[CWG-Stewardship] Issues for the CWG Stewardship to review

[Lise Fuhr]

Dear all,

At our meeting yesterday, we discussed the three key items listed below. In order to give all participants in the CWG-Stewardship the possibility to review and respond we send the issues to the CWG Stewardship list. We need to provide a CWG-Stewardship response on these issues quickly, so that the implementation work can proceed. The deadline for your review is Monday 4 April at 0800 UTC.

Please review the following item and provide comments to the list if you have concerns or objections:

1. The proposed financial objectives for the PTI Budget (developed by DT-O)

The draft text is as follows:

“The financial objectives of PTI are to provide financial stability and operational excellence. Financial stability is defined as sufficient funding of PTI so as to avoid any kind of negative impact on the IANA Functions as a result of changes to ICANN’s financial situation.  It furthermore is intended to capture the notion of secured funding for PTI that goes beyond one fiscal year. The objective of operational excellence means that there are sufficient funds budgeted and available to ensure that PTI is able to deliver operational excellence as defined by Service Level Expectations/Service Level Agreements approved by each of the three operational communities for their respective IANA services.”


2. The recommendation to ensure that the PTI Budget guarantees multi-year funding

DT-O is of the view that there should be a statement in the Bylaws guaranteeing multi-year
funding for PTI as part of financial stability. DT-O communicated this to Becky Burr who was involved in the Bylaw drafting, noting that the CWG-Stewardship had not agreed to it yet. In order for this to be incorporated into the Bylaws, the CWG-Stewardship needs to finalize its position on the issue. There was support on the CWG-Stewardship call to adopt the DT-O recommendation, but a review period was sent for any further comments.

The proposed Bylaw language suggested by DT-O is as follows:

"To respect the operational and financial autonomy of the IANA/PTI service to the community, the Board of ICANN shall provide an arms-length mechanism for the management board of PTI to be able to undertake the independent financial administration and accountability of PTI by ensuring a dedicated rolling three year reserve for future expenses and contingencies reasonably related to the legitimate activities of PTI."

3. Do you support Jonathan and Lise serving as interim PTI Board Directors (assuming there are no issues identified with regard to conflicts and independence)?

On the IOTF calls, and as presented during the staff implementation update yesterday, there is a suggestion for Jonathan and Lise to serve as interim PTI Board Directors until the PTI Board can be fully established. They would serve as interim directors assuming there are no issues around conflict and independence. For the PTI Board formal selections, NomCom will be the appointing body and selection criteria will be provided by the CSC once established. The appointment of interim directors will allow the implementation timeline to stay on track: establishing PTI, CSC and other structures as described in the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal.

Please be aware of the deadline Monday 4 April 0800 UTC
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Lise Fuhr.

Thank you,
Jonathan Robinson and Lise Fuhr

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