[CCWG-ACCT] Presentation from Joint Townhall at ICANN53
Mathieu Weill
mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
Tue Jun 23 11:21:54 UTC 2015
Hi Seun,
I quite like your suggestion, this adds a valuable aspect I had overlooked.
Mathieu
Le 23/06/2015 06:42, Seun Ojedeji a écrit :
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
> <mailto:mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Browsing through the legal memos that discussed the role of the
> Board, I can suggest a statement that better defines the Board's
> role as such :
> "The Icann Board represents the executive entity, in charge of
> managing and directing the affairs of the corporation."
>
>
> Hi Mathieu,
>
> Is there any specific reason why you are avoiding reflecting the fact
> that the board is populated by the community? Otherwsie i would have
> thought Bruce's suggested edit would have been adequate. Or something
> similar to below:
>
> "The ICANN Board represents the executive entity selected/elected by
> the community to be in charge of managing and directing the affairs of
> the corporation."
>
> Regards
>
>
> Mathieu
>
>
> Le 22/06/2015 23:07, Drazek, Keith a écrit :
>> Thanks Marilyn. I also support Bruce's statement. I think your
>> suggestion has merit, but, in the context of the transition
>> timeline outlined by Fadi this morning, such structural change is
>> probably a Work Stream 2 issue -- one that can be deferred
>> provided we are assured the Board can be compelled to accept
>> those future community consensus recommendations.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Keith
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Marilyn Cade
>> <marilynscade at hotmail.com <mailto:marilynscade at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to both support Bruce Tonkin's statement, and ask
>>> that also those of us from the community who have experience in
>>> how the SOs elect/select their Board members, perhaps consider
>>> that we should be thinking about more of the Board being elected
>>> -- e.g. a return to 3 per SO, with then a minority appointed.
>>> This may also be a step forward toward accountability, as the
>>> nature of the Board is more grounded in the communities also
>>> responsible for key roles within ICANN, and with deep roots in
>>> the various SOs. This still leaves a significant number of Board
>>> seats for Nominating Committee appointment, but it strengthens
>>> the ties to accountability from the Stakeholders.
>>>
>>> This is somewhat a new proposal, but I am surprised it has not
>>> surfaced before.
>>>
>>> Marilyn Cade
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> From: Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au
>>> <mailto:Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
>>> To: accountability-cross-community at icann.org
>>> <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
>>> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:40:17 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Presentation from Joint Townhall at ICANN53
>>>
>>> Just looking at page 15 of the presentation.
>>>
>>> “The ICANN Board represents the executive entity the community
>>> may act against, as appropriate”
>>>
>>> I recognize that this is in the context of the new community
>>> powers – but I would like to see a little more positive an
>>> broader description of the role of the ICANN Board.
>>>
>>> Perhaps something more along the lines of:
>>>
>>> “The entity appointed by the community to oversee the
>>> organization on the community’s behalf”
>>>
>>> Ie the Board comes from the community – it is not really an
>>> executive branch of the staff. In fact it is a comprised of
>>> non-executives apart from the CEO.
>>>
>>> The board’s role is also to hold the staff accountable to
>>> deliver on the commitments agreed with the community in the
>>> strategic and operating planning process.
>>>
>>> While the CCWG is looking at additional accountability
>>> mechanisms – I think it should also be recognized that the Board
>>> itself is one of the existing mechanisms, however imperfect it
>>> may be. It is as much tied to the community through its
>>> selection process as the AC and SO councils.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Bruce Tonkin
>>>
>>>
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