[CCWG-ACCT] Your public comment re replacement of IANA provider

[Bruce Tonkin]

Hello Nigel,


>>  Here's my impression of where the Board is at.

>>  I am starting to get the perception that ICANN ("the corporation") seems to be positioning itself as in disagreement with the strategic goal of ensuring the corporation becomes (I was going to say 'remains' but that's entirely inaccurate) accountable to the people it was designed to serve.

That for sharing your impression.   It is not my personal impression from discussions with Board members.   The chair of the board has repeatedly spoken in support of additional accountability, and this is apparent in the recent blog postings from the chair.

I do accept though that it needs to be matched by actions - and in particular  bylaws changes that make it more accountable.

I think the big difference is that the Board wants to achieve the additional accountability in as simple a way as possible.      We spent many hours going through the CWG proposal, and provided detailed feedback section by section.   Just because we have provided a lot of feedback doesn't mean that we don't share the same goal.     The vast majority of our responses fall into the category of agree, or agree in principle with some suggestions for an alternative implementation.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin