[CCWG-ACCT] Update from Brussels

[william currie]

I endorse the CENTR and European Commission statement and encourage the
CCWG-A not to lose heart at the eleventh hour.

Only a form of membership in ICANN can replace the NTIA accountability
function. And it seems that only the GAC and the GNSO have the
consistency and coherence to prevent the dilution attempts by the Board. At
Large and ASO have wavered their way through the process. And are likely to
go with a compromise. It is not clear what incentives NTIA is operating
under and whether they have been supportive of the Board's intervention or
not.

If I were to assess the position of South Africa and the Africa Group, they
are waiting for the current multi-stakeholder process to collapse as
now seems very likely. In the context of ICANN's botched dotAfrica process,
African governments do not have any confidence in ICANN as a trustworthy or
competent institution. They are much more persuaded by the
intergovernmental logic of the ITU, where they are treated with respect.
It is patently obvious to Africans involved in internet governance that the
Board is effecting an anti-democratic manoevre to dilute the introduction
of basic accountabilities. If they succeed they will have made a mockery of
the bottom-up multi-stakeholder process. In any constitutional change, the
task is to make a best effort to make the best decisions and not to try and
use the uncertainty of the future to second-guess those decisions as the
Board is attempting to do. I must say that I believe the Board is acting in
bad faith and should be removed.

I call on the GAC and the GNSO to resist this attempt by the Board to
railroad the CCWG-A into a false compromise. It is better that there be no
consensus at Dublin than for GNSO and GAC to support a "solution" that will
only reinforce African and international perception that ICANN is a
dangerously flawed institution that should under no circumstances by
entrusted with the IANA function.

Willie Currie
An Advisor to CCWG-Accountability

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com> wrote:

> Thanks. Very clear and important statement.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Update from Brussels
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> Dear colleagues,
>
> Along with some European members and participants of our group, I am
> attending the CENTR meeting in Brussels. This morning was a joint session
> with the European High Level Internet Governance group (made of european
> GAC representives), and it discussed the IANA Stewardship transition.
>
> The outcome of this meeting is summarized in the statement that is now
> online :
> https://t.co/EuolALNkgV
>
> You can also find my update regarding our work on our wiki (feel free to
> re-use) :
>
> https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CENTR+Accountability+Update
>
>
> As part of the discussion, I have noted a suggestion by Roelof that we
> prepare a short, understandable paper to summarize the state of play,
> and what remains to be done.
>
> Best,
>
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