[CCWG-ACCT] [icann-board] Where do we stand?

Mailing List for the ICANN Accountability & Governance Cross Community Group accountability-cross-community at icann.org
Tue Oct 13 22:45:57 UTC 2015


I like this starting point.

el

On 2015-10-13 19:57 , Erika Mann wrote:
[...]

> On 13 Oct 2015, at 19:38, Ray Plzak <plzakr at gmail.com
> <mailto:plzakr at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> George,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regarding your assertion “CANN does have responsibility for
>> more than just being a secretariat for the ACs and the SOs…”.
>> I agree and think that it should be taken one further.  ICANN
>> should not be the secretariat for any SO or AC. There should be a
>> distinct secretariat for the GNSO; which should also have its own
>> executive board.  It is in this particular area where most of the
>> accountability issues have arisen.  The ASO does not receive any
>> secretariat services from ICANN, it takes care of its own.  The
>> ccNSO should also have its own secretariat and executive board.
>> As for the ACs there should be a separate secretariat that
>> provides support for all of them except the GAC which has its own
>> secretariat.  This singular secretariat for the ACs should have
>> some sort of executive board composed of members selected by the
>> ACs that use the service.  This separation of secretariat
>> function would then allow ICANN and its board to focus on areas
>> of general concern for all of the SOs and ACs such as the global
>> public interest.  I realize these suggestions would require
>> structural changes both in the corporate organization and in the
>> affected SOs and ACs.  Of course there would have to be a
>> discussion of revenue generation and distribution.  This
>> separation would enhance accountability as it would move
>> decisions that are currently made by the ICANN board and staff to
>> a point closer to SO and AC scrutiny and control.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Just food for thought,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Ray
[...]
-- 
Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse  \        / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar)
el at lisse.NA            / *     |   Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
PO Box 8421             \     /
Bachbrecht, Namibia     ;____/




More information about the Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list