[CCWG-ACCT] ALAC Statement on proposed accountability models

[Seun Ojedeji]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Guru Acharya <gurcharya at gmail.com> wrote:

>  In the CWG-Stewardship, he similarly fear mongered that the transition
> will fail because NTIA would reject the Contract Co model. That time too
> everybody else blinked.
>

Interesting you think the proposal that came out of CWG-Stewardship was as
a result of formal intervention from Alan (ALAC), well if thats is at all
valid, I guess maybe ALAC deserves accolades then. ;-). We may want to face
reality or just continue in fantasy as we all got to that stage within the
CWG where it was realistically agreed upon that Contract-Co was at best
close to fantasy and then we worked to develop a compromise solution which
by the way was not entirely the preferred solution of ALAC.


>
> I really hope the community doesn't blink this time.
>

Hopefully we will learn from CWG and maximize the CCWG time as much as
possible going forward.

Regards

>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Correct, the CCWG proposal is not dependant on a supermajorty of the
>> Board supporting it, or in fact any Board support, since it is not one of
>> the CCWG's chartering organizations.
>>
>> But that is not what I said. At the point when our recommended changes
>> are to be implemented, the current Bylaws must be amended. Under the
>> current Bylaws, the "Bylaws of ICANN may be altered, amended, or repealed
>> and new Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws adopted only upon action by a
>> two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of the Board".
>>
>> Under their fiduciary duty, each Board member may only vote to adopt new
>> Bylaws if he/she believes it is in the interest of ICANN and its mission
>> and core values to do so. It was THAT action that I was referring to.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> At 18/10/2015 09:53 AM, Chartier, Mike S wrote:
>>
>>> The CCWG proposal is not dependent on support "by a supermajority of
>>> Board directors".
>>> The requirement is that there is not a determination that it is not in
>>> the global public interest by a 2/3 majority of the Board.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
>>> accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan
>>> Greenberg
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:42 AM
>>> To: CCWG Accountability
>>> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] ALAC Statement on proposed accountability models
>>>
>>> In its formal response to the CCWG-Accountability proposal issued in
>>> August 2015, the ALAC said that it could support the model being proposed,
>>> but preferred something far less complex and lighter-weight, and that we
>>> saw no need for the level of enforceability that the proposal provided.
>>> Moreover, the ALAC had specific concerns with the budget veto and the
>>> apparent lack of participation of perhaps a majority of AC/SOs.
>>>
>>> In light of the reconsideration of a designator model by the CCWG, along
>>> with the recommendations of the Saturday morning break-out sessions, the
>>> ALAC felt that a revised statement was in order.
>>> Accordingly we decided, by a unanimous vote of the 14 ALAC members
>>> present (with 1 not present), to withdraw support for the Membership model.
>>>
>>> I want to make it clear that this is not a "red line" decision.
>>> Should a Membership model become one that is generally advocated by the
>>> CCWG, and supported by a supermajority of Board directors (who ultimately
>>> MUST support any changes that they will be called upon to approve, else
>>> they would be in violation of their fiduciary duty), then the ALAC reserves
>>> its right to support such a model.
>>>
>>> Alan Greenberg
>>> Chair, At-Large Advisory Committee
>>>
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