I have been invited to participate in the Thursday
community session about enhancing ICANN accountability
<
http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/thu-enhancing-accountability>.
There is a large panel of speakers and I will have a
5-minute slot. I have been asked to talk about how the ICG
plans to link to the parallel accountability process and
what discussions have taken place about this so far.
Obviously we have been discussing this a bit amongst
ourselves in the context of the proposal finalization
process and the FAQ, both of which are on our agenda for
further discussion on Friday. We also have a slot on
Friday to discuss how we will liaise with the
accountability CCWG. While the results of these
discussions are TBD, I think there are a few points I
can make, slightly expanding on what is in the FAQ:
1. Our charter recognizes that maintaining the
accountability of Internet identifier governance is
central to the transition process.
2. The ICG has asked the operational communities to
consider oversight and accountability — writ large,
i.e., "all the ways in which oversight is conducted over
the IANA functions operator’s provision of the services
and activities” — in their proposals.
3. After receiving consensus proposals from the
operational communities regarding IANA, the ICG will
conduct an analysis and assessment of their implications
for ICANN accountability. We are still discussing what
this analysis and assessment will entail, and this will
depend somewhat on the extent to which ICANN
accountability is the focus of one or more community
proposals.
4. We will be having further discussion on Friday to
determine how we will procedurally liaise with the
accountability CCWG, including how and when we might
communicate the analysis/assessment described in (3).
Thoughts?