[CCWG-Accountability] Welcome note

Tue Dec 9 09:22:42 UTC 2014

Indeed, in Section IV, under "Membership Criteria", the charter says:

"Participants will be able to actively participate in and attend all CCWG-accountability meetings, work groups and sub-work groups. However, should there be a need for a consensus call or decision, such consensus call or decision will be limited to CCWG-Accountability members appointed by the chartering organizations."

That is, "participants" do not have decision-making rights.

Here is what I had to say about this on 11 November (and I understand that the message in question was transmitted to the co-chairs of the drafting team for the charter):

> Work Stream 1 of this group is "focused on mechanisms enhancing ICANN
> accountability that must be in place or committed to within the time
> frame of the IANA Stewardship Transition;"
>
> In this context, it is important to note that the NTIA called for the
> IANA stewardship function to be transitioned to "the global multistakeholder
> community", which is broader than the existing ICANN constituency.
>
> In contrast, the Accountability CCWG, while stating that it will adhere
> to the principle of opennes, has in fact created a two-tier structure, with
> decision-making power being restricted to a specific group of stakeholders,
> namely those currently involved in the domain name business.
>
> There is of course nothing wrong with a subset of stakeholders conducting
> consultations and presenting proposals, so I have no objection to the
> CCWG per se and I am not prejudging the output of the CCWG.
>
> But it is not a process that is truly open to the global multistakeholder
> community.
>
> Therefore I will not participate as an observer and I reserve my right to
> submit to appropriate forums and entities my views regarding the outputs
> of the CCWG. 

So, unless the charter is modified, I don't plan to participate in the group.

Or do I misunderstand what seems to be clear language in the charter?

Thanks and best,
Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org]On Behalf Of Greg Shatan
Sent: mardi, 9. décembre 2014 00:57
To: Thomas Rickert
Cc: accountability-cross-community at icann.org
Subject: Re: [CCWG-Accountability] Welcome note

Mathieu, Thomas and all,

I might humbly suggest that we all re-read the CCWG's Charter prior to that discussion, to be found at https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Charter.

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Greg Shatan

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On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Thomas Rickert <rickert at anwaelte.de> wrote:

Dear all, 
we would like to suggest we clarify the question of membership and participant status as well as the role of a liaison during tomorrow's call.

Kindest regards, 
Mathieu Weill and Thomas Rickert

Am 08.12.2014 um 23:49 schrieb Adebunmi AKINBO <akinbo.adebunmi at gmail.com>:

+1 Greg
+1 Pamela
-1 Arasteh

I am a participant by the look of things and its not embarrassing or humiliating.
We need to guide against such utterances to build fluidity and respect for the process.
We all count as we contribute to the current issue.

Any ground rules in the charter that we need to take note to ensure rights and obligations?
Moderator(s) should put us through.
-AA.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Rudolph Daniel <rudi.daniel at gmail.com> wrote:

Rec'd with thx.
Rudi Daniel
ICT consulting & lighting products
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On Dec 5, 2014 2:03 PM, "Thomas Rickert" <rickert at anwaelte.de> wrote:

Dear All,
We would like to welcome you to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability). Now that the charter has been adopted by a number of organizations, namely the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO), Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), we thought it would be timely to commence the planning for the activities of the CCWG-Accountability.
Meetings
The first meeting of the CCWG- Accountability has been scheduled for Tuesday 9 December at 20:00 UTC  (call details will be circulated shortly). Following that regular online meetings are expected to alternate between 11:00 and 14:00 UTC to allow for maximum participation taking into account the different time zones.
Participation
In addition to members appointed by the chartering organizations, there are currently 100 individuals subscribed to this mailing list who are participating in this effort as individual participants. Participants are expected to actively contribute in mailing list conversations as well as meetings. It is anticipated that participants will provide essential input to the process. They will participate similar to ICANN chartering organization appointed members. 
Statements of Interest (SOI)
If you have not done so yet, you will be invited to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI) following the online procedures outlined here (https://community.icann.org/x/c4Lg) or alternatively provide a statement which at a minimum should include your name, whether you are representing a certain organization or company as part your participation in this effort, areas of specific interest in relation to this effort, material relationship with other parties affected by ICANN and primary country of residence. Please contact Grace Abuhamad (accountability-staff at icann.org) if you have any questions concerning your SOI. 
Mailing List Observers
Note that in addition to chartering organization appointed members and individual participants, there will also be the possibility for those interested to sign up to this effort as a mailing list observer. Contrary to members and participants, who are expected to actively participate in mailing list conversations as well as meetings, mailing list observers will have read-only access to the mailing list and will be able to post, do not receive the invites for the various meetings and calls of the CCWG (note that audio streaming will be provided for those interested to follow the CCWG meetings) and do not have to complete a statement of interest. At any point in time, a mailing list observer can join the CCWG as a participant should he or she want to by informing ICANN staff.
 As several of you were added to this mailing list as a result of your earlier interest in the Cross Community Group, should you wish to change your status to a mailing list observer or wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please contact Grace Abuhamad (accountability-staff at icann.org).
Preparation for the first meeting
In order to prepare for the first meeting of the CCWG- Accountability, you are strongly encouraged to review the CCWG charter ahead of the meeting.
Note that per our charter one of our first objectives will be to develop a work plan and define the contents of Work Streams 1 and 2 (WS1/WS2). You are encouraged to share any ideas or suggestions you may have to facilitate these tasks with the mailing list.
I look forward to working with you.
Kind regards,
Thomas Rickert (CCWG Co-Chair GNSO)

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