[CCWG-ACCT] Follow up from the F2F in LA

Mathieu Weill mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
Mon Sep 28 16:29:43 UTC 2015


Mr Chairman, Dear Steve,

On behalf of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing Icann’s 
Accountability, we would like to formally express our deepest thanks for 
your suggestion to host a face to face meeting of our group in Los 
Angeles on 25th and 26th September 2015, and for making yourself and 
many Board members available during the meeting. Our group is grateful 
for such an opportunity to take our work further as well as benefit from 
the extended availability of many Board members.

Based on the substantial exchanges that took place during this meeting, 
we would also like to emphasize some suggestions related to Board – CCWG 
engagement in the future.

    1.    Board members have vast amount of experience regarding the
    issues our group is addressing. We would welcome their contributions
    as participants, not only in the CCWG but also in the various work
    parties we have set up.
    2.    Considering the very high interest from the community as well
    as from the Board members on the Accountability issue, we would
    suggest that Board meetings on the issue would deserve to be granted
    the highest possible transparency standards. Such meetings, as well
    as communications between CCWG members and Board members  would
    benefit from being advertised publicly, as well as their conclusions.
    3.    At the same time, we reiterate our proposal to provide, as
    co-chairs, regular Board briefings during the Board meetings
    dedicated to Accountability, alongside the  briefings provided by
    the President and staff. We would also welcome the opportunity to
    review the briefing materials received by Board members, and would
    understand if that was subject to a non disclosure agreement.
    4.    We would also appreciate an opportunity to extend the time
    dedicated to advancing our group and engaging with the Board during
    the Dublin Icann54 meeting.
    5.    Finally, we would also like to suggest the inclusion of
    regular updates about our work within the SO/AC Chair calls. On such
    matters, we would see extra value if the leaders of the other
    transition-related groups (ICG, CWG, …) could also be associated.


We hope that these steps will foster an even stronger trust in the 
multistakeholder, bottom up process that was set up to respond to the 
challenge set up by the transition of the NTIA Stewardship. As such, 
they would certainly contribute to the success of this process, which is 
our common goal.

Our group is setting aggressive targets for its work on the basis of the 
recent comments received from the public, including the Icann Board. We 
remain committed, as volunteers, to dedicate the right level of efforts 
to deliver a consensus proposal. As mentioned during the meeting in Los 
Angeles, a reaffirmation of the Board’s commitment to the process, 
similar to the 16 October 2010 Board resolution on Board Consideration 
of Recommendations from our group, would be extremely helpful to avoid 
any misunderstanding.

The NTIA Stewardship transition is a historic opportunity. All 
components of the Icann multistakeholder model have to raise to the 
occasion and demonstrate unity of goal, sense of responsibility and 
commitment to the global public interest. Our hope is that these small 
steps contribute to our common success.

Best regards,
Thomas Rickert, Leon Felipe Sanchez & Mathieu Weill

PS: Please feel free to share this correspondence to the Icann Board.

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