Dear Narelle .. Just to help you track your edits, the most recent file 'ICG-FAQ-v3-MM' is basically comprised of: all the edits you shared in 'ICG-FAQ-v2-NLC' (I've accepted all changes) + comments shared by Milton over email + some manually deleted comments which I felt were already addressed .. Kind Regards --Manal PS: Question on coordination with accountability process is now Q#17 -----Original Message----- From: Narelle Clark [mailto:narelle.clark@accan.org.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 10:11 AM To: Milton L Mueller; Manal Ismail; Alissa Cooper Cc: ICG Subject: RE: FAQ - Question 18, accountability
-----Original Message----- From: internal-cg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:internal-cg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller Sent: Tuesday, 7 October 2014 10:00 AM There are quite a few unresolved issues on question 18 regarding accountability. Also, in her comments on Question 12 Narelle seems to imply that the FAQ should not be saying anything at all about accountability, which I think is wrong.
I did have a piece of wording there in v2. I will have to review v3 to see if a bit went astray, or evolved in unintended ways.
Let's go back to the relevant charter section. Here it is in full:
"The IANA stewardship transition process is taking place alongside a parallel and related process on enhancing ICANN accountability. While maintaining the accountability of Internet identifier governance is central to both processes, this group's scope is focused on the arrangements required for the continuance of IANA functions in an accountable and widely accepted manner after the expiry of the NTIA-ICANN contract. Nevertheless, the two processes are interrelated and interdependent and should appropriately coordinate their work."
This clearly means that we must: a) pay attention to whether the new arrangements proposed by the OCs provide sufficient accountability after the NTIA goes away - accountability is "central" to the process.
This is consistent with what I had included.
b) coordinate with the other accountability process. c) recognize and somehow deal with the interdependence of the two processes. They are interdependent because _regardless of what the OC's propose_ many constituencies don't want the US to let go of IANA until they think ICANN as a whole has made sufficient reforms regarding accountability.
Etc deleted, will review and hopefully others also. Narelle