[CCWG-ACCT] Regarding the Affirmation of Commitments to the US Government

[Steve DelBianco]

Kavouss — Our CCWG is addressing how to change the AoC as part of the IANA transition.  One requirement we discussed in Frankfurt was:
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It’s now a task of the CCCWGG work team on Community Empowerment to decribe mechanisms/Bylaws changes to bring the AoC into ICANN’s permanent accountability structure.

From the inventory<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/51414327/WA2%20Inventory%2015-Jan-2015.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1421377727000&api=v2> that Work Area 2 developed last year, here are several potential mechanisms:

Bring the Affirmation of Commitments (incl the Reviews) into the ICANN bylaws, with these amendments:

ICANN Members or permanent Cross-Community Working Group to select Affirmation Review teams

Affirmation Review Teams get access to all internal documents

Affirmation Accountability & Transparency Review Team could recommend sunset of original reviews and create new reviews

Change Affirmation reviews from “in the public interest” to “for protection and advance of human rights and internet freedoms”

Replace Affirmation with accountability contract between ICANN and ‘Contract Co.’
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Steve DelBianco



From: Kavouss Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com<mailto:kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com>>
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 7:33 AM
To: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au<mailto:Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>>
Cc: "accountability-cross-community at icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>" <accountability-cross-community at icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>>
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Regarding the Affirmation of Commitments to the US Government

Bruce,
Thank you again for your valuable confirmation.
Please note that, as I did emphasize many time, AoC was crafted to establish the relation between USG and ICANN as IANA Function Operator.
After the transition of the Steward of the Functions from  USG to  so-called ,undefined and unspecified and vague entity as Global Multistakeholder Community, the AoC in question needs to be amended to refelct the new enviroment
Who is addressing this matter and how and more importantly at what time frame, See Recent Statement by Larry )

Kavouss

2015-02-01 4:38 GMT+01:00 Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au<mailto:Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>>:
Hello All,

Just to clarify that I have been on the Board since the Affirmation of Commitments was signed with the US  Government.

There has been no discussion on the Board during that time to terminate the agreement.

I have heard discussions at different times to have a way to make the same affirmation to other Governments or the global public as a whole.

The suggestions so far to incorporate the key elements into the bylaws make sense to me.

Even if the Board was contemplating any change to the AoC - it would be done through an extensive community consultation process.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin

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