[CCWG-ACCT] "Consumer Trust" in the Mission Statement
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Sun Jan 10 23:19:06 UTC 2016
Oh I agree. But it got heavy a long time ago. If
we want to start stripping stuff out that we have added, I am all for it.
Why all this vehemence about this one item?
Alan
At 09/01/2016 03:41 PM, Jonathan Zuck wrote:
>Agree with Steve here. We need to keep core
>values minimal. This Christmas Tree is already
>getting weighed down a bit too much for my tastes.
>
>From:
><<mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>
>on behalf of Steve DelBianco
><<mailto:sdelbianco at netchoice.org>sdelbianco at netchoice.org>
>Date: Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:10 AM
>To: Becky Burr
><<mailto:Becky.Burr at neustar.biz>Becky.Burr at neustar.biz>,
>Accountability Community
><<mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
>Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] "Consumer Trust" in the Mission Statement
>
>Our recommendation #9 is Incorporating the
>Affirmation of Commitments in ICANNâs
>Bylaws. That includes commitments made by
>ICANN in the AoC, such as the commitment cited
>by Becky, to "promote competition, consumer
>trust, and consumer choice in the DNS marketplace."
>
>First, I donât think we should casually
>discard any of those three commitment items just
>because it is difficult to define. The AoC
>review thatâs just begun will develop working
>definitions as part of its review.
>
>I would answer 'No' to both of Beckyâs
>questions. This commitment does not need to be
>part of Core Values, and could live in the
>bylaws section describing the required AoC
>review of any expansion of new gTLDs.
>
>Since it is in the bylaws, ICANNâs fulfillment
>of this commitment could be the subject of an IRP.
>
>And any changes to this commitment would be
>subject to veto by the empowered community.
>
>
>From:
><<mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>
>on behalf of Becky Burr <<mailto:Becky.Burr at neustar.biz>Becky.Burr at neustar.biz>
>Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 at 2:10 PM
>To: Accountability Community
><<mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
>Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] "Consumer Trust" in the Mission Statement
>
> As discussed in our call yesterday, we would
> like to get some discussion started on some of
> the issues with the Mission Statement,
> Commitments & Core Values elements of the CCWG
> Proposal. One of those issues relates to the
> inclusion of the concept of promoting
> âconsumer trustâ in the Commitments and/or
> Core Values. The USCIB comment, for example,
> urged inclusion of a Commitment/Core Value of
> âpromoting competition, consumer trust, and
> consumer choice in the DNS
> marketplace.â ALAC urged inclusion of the consumer trust language.
>This is the topic we will discuss on Monday,
>during the Ad Hoc meeting just announced. Feel
>free to contribute your views in this thread,
>particularly if you are not going to be able to participate on Monday.
> ISSUE: Paragraph 3 of the Affirmation of
> Commitments describes the goals of the AoC, saying:
> "This document affirms key commitments
> by DOC and ICANN, including commitments to:
>
(c) promote competition, consumer trust, and
> consumer choice in the DNS marketplace
.â
>Paragraph 9.3 of the AoC says:
>
IIf and when new gTLDs (whether in
> ASCII or other language character sets) have
> been in operation for one year, ICANN will
> organize a review that will examine the extent
> to which the introduction or expansion of gTLDs
> has promoted competition, consumer trust and
> consumer choice
. ICANN will organize a
> further review of its execution of the above
> commitments two years after the first review,
> and then no less frequently than every four years.
>
> In the Initial Draft Proposal, this AoC
> language was transposed into the Core Values by
> requiring ICANN to depend âon market
> mechanisms to proote and sustain a healthy
> competitive environment in the DNS market that
> enhances consumer trust and choice.â (Para
> 107, page 27 Initial Draft Proposal)
> In the 2nd Draft Proposal we elected to
> delete the reference to consumer trust in the
> Mission statement and include it in the Review
> section of the Bylaws (See 3rd Report, Appendix
> 9, Para. 33). The reason we agreed to make
> this switch was because it is not a standalone
> ICANN commitment in the AoC, rather, it is
> specifically tied to new gTLD expansion and
> specifically tied to a required review.
> Several commenters in both the 2nd and
> 3rd comment round argued that the Core Values
> should specifically call out consumer
> trust. Some have disputed my characterization
> of Paragraph 3 of the AoC (i.e., it states the
> goals of the AoC but does not recite a specific
> commitment), on the grounds that my
> characterization is an opinion and not a fact.
>QUESTIONS:
>Should an AoC provision specific to TLD
>expansion be leveraged to impose generalized,
>independent, and affirmative competition and
>consumer trust protection obligations on ICANN?
>Does ICANNâs fundamental Mission to ensure
>âstable and secure operationâ of the DNS,
>and its various Commitments (i.e., to use
>processes that enable competition, and
>to preserve stability, reliability, security,
>global interoperability, resilience, and
>openness) adequately address this concern?
>
>
>
>J. Beckwith Burr
>Neustar, Inc./Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer
>1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 20006
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