[CCWG-ACCT] Presentation from Joint Townhall at ICANN53

[Seun Ojedeji]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>
wrote:

>  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."
>

Hi Mathieu,

Is there any specific reason why you are avoiding reflecting the fact that
the board is populated by the community? Otherwsie i would have thought
Bruce's suggested edit would have been adequate. Or something similar to
below:

"The ICANN Board represents the executive entity selected/elected by the
community to be in charge of managing and directing the affairs of the
corporation."

Regards

>
> 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>
> 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
>
>  ------------------------------
> From: Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au
> To: 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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