[CCWG-Accountability] Agenda for CCWG-Accountability on 30 December at 19:00 UTC

[Seun Ojedeji]

Hi Paul,

I think writing to board to know how it will treat the WG outcome
especially when some of it's implementations will require by-law
modifications that further involve the ICANN community in decision making
process may be useful.
Secondly, there are common items of interest between CCWG and CWG so I
think we may learn some hint from board's recent participation in the CWG

Cheers!

sent from Google nexus 4
kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 30 Dec 2014 23:40, "Paul Rosenzweig" <
paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:

> All
>
>
>
> As a follow up to our discussion on today’s call and in reference to my
> point that OUR work on accountability is highly dependent on what the
> Board/ICANN will or will not agree to, may I propose that our Chairs send
> to the Board and the ICANN CEO a communication roughly along the following
> lines:
>
>
>
> The Cross-Community Working Group on accountability measures has been
> considering many accountability mechanisms to recommend concerning the
> prospective governance of ICANN.   Many members and participants in the
> CCWG have tentatively concluded that the nature and scope of the CCWG’s
> recommendations  is dependent upon knowing whether or not the Board and
> ICANN will agree to certain fundamental limitations on Board authority.
> Accordingly, the CCWG requests direct input from the Board and/or CEO on
> the following question:
>
>
>
> “Will the Board agree, in principle, to accept accountability
> recommendations that a) restrict (either through Bylaw amendment or
> contract) the scope of ICANN activity exclusively to management and
> operation of the IANA function; and b) that provides an independent
> mechanism (whether through outside arbiter or internal review by a standing
> community group) by which alleged attempts by the Board/ICANN to exceed
> that narrow scope of authority may be adjudicated and, if necessary,
> restrained?
>
>
>
> If the Board is fundamentally willing to accept such limitations then
> remaining accountability mechanisms may be reasonably limited to proposals
> that relate to the successful implementation of the IANA function itself.
> If the Board and ICANN are, however, not willing to accept such limitations
> on their own authority then many members of the CCWG believe that
> accountability mechanisms proposed by the CCWG will need to be
> commensurately broadened.”
>
>
>
> I do not, of course, care terribly much about the specific language we
> use.  My goal, however, is to find a way to get Board input into our
> decision making at a point where it can significantly narrow (or
> substantially broadened) our field of consideration.
>
>
>
> Perhaps more to the point, simply asking the question creates information
> – if the Board is unable or unwilling to answer at all (or if it answers in
> the negative) that would, in and of itself, justify the community in
> seeking a broader accountability package.  By contrast, if the Board
> answers affirmatively, then our task is much simpler – we need to reach
> consensus on the critical WS0 board control mechanisms and then add only
> the IANA function-related mechanisms we deem necessary.
>
>
>
> So … my proposal is simply that the Chairs of our WG find some way of both
> asking this question formally and getting a formal answer for us at the
> earliest practicable opportunity.
>
>
>
> I wish everyone a very healthy and happy new year.
>
>
>
> Warm regards
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> ***NOTE:  OUR NEW ADDRESS -- EFFECTIVE 12/15/14 ****
>
> 509 C St. NE
>
> Washington, DC 20002
>
>
>
> Paul Rosenzweig
>
> paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com
> <paul.rosenzweigesq at redbranchconsulting.com>
>
> O: +1 (202) 547-0660
>
> M: +1 (202) 329-9650
>
> Skype: +1 (202) 738-1739 or paul.rosenzweig1066
>
> Link to my PGP Key
> <http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=9>
>
>
>
> *From:* Grace Abuhamad [mailto:grace.abuhamad at icann.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, December 29, 2014 8:16 AM
> *To:* Accountability Cross Community
> *Cc:* Brenda Brewer
> *Subject:* [CCWG-Accountability] Agenda for CCWG-Accountability on 30
> December at 19:00 UTC
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Please find below the proposed agenda for the CCWG-Accountability call on
> 30 December at 19:00 UTC. I will send to call details to the Notify list.
>
>
>
> *Proposed Agenda*:
>
> 1. Welcome & Roll Call & Statements of Interest
>
> 2. Membership Updates
>
> 3. Work Area Updates
>
> WA1 – David Maher / Samantha Eisner
>
> WA2 – Steve DelBianco
>
> WA3 – Avri Doria
>
> WA4 – Eric Brunner-Williams
>
> 4. Coordination between CWG and ICG
>
> 5. Expectations for the F2F
>
> 6. AOB
>
> 7. Closing Remarks
>
> _______________________________________________
> Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list
> Accountability-Cross-Community at icann.org
> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/attachments/20150101/c25349f8/attachment.html>