[Ccwg-auctionproceeds] At-Large contribution to the discussion about the mechanism

[John Levine]

This is great.  It describes what we want while mostly avoiding guesses
about what structure would best make it happen.

R's
John

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019, Maureen Hilyard wrote:

> Statement to the CCWG Auction Proceeds from At-Large
> Because we could not agree on a mechanism, most of the At-Large Auction Proceeds team agrees to the
> following criteria which we believe that whatever mechanism is chosen should adhere to:
> 
> 1. As stated by the Board, the evaluation of applications and selection of the annual slate of grant
> recipients is to be made by an independent panel
> 
> 2. The mechanism must ensure that decisions related to the evaluation of applications should be
> independent of ICANN Org. 
> 
> 3. The mechanism could consist of its own administrative and financial staff, a small board of
> governors, a group of researchers to prepare recommendations on the applicants and their projects, and
> an independent panel who would evaluate the annual slate of grant recipients.
> 
> 3. The independent panel should comprise of community advisors
>     * who  have been selected by the SO-ACs relevant to the Auction Proceeds project
>     * who have had grant-making or grant-giving experience
>     * who can commit the time required to meet in order to complete this work during the year
>     * who must recuse themselves from any decisions on a project that they may be connected with in any
> way (same country?)
> 
> 4. The mechanism should be able to sustain an office space and paid staff whose role will cover 
> day-to-day administrative and financial tasks and include:
>     * research into and make recommendations regarding project applications;
>     * coordination for travel arrangements required of the volunteers on the independent panel
>     * carry out the disbursement of the funds following any relevant US Laws
>     * carry out on-going evaluations of projects during their agreed-to timeframes
> 
> 5  There needs to be clarification about the definitions and roles of the community stakeholder group
> and of the independent panel, and who may expect to be paid within the mechanism.
> 
> 6. Subject to legal constraints on dealing with specific countries, the mechanism must make grants to
> entities satisfying applicable criteria from all locations world-wide.
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