[CCWG-ACCT] Where do we stand?

[Kavouss Arasteh]

Dear All,
I have read tens of valuable messages regarding "Where we are"
I have one simple answer
WE ARE NO WHERE AND TOTALLY LOST.
This is a point that we should seriously discuss this afternoon
REGARDS
KAVOUSS

2015-10-13 11:35 GMT+02:00 Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net>:

>
>
> > On 13 Oct 2015, at 01:59, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > We have significant concerns in this area and have said that a number of
> times. You will find ATRT2 recommendations which are aimed at making the
> GNSO decision making more representative and, we have said it in all of our
> comments on the Policy and Implementation WG and in the more recent
> instance, as formal ALAC Advice to the Board. However, at the moment, the
> GNSO only makes recommendations and the Board has the freedom to reject
> them and remand them back to the GNSO if there is a strong belief within
> the Board that the public interest is not being met or if there is a belief
> that for whatever reason the recommendations do not sufficiently balance
> the needs and desires of the various stakeholders.
>
> Noted.
>
> > That is the backstop function that the Board, and no other part of
> ICANN, plays and it is for that reason that the ALAC and At-Large has not
> been a fan of the absolute ability of the community to over-rule the Board
> in the current accountability proposals.
>
> Question: when you say "it is for that reason", do you mean that you think
> this is a good model that should also be followed in the separate case of
> accountability concern, or do you believe that our proposal somehow
> interferes with the Board's ability to remit or reject PDP policy proposals
> submitted to it for ratification?
>
> If the latter, please could you also identify the mechanism by which such
> interference would occur, because I can see nothing (unless it be the
> somewhat fantastical idea that the entire community - including numbers,
> GAC, ALAC - would unite to sack the Board over a disagreement on a
> particular PDP).
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