of existing ICANN accountability mechanisms – Steve Crocker
• Expert presentation on accountability and possible questions for community consideration – Jan Aart Scholte, Professor, School of Global Studies, Gothenborg, Sweden
• Open mike for community input and dialogue with a panel comprised of SO and AC representatives, Steve Crocker, Prof. Scholte and past members of ATRT reviews (Larry Strickling, Fiona Asonga and David Conrad). The dialogue would be moderated by Chris Disspain. 

Our request to you as SO and AC leaders is to designate one or more representatives from your communities to participate on the panel described above. The representatives would not be expected to make any presentations or prepare any remarks. Rather, the panelists would be there to respond or react to open mike input that is relevant to the panelist's experience or knowledge. Chris would help keep the discussion focused on the subject of enhancing ICANN's accountability in light of the NTIA IANA stewardship transition. He would also facilitate the dialogue between the community and the panelists.  This interactive dialogue has the potential to more interesting, informative and constructive than simply collecting input from speakers at the open mike.

Please let us know at your earliest convenience if you are willing to designate a representative(s) from your community to sit on the panel. If you have any questions or feedback on the proposed approach to this session, please send those to us as well. Thank you for considering this proposal.

Best,

Jamie