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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Olive</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:56 AM<br>Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Conduct at ICANN Meetings - ICANN<br>To: "<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br>Cc: Hillary Jett <<a href="mailto:hillary.jett@icann.org">hillary.jett@icann.org</a>>, Duncan Burns <<a href="mailto:duncan.burns@icann.org">duncan.burns@icann.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<li><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> Blog</li><li>Author: Akram Atallah </li><li dir="ltr">25 Mar 2016</li></ul>
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<h1>Conduct at <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">
ICANN</abbr> Meetings</h1>
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<p>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
<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>’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. </p>
<p>As an organization, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">
ICANN</abbr> has robust internal policies regarding the issue, including mandatory training for staff and Board members. However,
<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> community members are not bound to the same policies and rules.</p>
<p>We do require all community members to adhere to the <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expected-standards-2012-05-15-en" target="_blank">
Expected Standards of Behavior</a>.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">
ICANN</abbr> staff and Board will support as appropriate.</p>
<p>While the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> 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:</p>
<p><strong><em>Treat</em></strong><em> all members of the </em><em><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> community equally, irrespective of nationality, gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, disability,
age, or sexual orientation; members of the </em><em><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr> community should treat each other with civility both face to face and online.</em></p>
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