[bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: Public Comment - ICANN Board Conflicts of Interest Review - Independent Expert Report

Wed Jun 6 14:38:51 UTC 2012

Dear BC Members,

Please find below an announcement of the Open Public Comment for ICANN 
Board Conflicts of Interest Review - Independent Expert Report.

Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home
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bc-secretariat at icann.org

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/board-coi-review-report-05jun12-en.htm

  ICANN Board Conflicts of Interest Review - Independent Expert Report

Comment/Reply Periods ^(*)

Important Information Links

*Comment Open:*

5 June 2012

*Comment Close:*

6 July 2012

*Close Time (UTC):*

23:59 UTC

Public Comment Announcement 
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-05jun12-en.htm>

*Reply Open:*

7 July 2012

To Submit Your Comments (Forum) <mailto:board-coi-review-report at icann.org>

*Reply Close:*

28 July 2012

View Comments Submitted 
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/board-coi-review-report/>

*Close Time (UTC):*

23:59 UTC

Report of Public Comments

Brief Overview

*Originating Organization:*

ICANN Board/Board Governance Committee

*Categories/Tags:*

ICANN Board/Bylaws

*Purpose (Brief):*

To receive public comment on the Report prepared by the team of 
independent international experts as part of their review of ICANN's 
conflicts of interest and ethics frameworks.

*Current Status:*

This Report will be discussed at a public session on 25 June 2012 at the 
Prague Meeting. The Board Governance Committee and the Board are also 
considering the Report and the adoption of the recommendations within 
the Report.

*Next Steps:*

The BGC and the Board will consider the public input to guide further 
Board action on the Report.

*Staff Contact:*

Amy Stathos, Deputy General Counsel

*Email:*

amy.stathos at icann.org 
<mailto:amy.stathos at icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20ICANN%20Board%20Conflicts%20of%20Interest%20Review%20-%20Independent%20Expert%20Report%20public%20comment%20period>

Detailed Information

*Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose*

As a part of ICANN's commitment to enhancing its overall culture of 
promoting superior ethics, integrity and transparency, ICANN is posting 
for public comment the Report developed by the team of independent 
international experts with recommendations on enhancing ICANN's 
conflicts and ethics frameworks.

*Section II: Background*

Over the past year, heightened attention and scrutiny has been placed on 
how the ICANN Board addresses conflicts of interest, and on enhancing 
ICANN's ethical culture. While ICANN has a robust conflict of interest 
policy and code of conduct in place, work has been ongoing with the 
community and experts to determine how these, or implementation of them, 
can be further enhanced.

The work posted for public comment today represents one stage of ICANN's 
three-stage review. ICANN engaged a team of international ethics experts 
to provide recommendations for the enhancement of ICANN's ethical 
culture, drawing on international sources, including practices in other 
not-for-profit organizations. The team of experts produced the Report 
posted for public comment that will be discussed during the ICANN 
meeting in Prague.

Other work arising out of this three-stage review has already been 
presented to the community. ICANN engaged two sets of outside counsel -- 
one that is familiar with ICANN to perform a holistic review of our 
policies to identify how they can be refined; and another set that is 
not familiar with ICANN to provide a review and recommendations for 
enhancements. The Board has already adopted the recommendations from 
those two stages of the review. As another facet of this work, the ICANN 
Board has finalized and announced rules on how Directors with interests 
in specific New gTLD applications may participate in New gTLD-related 
discussions and in post-Board service activities. In addition ICANN 
announced stringent communication rules for its staff regarding 
communications with potential new gTLD applicants.

*Section III: Document and Resource Links*

The Report prepared by the team of independent ethics experts is 
available at: 
http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-ethics-coi-final-report-25jun12-en.pdf[PDF, 
570 KB]

*Section IV: Additional Information*

Information and links to some of the other work arising out of this 
three-stage review is available at: 
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-15may12-en.htm

/(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not 
guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, 
or decision-making that takes place once this period lapses./

Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org <mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>

http://gnso.icann.org

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