[CCWG-ACCT] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Statement from the CCWG-Accountability after Face-to-Face Meeting in Buenos Aires

[Jordan Carter]

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Date: Saturday, 20 June 2015
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Statement from the CCWG-Accountability after
Face-to-Face Meeting in Buenos Aires
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https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-20-en
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Statement from the CCWG-Accountability after Face-to-Face Meeting in Buenos
Aires

20 June 2015

*Members and participants of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing
ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
19 June 2015.*

The CCWG-Accountability face-to-face in Buenos Aires was attended in-person
by 49 members and participants, as well as by a number of participants and
observers that joined the meeting remotely using the virtual meeting room.
1 Advisors also participated.

The group discussed the summaries it had earlier prepared of the comments
received from the community during the first public comment period on its
initial draft report (
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en)
and can report the following:

Broad support was received for the overall accountability architecture
proposed, based on on 4 building blocks, i.e. an empowered community, the
Board, the Bylaws and the Independent Review Process.

Most comments considered the proposals would be improvements to ICANN's
current accountability mechanisms.

Several commenters recommended the CCWG-Accountability take a more detailed
look at the accountability of the community itself (the SOs and ACs) and
also to ensure that ICANN is accountable to all stakeholders, including
those outside ICANN.

While most commenters expressed support for the recommendations, some
expressed concerns primarily regarding implementation details, legal
implications, complexity, and underlying costs and risks associated with
the proposals.

The CCWG-Accountability values the input received so far in the process and
will continue working to refine its initial draft report.

While encouraged by the support received on the overall approach, the group
acknowledges the concerns expressed and will give due consideration to
suggestions and concerns as it develops a revised proposal in preparation
for the upcoming second public comment period.

With regards to the community empowerment mechanism, the
CCWG-Accountability has considered various models, and has acknowledged the
commonality of views with regards to expectations of such models, including
the need to set up mutual accountability, and enhancements to openness and
diversity.

In particular, a number of commenters have raised concerns with the
reference model. In that model, SOs and ACs would be required to set up
separate legal entities, such as formally registering unincorporated
associations, as their legal vehicle to exercise community powers. Feedback
suggested that the community sees this model as too complex. The
CCWG-Accountability has analyzed these comments carefully and will now
focus its work on a refined model. This fresh approach, provisionally
called the Empowered SO/AC model, gives the community comparable authority
while not adding legal entities separate from the SOs and ACs.

The CCWG-Accountability also considered public comments related to the
dependencies with the CWG-Stewardship's final proposal. As the
CWG-Stewardship's proposal is under consideration by Chartering
Organizations, the CCWG-Accountability notes that each of the items that
the CWG-Stewardship has identified as critical to its proposal received
overall support from the community. None of the comments suggested that
CWG-Stewardship requirements could or should not be met.

The CCWG-Accountability will share these outcomes and considerations with
the various groups and communities during ICANN53. The group looks forward
to continuing the fruitful exchanges that inform further deliberations
towards a second round of public comment, which is expected to be published
by the end of July.

Note: video summaries of the basic accountability approach are available:

   - English: Thomas Rickert on CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h8i2exC6HA>
   - French: Mathieu Weill on CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YodtRRNymkU>
   - Spanish: León Sanchez on CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal
   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLALPEOlrHk>



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