Status/Current Notes: HIT Under Review
Background//Importance/Timelines: In Kobe, the CCT review leadership requested that the ICANN org organize a session in Marrakesh to discuss ways in which the specific review teams, the Board and the ICANN org can work more productively toward useful outcomes from Specific Reviews. Given the importance of specific reviews as an accountability measure, and with all specific reviews currently in various stages of work and implementation, ICANN65 offers a timely opportunity for a productive discussion, leading to concrete improvements. Specific Reviews are conducted by community-led teams, and under the new Bylaws, the ICANN community has new powers and responsibilities related to this work.
Session Goals and Expected Outcomes: Broad community discussion on three topics of importance: 1) how to improve costing and implementation of review recommendations, 2) how to develop a process to prioritize and establish sustainable cadence of implementations across various reviews, and 3) the establishment of a protocol for handling specific review recommendations. It is intended that a robust and broadly representative discussion will inform next steps and the specific review work currently underway (RDS-WHOIS2, SSR2 and ATRT3) as well as the implementation of CCT recommendations. Community input will also guide implementation of WS2, inform the overall effort of streamlining specific reviews. Community input will inform potential changes to the operating standards for specific reviews.
So in fact, Theresa's proposed session could inform/help shape At-Large/ALAC's policy positions for the public comment you pointed to, which closes after ICANN65.
Thanks,
Justine
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