[IPC-GNSO] ICANN Blog: Conduct at ICANN Meetings

[Greg Shatan]

All:

The latest post to the ICANN Blog is reproduced below.

Greg



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From: David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:56 AM
Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Conduct at ICANN Meetings - ICANN
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https://www.icann.org/news/blog/conduct-at-icann-meetings


   - ICANN Blog
   - Author: Akram Atallah
   - 25 Mar 2016

Conduct at ICANN Meetings
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During and after ICANN55 the issue of certain community-member conduct
toward one another has been raised in various sessions and lists. I wanted
to re-confirm that ICANN’s staff and Board takes the issue of harassment or
other improper conduct at its meetings very seriously. We do not condone
any such conduct, and there should be zero tolerance for it within the
community.

As an organization, ICANN has robust internal policies regarding the issue,
including mandatory training for staff and Board members. However, ICANN
community members are not bound to the same policies and rules.

We do require all community members to adhere to the Expected Standards of
Behavior
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expected-standards-2012-05-15-en>.

While we understand that the language of these Standards does not
specifically address harassment, these Standards do provide our global,
diverse multistakeholder community with a set of high-level guidelines for
interacting with one another, which encompasses harassment and other
improper treatment of others. As the Board previously committed, we are
looking at whether it makes sense to enhance this language.

Both staff and the Board are committed to starting a discussion with the
community on a possible path forward as well. This is an area where we feel
it most appropriate that the community should lead any policy development
to look into a process for handling harassment complaints. ICANN staff and
Board will support as appropriate.

While the ICANN Ombudsman appropriately continues with his confidential
investigation into specific matters, we ask that everyone read the Expected
Standards of Behavior and conduct themselves with respect toward others.
This includes:

*Treat** all members of the **ICANN community equally, irrespective of
nationality, gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs,
disability, age, or sexual orientation; members of the **ICANN community
should treat each other with civility both face to face and online.*

David A. Olive
Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support
General Manager, ICANN Regional Headquarters –Istanbul
Hakki Yeten Cad. Selenium Plaza No:10/C K:10 34349 Fulya, Besiktas, Istanbul
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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