[Party1] WP1: Draft 5, with all Affirmation Reviews implemented as Bylaws changes

Matthew Shears mshears at cdt.org
Sun Mar 8 20:05:05 UTC 2015


Dear all - attached please find an overview of other elements of the AoC 
that need to be further discussed within the WP as well as some 
suggestions that could be brought into the bylaws.

Looking forward to your thoughts/comments.

Matthew

On 3/4/2015 5:38 PM, Steve DelBianco wrote:
> Regarding Kavouss’ point about the ATRT assessing the 'effectiveness 
> of the GAC’.
> A deeper read of ICANN bylaws tells me that ‘effectiveness’ is part of 
> what the structural reviews are about.   So while these structural 
> reviews don’t actually assess the effectiveness of the GNSO, CCNSO, 
> etc., they do make recommendations about how to improve the 
> effectiveness.  (see bylaws below)
>
>     Section 4. PERIODIC REVIEW OF ICANN STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
>
>     1. The Board shall cause a periodic review of the performance and
>     operation of each Supporting Organization, each Supporting
>     Organization Council, each Advisory Committee (other than the
>     Governmental Advisory Committee), and the Nominating Committee by
>     an entity or entities independent of the organization under
>     review. The goal of the review, to be undertaken pursuant to such
>     criteria and standards as the Board shall direct, shall be to
>     determine (i) whether that organization has a continuing purpose
>     in the ICANN structure, and (ii) if so, whether any change in
>     structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness.
>
>
> From: Steve DelBianco
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 5:27 PM
> To: Jordan Carter, "wp1 at icann.org <mailto:wp1 at icann.org>"
> Cc: Matthew Shears, Fiona Asonga, ACCT-Staff
> Subject: WP1: Draft 5, with all Affirmation Reviews implemented as 
> Bylaws changes
>
> Draft v5 (attached) reflects the discussion/suggestions from our call 
> on 4-Mar-2015.
>
> From: Steve DelBianco
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2015 at 3:56 PM
> To: Jordan Carter, "wp1 at icann.org <mailto:wp1 at icann.org>"
> Cc: Matthew Shears, Fiona Asonga, ACCT-Staff
> Subject: WP1: Draft 4, with all Affirmation Reviews implemented as 
> Bylaws changes
>
> here’s an updated doc for Matthew, Fiona, and me, where we are 
> importing the /Affirmation of Commitments/ Reviews into the ICANN 
> Bylaws.  The last 2 pages of this doc show proposed bylaws language 
> for all 4 reviews.
>
> Matthew Shears also has draft language regarding other commitments 
> from AoC that should be considered for import into ICANN bylaws.
> Best,
> Steve
>
>

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