[CCWG-ACCT] CCWG - Executive Summary

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Tue Nov 10 02:52:39 UTC 2015


Comment after a first pass (pages 1-17):

Page 8 and later: I believe that using the term "Sole Designator" to 
describe the full set of powers is misleading (as perhaps the Sole 
Member was, although not as obvious). The term designator is a legal 
term related only to appointing or removing directors. That power is 
given to the SOs, one AC and the NomCom (for appointment). The other 
community powers need to be exercised through a UA, but not 
necessarily the "designator", and using that term will imply to some 
that the powers are ALL held only by those that appoint directors.

Page 8: Stress tests do not "ensure" SS&R. They help identify 
potential SS&R problems or validate that they are not present.

Page 9: Under the current Bylaws, no Public Comment is necessary 
before Bylaw changes. That is something that the Board does 
voluntarily. The only Bylaw requirement is that amendments be passed 
by 2/3 of all sitting directors. (Properly documented on page 17.)

Page 10, line 5. It is inaccurate to say the sole designator gives 
the "maximum" amount of powers. It is described later in the page 
correctly as giving a reasonable set of powers consistent with requirements.

Page 11, 5th bullet, 2nd "or" should be an "and".

Page 12, bullet 1, sub-bullet 2. I don't think that "singing" 
contracts would be much of  problem, although perhaps signing 
contracts could. Joking aside, the only resolutions that we are 
talking about rejecting are approving budgets and amending Bylaws, so 
contracts are not an issue.

Page 12, I think it is deranged to think we could schedule and 
organize a face-to-face meeting of ACs and SOs in 15 days.

Page 16, "The Power ..." title, Strategic instead of Strategy.

Page 16, My recollection is that a budget or plan could only be 
rejected based on an issue that was raised during the consultative 
process. I think this is an important aspect and should be mentioned 
in this paper.

Alan

At 09/11/2015 04:42 PM, Bernard Turcotte wrote:
>All,
>
>Please find attached the first full draft of the executive summary 
>which will be discussed on the call tomorrow.
>
>Apologies for the delay in getting this out but people have been 
>working almost around the clock.
>
>Bernard Turcotte
>Staff Support
>
>for the co-chairs.
>Content-Type: application/pdf; name="Summary of the Work and Recommendations"
>  of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN
>  Accountability-0.8ToCCWG.pdf"
>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Summary of the Work and"
>  Recommendations of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN
>  Accountability-0.8ToCCWG.pdf"
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