[CCWG-ACCT] Blog post on the Accountability work headed to Dublin

[Greg Shatan]

Malcolm.

Believe me, I do not draw any inference of a practical necessity to simply
accept what the Board tells us.  I just wanted to clarify the various
concepts in play as we discuss the Board's obligation to pass on our
proposal vs. the Board's potential decision not to support it.  I agree
with your overall view of where this concept fits into the matrix.

Greg

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net> wrote:

> On 2015-10-13 03:29, Greg Shatan wrote:
>
>> Lurking behind all this (in my mind) is Larry Strickling apparently
>> saying that he does not want to receive a proposal that does not have
>> the support of the Board.
>>
>> That would make any proposal sent with a lack of support from the
>> Board a non-starter.
>>
>
> I agree, but let's not overread that. We don't have a decision from
> the Board yet, we have a negotiating position.
>
> Before Larry get the proposal, it must be transmitted from us to
> the chartering organisations, and thence to the Board. The Board will
> then have to reconsider its position and take a final decision in
> the light of the fact that the proposal is now finalised and has
> the formal support of the community.
>
> For the Board to torpedo a community consensus proposal in the way you
> describe would be a huge step, with profound consequences for ICANN's
> credibility in the political community. The Board won't do that lightly.
>
> The Board might remain intransigent. But they might be willing,
> in those circumstances, to endorse a widely-supported proposal that
> is broadly aligned with their expectations even if it still contains
> a few elements against which they previously expressed concerns. So
> in that light, their claims that they are "95% in agreement" with our
> proposal is encouraging.
>
> So while I agree with your statement above in the abstract, I would avoid
> drawing from it any inference of a practical necessity to simply accept
> what
> the Board tells us to do. We are entitled to our own view, and insisting on
> it is not fatal to this process.
>
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