[CCWG-ACCT] FW: Fwd: FW: ICANN Board Comments on Third CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations

[Bruce Tonkin]

Hello Becky,

We had recommended splitting the text into a simple mission statement followed by a scope of responsibility.

The Mission Statement should be a short and simple statement that conveys what ICANN's purpose is and relates to the specific sector of activities in which ICANN operates.

Scope of Responsibilities:  The Board suggests that the purpose of this section is to define
ICANN's current scope of responsibilities within its Mission and in service to its Mission. It should describe what ICANN does, not how it does it, and must not change ICANN's existing role because that would have consequences for ICANN's operations, commitments, and responsibility to the Community


Suitable bylaws language supports the following two principles can be incorporated into the scope of responsibilities: (1) ICANN's entering into and enforcement of Registry and Registrar contracts is an important component of ICANN's work in coordination and allocation of names in the Root Zone of the DNS, and (2) ICANN is not a regulator, and does not regulate content through these contracts.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin