[CCWG-ACCT] Third Draft Proposal

[Mueller, Milton L]

Dear Holly and Rosemary:

Dear CCWG,  Co-Chairs and ICANN Staff,
It has been brought to our attention that our comments on the Third Draft Proposal have been misunderstood by some to indicate that we are critical of the Draft.  Our intent was simply to help to assure that the Final Proposal is the highest quality reflection of the solid efforts of the CCWG to date by pointing out where we thought some clarification would be helpful to an unfamiliar reader and to the eventual bylaw drafting effort.

MM: I do not think anyone suggested that your comments were critical of the substance of the draft, or of the CCWG, or of anyone’s motives. You did, however, point out that there was a need for clarification where the draft may not have reflected the intent of the CCWG. You duly made some quite reasonable suggestions to fix the problems. These suggestions were not reflected in the draft. Those are simple facts.

Some of those changes were pretty important; e.g., changing “the interests of the corporation”  to “the global public interest” determined via a bottom up MS process.

As you surely know, there is a major controversy on this list. Many of us believe the co-chairs are responding to the time pressure (about which they  have legitimate concerns) by rushing things through to meet an arbitrary date target and not giving due consideration to public comments or even to the kind of changes you suggested. There’s no way around it: Rosemary’s message pretty much confirmed those concerns. This doesn’t say anything about motives and is not a personal criticism of anyone. It simply calls our attention to the costs of rushing. So, thanks for reiterating your proposed editorial changes and I hope they are incorporated this time.

Dr. Milton L. Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology

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