[CCWG-ACCT] Presentation from Joint Townhall at ICANN53

[Mathieu Weill]

Dear Colleagues,

Browsing through the legal memos that discussed the role of the Board, I 
can suggest a statement that better defines the Board's role as such :
"The Icann Board represents the executive entity, in charge of managing 
and directing the affairs of the corporation."

Mathieu

Le 22/06/2015 23:07, Drazek, Keith a écrit :
> Thanks Marilyn. I also support Bruce's statement. I think your 
> suggestion has merit, but, in the context of the transition timeline 
> outlined by Fadi this morning, such structural change is probably a 
> Work Stream 2 issue -- one that can be deferred provided we are 
> assured the Board can be compelled to accept those future community 
> consensus recommendations.
>
> Best regards,
> Keith
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:marilynscade at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> I would like to both support Bruce Tonkin's statement, and ask that 
>> also those of us from the community who have experience in how the 
>> SOs elect/select their Board members, perhaps consider that we should 
>> be thinking about more of the Board being elected -- e.g. a return to 
>> 3 per SO, with then a minority appointed. This may also be a step 
>> forward toward accountability, as the nature of the Board is more 
>> grounded in the communities also responsible for key roles within 
>> ICANN, and with deep roots in the various SOs. This still leaves a 
>> significant number of Board seats for Nominating Committee 
>> appointment, but it strengthens
>> the ties to accountability from the Stakeholders.
>>
>> This is somewhat a new proposal, but I am surprised it has not 
>> surfaced before.
>>
>> Marilyn Cade
>>
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>> From: Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au 
>> <mailto:Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
>> To: accountability-cross-community at icann.org 
>> <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
>> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:40:17 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Presentation from Joint Townhall at ICANN53
>>
>> Just looking at page 15 of the presentation.
>>
>> “The ICANN Board represents the executive entity the community may 
>> act against, as appropriate”
>>
>> I recognize that this is in the context of the new community powers – 
>> but I would like to see a little more positive an broader description 
>> of the role of the ICANN Board.
>>
>> Perhaps something more along the lines of:
>>
>> “The entity appointed by the community to oversee the organization on 
>> the community’s behalf”
>>
>> Ie the Board comes from the community – it is not really an executive 
>> branch of the staff.      In fact it is a comprised of non-executives 
>> apart from the CEO.
>>
>> The board’s role is also to hold the staff accountable to deliver on 
>> the commitments agreed with the community in the strategic and 
>> operating  planning process.
>>
>> While the CCWG is looking at additional accountability mechanisms – I 
>> think it should also be recognized that the Board itself is one of 
>>  the existing mechanisms, however imperfect it may be.   It is as 
>> much tied to the community through its selection process as the AC 
>> and SO councils.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bruce Tonkin
>>
>>
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