[CCWG-ACCT] FYI - Public Comment on AoC and Organizational Reviews

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I do not believe that stalling all, or perhaps any, of the reviews is a
good idea.

Most important to the work of this group, ATRT3 is scheduled for next
year, though not even mentioned in the schedule.  I believe it is
critical that this review happen.  Not only do we need to find out what
is happening with the ATRT2 recommendations, and the still pending ATRT1
recommendations, we need to set a baseline for the transition.  A
cursory glance at the status of ATRT2 recommended changes
*<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/atrt2-recommendation-implementation-02apr15-en.pdf>
* indicates that there is not only a necessity to make sure that the
Staff has correctly interpreted the recommendations, but to ensure that
the changes are being made.

Additionally I think that since the AOC reviews are based on an
agreement, any decsion for postponing any of them will need to be done
with NTIA buy in.  I do not beleive we should unilaterally postpone, as
that might be seen as abrogating the existing agreement on
accountability.  How then should we be beleived on future commitments?

As for the Bylaws based reviews, as they are driven by the Board, I
suppose the Board has the ability to just abrogate the bylaws if it
decides they need to be.  As this is something we seem to frown upon in
this accountability work, we might won't to carefully consider the
implications of a) moving more reviews into the bylaws, and b) the
ability to work around the bylaws when convenient.

I do not believe that avoiding current accountability mechanisms is a
good tool for establising stronger accountability.

avri

On 29-Jun-15 09:44, Mathieu Weill wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A quick way to contribute to this call for comment would be to to
> submit a CCWG comment saying : stall the AoC reviews until approval of
> the new Bylaws which will be related to these reviews.
>
> Same for organizational reviews to avoid potential conflicting
> priorities with the SO/AC accountability discussion.
>
> Icann could, as a consequence, allocate more resources to supporting
> our work ;-)
>
> I am conscious this is very last minute, and don't want to rrush any
> decision. Unless there is clear support or other views getting
> traction within our group, we will most certainly abstain.
>
> best
> Mathieu
>
> Le 24/06/2015 19:02, Alice Jansen a écrit :
>> Dear all, 
>>
>> For your information ---
>>
>> A session on AoC and Organizational Reviews: Supporting ICANN
>> Accountability
>> <http://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-aoc-org-reviews> took
>> place this morning at ICANN53. This session covered Reviews defined
>> by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) and Organizational Reviews,
>> mandated by ICANN's Bylaws. Topics included: proposed schedule for
>> upcoming reviews, proposed process and operational improvements to
>> enhance efficiency and effectiveness of reviews, implementation
>> status of recommendations from the Second Accountability and
>> Transparency Review Team (ATRT2), the Security, Stability &
>> Resiliency of the DNS Review (SSR) and the "WHOIS Policy" Review
>> (WHOIS). 
>>
>> Please note that community feedback is currently being sought on a
>> proposed schedule and process, including operational improvements,
>> for Reviews mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC Reviews)
>> and the ICANN Bylaws (Organizational Reviews). The request for the
>> community is based on both appreciating the community's workload and
>> the timing of several Reviews in FY2016. The public comment
>> on Proposed Schedule and Process/Operational Improvements for AoC and
>> Organizational Reviews
>> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-aoc-org-reviews-process-2015-05-15-en> will
>> close on 2 July. Comments can be submitted
>> to comments-proposed-aoc-org-reviews-process-15may15 at icann.org 
>>
>> If you have any questions about this public comment proceeding,
>> please contact Larisa Gurnick at l
>> <mailto:larisa.gurnick at icann.org>arisa.gurnick at icann.org
>> <mailto:larisa.gurnick at icann.org>.
>>
>>
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