[CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-ACCT 21-day Public Comment Is Live

Tue Dec 1 20:21:53 UTC 2015

Hi Robin,

Appendix A has been updated with your minority viewpoint. It is reflected on
the Public Comment page that the document has been updated as of 1 December
2015.

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/draft-ccwg-accountability-propos
al-appendix-a-30nov15-en.pdf

Thanks,
Hillary

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Hillary Jett
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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From:  Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
Date:  Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 12:07 PM
To:  Hillary Jett <hillary.jett at icann.org>
Cc:  CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>, Thomas
Rickert <thomas at rickert.net>, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía
<leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>, "Mathieu Weill (Mathieu.Weill at afnic.fr)"
<Mathieu.Weill at afnic.fr>, Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad at icann.org>
Subject:  Re: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-ACCT 21-day Public Comment Is Live

Dear Hilary,

I note that my dissenting opinion was sent on 29 November and was not
included in the report upon the report¹s publication on 1 December.

Moreover, the report has incorrectly stated that there are no dissenting
opinions, however the chairs acknowledged this dissenting opinion during the
CCWG meeting on 2 November.  Why did the report knowingly make a false
statement about no dissent and why has the dissenting opinion still not been
included with the report?  I find the delay in fixing this to be
unacceptable.  If ICANN can¹t even be trusted to honestly report on the
accountability recommendations, we really have our work cut out for us.

Robin

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> Date: November 29, 2015 at 3:40:45 PM PST
> To: Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net>
> Cc: León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>, "Mathieu Weill
> (Mathieu.Weill at afnic.fr)" <Mathieu.Weill at afnic.fr>,
> "accountability-cross-community at icann.org Community"
> <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Minority statements inclusion in report
> 
> Thanks, Thomas.  See below.
> 
> Dissenting Opinion of Member Robin Gross (GNSO-NSCG)
> 
> The CCWG-Accountability make a number of helpful recommendations to improve
> organizational accountability at ICANN, however one aspect of the plan is
> deeply flawed: changing the role of ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee
> (GAC) from purely an ³advisory² role to a ³decision making² role over
> fundamental matters at ICANN, including its governance.  Consequently the
> proposal marginalizes the role of Supporting Organizations (SO¹s) compared to
> today¹s ICANN governance structure.  The degree of governmental empowerment
> over ICANN resulting from the proposal¹s community mechanism is dangerous to
> the success of the proposal¹s political acceptance as well as to its ultimate
> impact on a free and open Internet.
> 
> The creation of a community mechanism to hold ICANN accountable on key issues
> made a critical error by departing from the existing power balance between
> SO¹s and AC¹s as determined by relative board appointments.  Instead, the
> proposed community mechanism elevates the AC¹s relative to the SO¹s compared
> with today¹s balance on ICANN's board of directors, which does not currently
> provide a decision making role to GAC, and which retains the primacy of the
> Supporting Organizations on key decisions, particularly those within the SO¹s
> mandate.   The devaluing of the Supporting Organizations in ICANN¹s key
> decisions was a common theme in both previous public comment periods, however
> the recommendations not only failed to address this widespread concern, but
> went even further in devaluing SO¹s in the community mechanism in the 3rd
> report.  The community mechanism failed to take into account the appropriate
> roles and responsibilities of the various SO¹s and AC¹s, and the dangers
> inherent in changing those roles with a ³one size fits all² approach to
> critical decision making.
> 
> Additionally, I object to the proposed departure from ICANN¹s typical 30-day
> public comment period on the 3rd report for CCWG-Accountability.  The 3rd
> report¹s public comment only allows for 9 days of public comment after the
> language translations are scheduled to be published, which is far too short of
> a public comment period for a report of this significance and with so many
> important changes since previous drafts.
> 
> Robin Gross
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2015, at 1:29 PM, Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Robin,
>> as discussed during the last CCWG call, minority statements will be included
>> in the report as appendices if and when they are received.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Thomas 
>> 
>> ---
>> rickert.net <http://rickert.net/>
>> 
>> 
>> Am 29.11.2015 um 21:37 schrieb Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>:
>> 
>>> Dear Co-Chairs,
>>> 
>>> I have still not received a response to this request.  What is the process
>>> for submitting minority statements?  Please advise.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Robin
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 11, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Co-Chairs,
>>>> 
>>>> Could you please advise on the proposed schedule and process for ensuring
>>>> that minority statements will be included in the report [of the executive
>>>> summary]?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Robin
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list
>>>> Accountability-Cross-Community at icann.org
>>>> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community
>>> 

> On Nov 30, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Hillary Jett <hillary.jett at icann.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Robin,
> 
> Thank you for the note. We will be updating the Appendix tomorrow with
> minority statements received since 29 November.
> 
> Best,
> Hillary
> 
> -- 
> Hillary Jett
> Communications Coordinator
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
> 
> Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403
> Email: hillary.jett at icann.org
> 
> 
> 
> From: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 at 9:21 PM
> To: Hillary Jett <hillary.jett at icann.org>
> Cc: CCWG-Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org>, Thomas
> Rickert <thomas at rickert.net>, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía
> <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>, "Mathieu Weill (Mathieu.Weill at afnic.fr)"
> <Mathieu.Weill at afnic.fr>, Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad at icann.org>
> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] CCWG-ACCT 21-day Public Comment Is Live
> 
> Thanks, but the report still incorrectly states that there are no minority
> opinions.  Why hasn¹t the NCSG dissenting opinion been posted or acknowledged
> in the report?  Please fix this incorrect information and omission of a
> dissenting opinion from the report¹s publication.
> 
> Robin
> 
>> On Nov 30, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Hillary Jett <hillary.jett at icann.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> The 21-day public comment period of the CCWG-Accountability Draft Work Stream
>> 1 Recommendations has just been posted here:
>> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-2015
>> -11-30-en. The comment period will run from November 30 through 23:59 UTC on
>> December 21. 
>> 
>> We hope to begin receiving translations in the next 12-14 days.
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> Hillary
>> 
>> -- 
>> Hillary Jett
>> Communications Coordinator
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>> 
>> Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403
>> Email: hillary.jett at icann.org
>> 
>> 
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