[CCWG-ACCT] Fwd: [Acct-Staff] CCWG-Accountability WG proposal for a Limited Scope of the ATRT3 Review

Bernard Turcotte turcotte.bernard at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 12:21:20 UTC 2016


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From: Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>
Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 5:07 AM
Subject: [Acct-Staff] CCWG-Accountability WG proposal for a Limited Scope
of the ATRT3 Review
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louie at louie.net, patrik at frobbit.se, tsinha at umd.edu, bverd at verisign.com,
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca, steve.crocker at icann.org
Cc: ASO-chairs at aso.icann.org, Olof.nordling at icann.org, Thomas Rickert <
thomas at rickert.net>, Heidi.ullrich at icann.org, Acct-staff at icann.org,
aso at icann.org, Bart.boswinkel at icann.org, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <
leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>, David.olive at icann.org, Marika.konings at icann.org,
Carlos.reyes at icann.org, Steve.sheng at icann.org


Dear SO & AC Chairs,

The CCWG-Accountability (CCWG) at its face to face meeting at the ICANN 56
in Helsinki considered the implications of the collision of topics, and
therefore efforts, between ATRT3 and Work Stream 2 (WS2) (please see Annex
1 for a detailed consideration of this issue).

In its discussion of this issue the CCWG considered the following points:

·         Collision of topics between WS2 and ATRT3 - There is potential
for significant overlap between WS2 topics and the scope of ATRT3 as 6 of
the 9 WS2 topics are accountability and transparency issues ATRT3 could
also consider.

·         Timing of the two activities - WS2 began in July 2016 with an
objective of completing its work by the end of 2017. ATRT3, which is
expected to take 12 months to complete, is currently scheduled to begin in
January 2017 but could potentially be delayed until February 2018 under the
new Bylaws (which require ATRT every 5 years versus the AoC requirement for
every 3 years). It would seem inefficient, at best, to have both of these
activities working on the same topics independently, while drawing on the
same pool of community volunteers. At worst, ATRT3 and WS2 groups could
issue recommendations that are conflicting or duplicative.

·         Implementation of recommendations – The Bylaws for WS2 give CCWG
recommendations greater weight when it comes to board consideration,
relative to recommendations from an ATRT organized under the AoC.

While in Helsinki, the CCWG concluded its preferred approach, as
communicated in our 8-Aug-2016 letter
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/sanchez-et-al-to-icann-board-08aug16-en.pdf>
to the Board of ICANN:

Convene ATRT3 as soon as possible with the limited scope of assessing
implementation of ATRT2 recommendations. Allow WS2 to handle new
recommendations for accountability and transparency. The fourth ATRT would
convene before 2022 and would assess all accountability and transparency
topics and make recommendations

The ICANN Board replied
<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/crocker-to-sanchez-et-al-24oct16-en.pdf>
to the CCWG letter on 24-Oct-2016, saying,

It is not up to the Board to dictate the scope of this important community
review. While we share the concerns raised of avoiding duplication of
resources, it is essential that the broader ICANN community have a voice in
determining how the ATRT3 should be scoped in alignment with the Bylaws.
The Board and the ICANN Organization stand ready to support the community’s
direction.

Accordingly, the CCWG is now proposing to community leadership the
following approach:

•       Requesting that the SO/AC leadership select (following the new
Bylaws) a small group of review team members that have either participated
in or closely tracked ATRT2.

•       Requesting the ICANN organization to do a "self-assessment"
reporting on a) the extent to which each recommendation was followed and/or
implemented; b) the effectiveness in addressing the issues identified by
ATRT2; and c) the need for additional implementation.

•       Specifically request that the Review Team exclude the issues that
are already covered by the CCWG-Accountability WS2 (see Annex 1).

•       Suggesting that the work be conducted & completed more quickly than
normal, such as asking that the Final Report be issued within six months

If the suggested approach above is agreeable to SO/AC community, the next
steps would be:

•       SO/AC leadership to issue a public statement or a letter to ICANN
CEO and Board Chair that explains why limited scope is appropriate and
articulates that they have broad support of the ICANN community

•       Call for Volunteers to note limited scope & unique expertise sought

•       Reach out to previous ATRT Review Team members and encourage them
to apply for the narrowly-scoped ATRT3 Review Team

•       Propose a Charter for the ATRT3 Review Team to adopt that tracks
the limited Scope



Best regards,

Thomas Rickert, Leon Sanchez & Mathieu Weill

CCWG-Accountability Co-chairs

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