[CCWG-ACCT] Draft Agenda & Papers - WP1 Meeting #22 (28 July at 19h UTC)

Tue Jul 28 12:00:49 UTC 2015

Dear Robin

Things are already changing though: for example following an ATRT
recommendation, the GAC is now able to intervene on public interest grounds
in the early stages of policy development.

The current problem is that the participation of representatives of
governments and their citizens in community-wide voting procedures may
prove unworkable if not technically impossible (some GAC reps at national
level are taking legal advice on this). Furthermore, these procedures may
risk subordinating the global public interest if the GAC position on an
issue (which conceivably it could also have initiated) were to be outvoted
by other constituencies for example. In that scenario, I would expect that
the view of governments would be that such community decisions would be
rendered fundamentally unsafe.

Such constraints on participation present challenges to how government
representatives fulfil their obligations in the new architecture of ICANN
accountability and community empowerment but they should not be
insurmountable: we will have to be inventive with regard to the precise
modalities for governments to opt into these community-wide processes to
ensure that the public interest is served when high level decisions are
taken by the community that will impact on the Internet's critical
infrastructure.

Kind regards

Mark

Mark Carvell
United Kingdom Representative on the GAC

On 28 July 2015 at 11:55, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> I still believe that ACs should remain in an advisory role and not
> additionally have votes.  We seem to be fundamentally changing the roles of
> ICANN's constituent parts in ways that clearly have not been fully
> examined.   The SO's are charged with making policy and ACs are charged
> with advising the board in ICANN's existing structure, but we will be
> eliminating that barrier in many cases with this mechanism, with SO's
> giving away most of this power to ACs.   Even if we could find consensus in
> such a re-balancing and re-assignment of roles (and I'm not sure we can), I
> don't see how Congress or the NTIA could accept such a massive
> reformulation and subversion of the SO's interests.  Advisory Committees
> are "advisory" and we should not change that through this process, despite
> the crushing pressure to go along for a fast transition.
>
> Robin
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2015, at 2:21 AM, Jordan Carter wrote:
>
> Dear CCWG members
>
> Please find attached a number of papers up for discussion on today's call
> in about three hours - these are final drafts, the marked ups and
> background versions are on the Wiki at the link below.
>
> Also attached is a summary noting what the key most recent changes have
> been.
>
> I particularly draw your attention to the paper which starts 5A2 on voting
> power, updated following the WP1 call this morning and now allocating 5
> votes per SO and AC, and with an opt-in mechanism proposed.
>
>
> Speak with you soon,
>
> Jordan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jordan Carter <jordan at internetnz.net.nz>
> Date: 28 July 2015 at 21:20
> Subject: Draft Agenda & Papers - WP1 Meeting #22 (28 July at 19h UTC)
> To: "wp1 at icann.org" <wp1 at icann.org>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Here is the draft agenda and the documents for the WP1 call happening at
> 19-21h UTC on Tuesday 28 July 2015.
>
> Also attached is the summary of issues.
>
> *Please read these documents before the call - the working method will be
> an "Are There Any Final Comments To Make/Did Anything Decided at CCWG
> Affect This Draft" approach...*
>
> [the reason for this is that our meeting finishes only 3 hrs before the
> absolute Freeze date for the
>
> *1. Review of Agenda.*
>
> *2. Any outstanding issues from CCWG meeting* of 28 July (12h-14h)
>
> *3. Final Review of the Following Documents* (clean PDFs of "final
> drafts" attached - mark ups and Word versions to come on Wiki site at <
> https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/WP1+Draft+Documents> )
>
>   Fundamental Bylaws (3B)
>
>   Community Mechanism description (5A1)
>   Community Mech - voting weights (5A2) -- NOTE *an update to come yet
> from Bernie and Alan re quorums etc)*
>   Community Mech - ICANN community forum (5A3)
>
>   Comm Power - Budgets and Plans (5B1)
>   Comm Power - Standard Bylaws (5B2)
>   Comm Power - Removal of ICANN directors (5B3)
>   Comm Power - Recall of ICANN Board (5B4)
>
> Note: Steve's paper on incorporating AOC reviews into the ICANN bylaws
> (6-2) had agreement to incorporate the text on document disclosure etc on
> 27 July, so that paper is done and dusted. It's attached just so there is a
> complete collection here, but is not for discussion.
>
>
> *4. Next Task: Finalising responses to Public Comments from PC1*
>
> *5. Any other matters*
>
>
> --
> Jordan Carter
>
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>
> --
> Jordan Carter
>
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> *InternetNZ*
>
> +64-495-2118 (office) | +64-21-442-649 (mob)
> Email: jordan at internetnz.net.nz
> Skype: jordancarter
>
> *A better world through a better Internet *
>
>  <3B-Fundamental-Bylaws-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <5A-Community-Mechanism-Descr-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <5A2-Community-Mechanism-Voting-PenultimateDraft.pdf>
> <5A3-Comm-Mech-ICANNCommForum-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <5B1-Comm-Power-BudgetAndPlans-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <5B2-Comm-Power-StandardBylaws-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <5B3-Comm-Power-RemovingDirectors-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <5B4-Comm-Power-RecallingICANNBoard-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <6-AOC-Reviews-in-Bylaws-FinalDraft.pdf>
> <2015-07-28-WP1-summary-to-CCWG.pdf>
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Mark Carvell
Global Internet Governance Policy
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
mark.carvell at culture.gov.uk
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