[CCWG-ACCT] A question about WS1 v WS2

[Jordan Carter]

Hi all

I had the dubious pleasure of reading a post by one of our participants
which got me thinking a range of things[1].. some of them constructive :-)

One is something I wanted to test others' views on.

Both in Kieran's piece and in the other feedback from various conversations
and comments, there's a clear current of both staff/management
accountability and ICANN entities/organisations accountability as needing
work.

Now, I agree with that - I think the openness of this ICANN system is very
poor, due to many things - the ridiculous time demands it makes on people
to understand how it works (something none of our proposals materially
complicates), the density and extent of the information, the rushed pace of
many discussions, the ICANN way of doing multiple things at once, etc etc.

I also think the culture across the organisation is relatively inwardly
focused... and that the Board has a job to do in building a culture and
practice of accountability and community engagement in parts of the staff.

But those are the views of an insider/outsider: someone whose job links him
to this ICANN system, but who has only (!) attended six meetings of ICANN.
Others of you will have different perspectives.

To the crux of my point: while I would really like us to tackle all the
above, we face an imperative *to not hold up the transition*. I think we
have been clear about that from the beginning, which was delayed from when
it should have happened due to some of the factors I note above.

So: my interpretation has always been as follows:

*Making ICANN's operations more generally accountable, and the whole
organisation more outward looking and open, is very important - but our job
in WorkStream 1 has been to put in place the structural features of a
new accountability settlement that will give us the chance to achieve that
in WorkStream 2.*

To put it another way: we have to constrain ourselves to building the
levers in this WS1 process that will allow the broader changes to approach
that are needed and will be on the table in WS2, and then the first of the
new ATRT reviews.

*Do you share this understanding of why we have limited our focus?*

Interested in people's thoughts on this. Want to know if I am out on a limb!


thanks
Jordan




[1]:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/18/us_government_stages_another_iana_intervention/

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