[WP1] V3 of First Public Comment Document input -- for WP1 call #10

[Steve Crocker]

Robin,

Currently, the SOs each provide two voting members of the ICANN Board, ALAC provides one, and the Nomcom provides eight.  The CEO is also a voting member of the Board.

The IETF, GAC, RSSAC and SSAC each have one non-voting liaison on the Board.

I’m not sure how to translate all of this into the membership structure you’re discussing, and it’s even less clear how to do so in a way that preserves the balance of power.  Since the ACs, with the exception of ALAC, have no voting power at all on the Board…

As a separate matter, I think the idea of parcelling out voting interests to competing constituencies is an absolutely terrible way to structure things, but that opens up a much larger discussion.

Steve



On Apr 15, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> Thanks very much, Jordan.  I've started to review the new drafts.  One important concern I have is in Section 6.5.1 on this suggestion:
>   "To ensure there is (as far as possible) an equality of voting power/representation between the three SOs, the GAC, and At-Large, with lesser but present/representation for SSAC and RSSAC."
> 
> I believe we should not try to alter the existing voting power / representation that exists today, as represented in ICANN's board of directors, the ultimate decisional authority for the organization.  So we should use the board's representational ratio as the basis for our work.  It would not be appropriate for the ICANN accountability reform effort to alter the existing relationship balance between those entities.  Presently on ICANN's board, SO's have double weight to the ACs, so I propose we do not alter that balance and stick to it in our work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Robin
> 
> On Apr 15, 2015, at 3:30 AM, Jordan Carter wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> Please find attached the following documents:
>> 
>> - v3 of our public comment content, in PDF and .docx
>> - a redline tracked changes compared with V2, in PDF and .docx
>> 
>> ICANN staff - please put these docs on the Wiki asap, and circulate the links.
>> 
>> Please note - I have used Word to do this, and the document is not based on the Google document. Any comments on that document have, unfortunately, not been taken into account. Please advise ASAP if there are comments for me to take into account there.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Jordan
>> 
>> 
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