[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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