[CCWG-ACCT] TR: Practical suggestions for constructive CCWG-Board dialogue

Mathieu Weill mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
Thu Dec 24 12:14:04 UTC 2015


Dear Colleagues,



For your information, a correspondence sent by the co chairs to Steve
Crocker in his capacity of Chair of the Icann Board. Staff will shortly
add it in the correspondence section of our Wiki.



Best wishes to all of you.

Mathieu



De : Mathieu Weill [mailto:weill at afnic.fr]
Envoyé : jeudi 24 décembre 2015 12:26
À : 'Steve Crocker'
Cc : 'Bruce Tonkin'; 'Fadi Chehade'; 'Cherine Chalaby
(cherine.chalaby at icann.org)'; Thomas Rickert (thomas at rickert.net); León
Felipe Sánchez Ambía (leonfelipe at sanchez.mx); 'ACCT-Staff'
Objet : Practical suggestions for constructive CCWG-Board dialogue



Dear Steve,



The CCWG-Accountability 3rd public comment phase is now closed and we
appreciate and value the amount of effort dedicated by the Board, through
a series of meetings, in order to provide our group and the community with
comments in this process. As you know dialogue has started on our list
regarding several items raised by the Board and we look forward to
continuing this fruitful dialogue.



Our group is actively preparing the analysis of all the comments received,
in order to finalize its recommendations, and want to inform you of these
plans as well as offer a constructive way forward for a constructive
dialogue.



In the CCWG-Accountability process, the Icann Board holds two distinct
roles :

- the Board is one the affected stakeholders, and as such, its
contributions, as well as those of the individual Board members are
welcome and encouraged ;

- the Board also committed, in its 16 October 2014 resolution to assess
CCWG Accountability recommendations on the basis of global public
interest, and engage into a special dialogue with the CCWG Accountability
in case it found that implementation of a  recommendation is not in the
global public interest.



After the Los Angeles face to face meeting, and during the Dublin meeting,
the recommendations from our group greatly benefitted from the significant
increase of Board member participation into our deliberations. We strongly
encourage the Board and its individual members to maintain this high level
of engagement.



Starting in early January, our group will increase the frequency of its
plenary sessions to two per week. The calls will be open to all, and
include topic based agendas to facilitate participation of interested
parties. We hope that, beyond our Board liaison, the interested Board
members will actively engage in this process.



Beyond this first role, the latest Board's comment on our Draft Report
stressed the importance of some of its concerns by stating that, unless
theses concerns are addressed, the Board  would have to consider "whether
it believes the specifics of the recommendation meet the global public
interest".



Understanding and taking into account these global public interest
concerns as part of our deliberations is a very high priority for our
group. Chartering Organizations should be informed of any such remaining
concern before they are requested to endorse our final recommendations.
That is the reason why we had requested some clarification from the Board,
through our Board liaison. We appreciate the response that was provided.



Beyond these clarifications, since the next few weeks will be key in
finalizing our recommendations, we would like to offer the following
practical suggestions to establish a constructive dialogue around these
issues :

- the Board could appoint specific Board correspondents for each of the
global public interest concerns raised. These correspondents would engage
in the respective CCWG Accountability discussions in order to clarify the
Board's concerns and provide rapid, of not real-time, feedback on whether
potential refinements are addressing these concerns ;

- as the CCWG-Accountability finalizes each of its recommendation, the
Board could hold short, regular (for instance, weekly) meetings to
collectively confirm these views (through the Board liaison or these
correspondents).

- should there be remaining concerns from the Board when a Report is sent
to the Chartering Organizations, these could be documented in our Report,
just like we currently document minority statements.



This approach would not only significantly enhance the cooperation between
the CCWG Accountability and the Icann Board. It would also enable all
involved parties, including the Chartering Organizations, to make a fully
informed decision. Last, but not least, this approach effectively
addresses the need to deliver a fully thought-through proposal while at
the same time improving the timeliness of the delivery of a consolidated
IANA Stewardship Transition to NTIA.



We are looking forward to working with you and the Board to a successful
conclusion of these important efforts, and hope that you and the Board can
take a few days rest over this holiday season.



Best wishes and happy holidays,

Leon, Thomas & Mathieu

CCWG Accountability co-chairs

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