[IPC-GNSO] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] The Chairman’s Blog: Reconsideration Requests, the Board Governance Committee and the Empowered Community - ICANN

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:07 AM
Subject: [Soac-infoalert] The Chairman’s Blog: Reconsideration Requests,
the Board Governance Committee and the Empowered Community - ICANN
To: "soac-infoalert at icann.org" <soac-infoalert at icann.org>



https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-
reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-
and-the-empowered-community

The Chairman’s Blog: Reconsideration Requests, the Board Governance
Committee and the Empowered Community
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-and-the-empowered-community#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-and-the-empowered-community#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-and-the-empowered-community#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-and-the-empowered-community#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-and-the-empowered-community#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-chairman-s-blog-reconsideration-requests-the-board-governance-committee-and-the-empowered-community#>

In February this year, the Board passed a resolution
<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-02-03-en> to
move reconsideration requests out of the Board Governance Committee (BGC)
and create a separate Board committee specifically devoted to oversight of
ICANN’s accountability mechanisms, including the reconsideration
responsibilities. The BGC’s reconsideration responsibilities are specified
in ICANN’s fundamental bylaws, so this change requires affirmative approval
by the Empowered Community. This recommendation is out for public comment
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-bgc-2017-03-31-en> now, and
will be closing 10 May 2017. I want to make sure that everyone knows about
this from the beginning, because it’s the first time the Empowered
Community power may be used.

One of the BGC’s primary role is the administration of the Board’s internal
structure. Each year, it polls Board members on their preferences for
committee memberships and their interests in the positions of Board chair
and vice-chair, and then offers potential slates to the Board for their
consideration. The BGC is also responsible for helping the Board implement
its Conflicts of Interest Policy, which has included the use of Conflicts
and Ethics subcommittees to help Board members evaluate how potential or
perceived conflicts of interest might impact decisions. In its role of
enhancing Board effectiveness, the BGC has overseen the development of
training opportunities for Board members. In addition to these, and other
governance-related activities, the BGC has also handled appeals when
someone challenges one of the Board’s or ICANN Org’s decisions. This
appeals process is known as “reconsideration.”

Over the past several years, the number of reconsideration requests has
grown. Moreover, during the Enhancing ICANN Accountability work, the
ICANN community
proposed enhancements to the Reconsideration Process, including expanding
the times when reconsideration can be sought and placing more direct
responsibility on the BGC for substantive work in resolving requests within
a shorter time frame.

The Board fully supports improvements in the reconsideration process and
has focused on how best to continue to implement the recommendations of the
Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on Accountability. In anticipation of
increased future workloads, as well as a need to have a group that is
focused on the appeals process, the Board recommends moving the
reconsideration process into a committee responsible for the oversight of
ICANN’s accountability mechanisms. You can read about the resolution and
our rationale for putting it forward in a blog
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/chairman-s-blog-en> that BGC Committee
Chair Chris Disspain and I posted in February.

After the public comment period, the Board will review the proposed
Fundamental Bylaws amendments, and, if approved, the Empowered Community
will then have an opportunity to consider whether it supports the
amendments. It will be up to the Empowered Community to choose how to
approach this task. One possibility includes hosting a Community Forum on
the amendments to the Fundamental Bylaws during ICANN59
<https://meetings.icann.org/en/johannesburg59> in Johannesburg, South
Africa, in June 2017.

Information on the Empowered Community can be found in Article 6
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article6> of
ICANN’s bylaws, and information on the Fundamental Bylaws Approval Process
can be found in Annex D
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD>,
Article 1.


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David A. Olive
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