Dear SSC
members,
As a
reminder, your input is encouraged on the items below
regarding proposed SSC charter revisions.
Kind
regards,
Emily
Dear SSC members,
On the last SSC call,
members reviewed proposed revisions to the SSC charter,
which were drafted in response to comments received here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c0NllDbjSFap0KR9s61a8uXJoH78FqLtBTOgahLVeLQ/edit. The latest version
of the proposed charter revisions are attached.
Several items were
identified for further discussion over the mailing list.
Your input is kindly requested on the mailing list
regarding the following items:
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The section of the charter on
Transparency currently states: “Unless otherwise
directed by the GNSO Council, the names of all
applicants and all documents received during the
selection process shall be considered public and
published on the GNSO web-site or other ICANN web-site.
To facilitate its deliberations, the SSC may decide to
conduct some or all of its deliberations in private, but
if so, it is expected to provide a rationale with its
recommendations.” Some SSC members have suggested that
the SSC should conduct deliberations privately by
default, publishing emails sent to the mailing list,
meeting notes, call recordings, and other materials
relevant to a selection process only after the selection
process has been completed. Do members support proposing
this change to the charter? Another suggestion made by
an SSC member was to continue the current practices
regarding transparency but add disclaimer text to the
SSC wiki indicating that all SSC recommendations are
subject to GNSO Council approval. Are there additional
proposals that SSC members would like to make?
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On the last call, some SSC
members raised questions about how the NomCom
operates with respect to confidentiality of
deliberations, noting that the NomCom is also a body
that conducts selection processes for positions
within ICANN. According the NomCom Operating
Procedures (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/nomcom2018-procedures-2017-12-15-en#A4), the NomCom keeps all
deliberations confidential throughout the selection
process and continues to keep this information
confidential after the selection process is
complete. This is a higher level of confidentiality
than SSC members have proposed for the SSC.
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Staff has investigated
options for enabling the SSC to delay public posting
of materials, including email and call records and
other documentation, until after deliberations for
an appointment are complete. While administratively
more complicated than the current setup, this is
possible from a technical perspective.
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Under Review Team Appointment
Principles, proposed text for bullet 8 included the
following text: “The level of consensus reached by the
SSC on the selected candidates will also be communicated
[to the GNSO Council] as well as any minority views,
should these exist.” Do SSC members think that it is
appropriate to keep the text “as well as any minority
views, should these exist” given that the SSC operates
by full consensus? Should this text be clarified to
state that the SSC should communicate minority views
only if consensus is not possible to reach?
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The same
bullet 8 states: “The SSC shall notify candidates of its
recommendations to the GNSO Council at the same time
that it notifies the GNSO Council of its
recommendations, making clear that the recommendations
are subject to GNSO Council consideration.” Is the SSC comfortable with
beginning to implement this new step after the GNSO
Council approves the revised charter (as opposed to
sooner)?
Thanks in advance for
your input on these items.
Kind regards,
Emily
Emily Barabas
| Senior Policy Specialist
ICANN | Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers
Email: emily.barabas@icann.org |
Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976
Pôle Média de la Belle de Mai • 37 rue
Guibal • 13003 Marseille • France 