Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Proposed Charter for Enhancing ICANN Accountability Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) Submitted for Consideration

Nov. 6, 2014

      Colegas,

posiblemente algunos de Uds. ya han recibido la noticia y convocatoria que
anexo, que nos pide aprobar las reglas con las que funcionará un grupo de
trabajo para definir condiciones de rendición de cuentas de ICANN.

Debemos normar el criterio con el que nuestros representantes deberán votar
en el ALAC.

Me encuentro obligado a expresar oposición a algunos aspectos sustantivos
del proyecto y proponer una modificación:

El documento es rico en reglas complejas, propias de una gran burocracia.
No parece posible simplificar las reglas en el ambiente que prevalece pero
expreso la solicitud de que se busque una simplificación.

El punto sustantivo, sin embargo, va más allá aunque se basa en parte en
esa observación: en ningún momento se considera que un incremento en las
reglas de transparencia y rendicion de cuentas puede tener un costo en la
operación y eficacia de ICANN en sus funciones sustantivas.

Al funcionar así, la propuesta es contraria a los intereses de los usuarios
de Internet y en particular de los usuarios del sistema de nombres de
dominio, que con nuestros pagos por registros financiamos prácticamente
todo el sistema.

Lo que interesa primariamente a los usuarios es que el DNS resuelva de
forma biunívoca los nombres de dominio, con altos niveles de rendimiento, y
con extremas seguridad, estabilidad y resiliencia. En un segundo plano,
aplicable sólo a un subconjunto de los usuarios, importa que los procesos
de ICANN sean simples y predecibles, desde los ajustes menores a los
instrumentos legales hasta la creacion de nuevos nombres de dominio.

El barroco sistema de rendición de cuentas que se ha ido creando con los
procesos de ATRT 1 y 2 es de suyo bastante complejo y costoso y produce
distracciones de la tarea sustantiva. La nueva ronda que está por iniciar
tiene todos los pronósticos de seguir añadiendo capas de complejidad.

Por ello me permito hacer una sencilla propuesta: "añadir a los criterios
que se considerarán, el impacto en la eficacia, eficiencia y costos de los
procesos sustantivos de ICANN de cara a los usuarios de Internet".

Espero que esto sea retomado en forma directa y sin las convoluciones con
que una propuesta similar que hicimos durante la gran farsa de ATLAS II
fuera transformada de la demanda de  "contribuciones a la eficacia de
ICANN" en "mayor escucha de ICANN a ALAC para que sus recomendaciones
tengan eficacia".

Atentamente,

Alejandro Pisanty
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From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>
Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:10 PM
Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Proposed Charter for Enhancing
ICANN Accountability Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) Submitted for
Consideration
To: "alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org" <
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  [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en
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Proposed Charter for Enhancing ICANN Accountability Cross Community Working
Group (CCWG) Submitted for Consideration

5 November 2014

On 3 November 2014, the Drafting Team that was formed by the ICANN
community to develop a charter for the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Cross
Community Working Group (CCWG) distributed a charter for adoption by
chartering organizations. The charter includes, among other things, a
problem statement, goals & objectives, scope, and proposed areas for work.
The CCWG is expected to organize its activities in two Work Streams,
consistent with the Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-10-10-en>:

*Work Stream 1*: focused on mechanisms enhancing ICANN accountability that
must be in place or committed to within the time frame of the IANA
Stewardship Transition; and
*Work Stream 2*: focused on addressing accountability topics for which a
timeline for developing solutions and full implementation may extend beyond
the IANA Stewardship Transition.

Next Steps

Each ICANN Supporting Organization (SO) and Advisory Committee (AC) is
expected to consider the proposed charter during its upcoming November
meeting(s). Following the adoption of the charter, chartering organizations
are expected to identify their representative members to serve on the CCWG
(each chartering organization will appoint a minimum of 2 and a maximum of
5 members to the CCWG). In addition, a call for volunteers to join the CCWG
will be launched, so that anyone interested in this effort may join and
participate. The CCWG is expected to commence its deliberations in late
November or early December.

All members <https://community.icann.org/x/TwHxAg> of the group formerly
known as the "Cross Community Group" will be added to the CCWG as
participants, unless some are appointed by chartering organizations to
serve as members or decide not to join this effort.
Drafting Team Background

Considering the short timeframe ahead and the relation of part of the
Accountability work to the IANA Stewardship Transition process, the
Drafting Team worked on an expedited basis to develop the charter. The
publication date was identified to align with the November meetings of
ICANN's SOs and ACs, to allow for the question of CCWG charter adoption to
be discussed. For details of each of the Drafting Team's meetings,
including interim draft versions of the charter, please see here
<https://community.icann.org/x/kCjxAg>.

The Drafting Team was formed following the ICANN51 meeting and includes
members appointed by the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Address
Supporting Organization (ASO), Country Code Supporting Organization
(ccNSO), Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) and Generic Names Supporting
Organization (GNSO).1 <#1498271ed7b0f35e_foot1> In addition, one
representative from outside the ICANN SO/AC structure joined the Drafting
Team to ensure that the charter defined an inclusive process for the
broader community. For a full list of Drafting Team members, please see here
<https://community.icann.org/x/jCjxAg>.
Additional Information

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has
requested that ICANN "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan
to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA
Functions and related root zone management. In making its announcement, the
NTIA specified that the transition proposal must have broad community
support and meet the following principles:

   - Support and enhance the multistakeholder model
   - Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS
   - Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of
   the IANA services
   - Maintain the openness of the Internet.

NTIA also specified that it would not accept a proposal that replaces the
NTIA role with a government-led or an intergovernmental organization
solution.

During discussions around the transition process, the community raised the
broader topic of the impact of the change on ICANN's accountability. The
Enhancing ICANN Accountability process was finalized and posted on 10
October 2014, and can be found here
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-10-10-en>.
The scope of the Enhancing ICANN Accountability process is defined as
ensuring that ICANN remains accountable in the absence of its historical
contractual relationship with the U.S. Government and the perceived
backstop with regard to ICANN's organization-wide accountability provided
by that role, such as the renewal process of the IANA functions contract.
It calls for an examination, from an organizational perspective, of how
ICANN's broader accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to address
the absence of its historical contractual relationship with the U.S.
Government, including looking at strengthening existing accountability
mechanisms (e.g., the ICANN Bylaws and the Affirmation of Commitments
<https://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30s...>
).
Links to additional information:

Proposed Charter
<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49359098/Enhancing%20ICANN%...>
[DOC, 67 KB]

Drafting Team Wiki <https://community.icann.org/x/XQHxAg>

Revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-10-10-en>

For further information, please contact accountability-staff@icann.org.
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1 <#1498271ed7b0f35e_note1> RSSAC and SSAC were invited to participate in
the Drafting Team, but were unable to join the effort.

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