RE: [council] CCWG Ig and NetMundial statements

March 14, 2014

      All,

In the light of various discussions that have taken place on the Council
list, including this, I thought it worthwhile to highlight the final
submission to NetMundial.

http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/contribution-from-the-icann-cross-
community-working-group-on-internet-governance/295

Including specifically, a reference to the Strategy Panels and ATRT (and the
associated value of continuous improvement as we are striving to achieve
within the policy management function) on condition that the general
principles governing this type of work are understood and observed.

The underlining below is my own emphasis.

Thanks,

Jonathan

3.1 Evolution of ICANN: principles by which ICANN should evolve.

ICANN plays a key role in keeping the Internet operational, by managing
globally unique identifiers. The Internet is a trans-border and shared
resource, and ICANN should contribute to its stability, robustness and
interoperability, acting in a way that is consistent with the common good.
This means that ICANN should carry out its stewardship role “caring more
for the good management, use and evolution of this shared resource than for
any individual stake in it” (CERF at al., 2014). ICANN is deeply connected
to the web of relationships among institutions and actors that are part of
the Internet governance ecosystem. The functions it performs are fundamental
to the work carried out by other organizations and, ultimately, to keeping
the Internet running. This is a great responsibility and ICANN is constantly
striving to improve its governance model to better carry out its mission.

The recent launch of the Strategy Panels -- on ICANN Multistakeholder
Innovation; on ICANN’s role in the Internet Organizations’ Ecosystem; on
the Public Responsibility Framework; and on Identifier Technology Innovation
-- demonstrate these efforts, as do the accountability and transparency
reviews.

ICANN seeks to keep evolving together with the Internet governance
ecosystem. In order to ensure that this evolution happens in the best
possible manner, some general principles need to be observed:

● Evolution must be driven by the ICANN Community. ICANN has a unique
multistakeholder model and a bottom-up process of decision-making. The
evolution of the organization must be based on input from the community.

ICANN’s board should perform its tasks in ongoing consultation with the
community.

● Evolution should support the participation of a broader range of actors
from all sectors, especially those from developing regions.

● Transparency and accountability are key to all actions by the ICANN
Board, ICANN Staff, and the ICANN community.

● Globalization plans for ICANN must be developed with stakeholder support
and take into account impact on stakeholders.

● Negotiations with the US Department of Commerce on the future of ICANN
should take into account input received from the community.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike O'Connor [mailto:mike@haven2.com]
Sent: 06 March 2014 19:30
To: Avri Doria
Cc: council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] CCWG Ig and NetMundial statements

OK,

here’s an idea - what if you and i depart from the Council list and have a
conversation with Rafik and Olivier to at least let them know what we’re up
to and get their reactions/course-corrections.  we could forward this thread
to them as a starting point, or come at it some other way if you’d prefer.

then, at least the two of us and maybe the four of us could do some drafting
and then return to this list with the result for refinement/approval and
maybe they could do the same.

we’ve only got a couple days before the deadline so this would have to be
pretty crisp work, but it seems like we could that.

does that work?  (question aimed both at Avri and the rest of the Council)

mikey

On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:10 PM, Avri Doria < <mailto:avri@acm.org> avri@acm.org>
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On 06-Mar-14 19:04, Mike O'Connor wrote:
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hi again,
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thanks Avri.  before we dive into detailed word smithing, should we touch
bases with the leaders of the CCWG and see if they’d like to join the
effort?  Olivier and Rafik were doing that way back when i was involved.
are they still, or are there more/different people doing that?
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On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Avri Doria < <mailto:avri@acm.org> avri@acm.
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Hi,
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While listing the effort as un-chartered may seem a bit strong to
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some, 'Ad Hoc' is a venerable name and in fact is a name from our
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history the "International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC or the Ad Hoc
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Committee) in September 1996, to resolve DNS management issues" of
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Green and White paper fame.
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I do agree with your constraints.
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And yes, I am willing to work with you on finding an acceptable  wording
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On 06-Mar-14 16:23, Mike O'Connor wrote:
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ouch…
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no agreed-to charter?  that’s troubling to me too, from a process
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i’d be OK
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- not extending a formal GNSO Council endorsement, either at all or
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until the SG/Constituencies have had a chance to weigh in
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- putting a place for each AC/SO/SG/Constituency to endorse on the
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submission and make it clear that none have yet
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- rewording the disclaimer a bit.
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i’m uncomfortable with a disclaimer that is as strong as what you
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are suggesting though.  using the words “unchartered” and “ad-hoc”
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seems to err a bit too much the other way, almost invalidating all
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the work that has been done, which seems a shame given how hard
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does that show you a way forward?  want to take a crack at revised
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disclaimer language?
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mikey
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On Mar 6, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Avri Doria < <mailto:avri@acm.org>
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Hi,
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My problem is with a un-chartered ad-hoc group making a statement
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in any name but the name of its members.  Even if it contains a
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weak and confusing disclaimer.  They are not an ICANN cross
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If they were to call themselves the CC Ad-hoc group on Ig I would
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be less insistent. But until they have managed to go through the
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gruel of chartering I think we are messing with the processes we
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are supposed to guard if we allow them to call themselves a CCWG
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in a submission to an international audience.
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I know it may seem petty to some, but in these international fora,
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treated as the official work, even if there is a disclaimer (who
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reads those?)
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And in the disclaimer I would request it be stronger and that it
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indicate it is not a chartered group within ICANN.
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It is not our job to get into its content, unless perhaps
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requested to do so by our Stakeholder groups, but we want to be
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careful about even appearing to endorse it without having given
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the group an official status.
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On 05-Mar-14 20:39, Mike O'Connor wrote:
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hi Avri,
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i’m just tuning back into this project.  the draft i’m looking at
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<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BOpCmeE4YL3cat_6oN5RaNvDgvEYO>
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BOpCmeE4YL3cat_6oN5RaNvDgvEYO
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is that the best snapshot of the current state of affairs?  if so,
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does have what looks like a pretty carefully-worded introduction
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that talks about the current status of ratification, and how the
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CCWG will notify NetMundial if such ratification takes place.
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here’s the language as it stands while i type this note:
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"This contribution has been drafted using multi-stakeholder
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principles by the ICANN Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on
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Internet Governance, a group that comprises members of ICANN’s
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Supporting Organisations (SO), Advisory Committees (AC) and
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Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Stakeholder Groups
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(SG)[d]. This bottom-up process involved up to five people from
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each of these groups that comprise ICANN’s volunteer community.
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The concepts expressed in this paper are the result of discussion
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having taken place on the working group’s mailing list, the CCWG
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Wiki space created to support it and weekly conference calls
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throughout the months of January and February 2014.
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*"Due to time pressures, the proposals expressed in this
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contribution have not, so far, been ratified by the respective
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SOs, ACs and SGs of ICANN. Further communication will advise the
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NetMundial Organizing Committee if such ratification takes place
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before the meeting in Brazil."*
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is there a change to that draft that would address the issue
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On Mar 5, 2014, at 1:35 AM, Avri Doria <avri@acm.org
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< <mailto:avri@acm.org> mailto:avri@acm.org>> wrote:
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> unbalanced membership.  In fact it is much more a GNSO group,
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> avri
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RE: [council] CCWG Ig and NetMundial statements

Jonathan Robinson