[CCWG-ACCT] Comments on the third draft proposal

[George Sadowsky]

Dear Paul,

Based upon your examples, I believe that you have misinterpreted my remarks.  

Both of us have been following this process fairly closely since Dublin, and we are fully informed about the many shifts in position that have taken place since Dublin.    My protest against the deadline was specifically because of the impossible task of responding to a deadline of hours in reviewing a document. In fact, since I posted, it has been pointed out to me that the deadline was 1700 UTC, not 1700 in Joao Pessoa, so that when I was informed about the document, the deadline had already passed!

Now this document is not the formal third version of the proposal, so I know that this is not the last chance to comment.  It isn't; that will happen in December.  What I wanted to do was to ensure that there were no egregious deviations from my own sense of what would be a sensible manner of proceeding to a mutually acceptable result.

There is something unsettling about commenting on what was originally meant to be a summary document when the underlying document does not yet exist.  Several people have expressed their concern about that.  So I regard the document just circulated rather as a predictive document, a document that foreshadows the things to come.  That's fine and it's useful.  Most of what's in that document was expected to be familiar, and it was, but given the amount of flux that i sensed on the list in the last week, I was concerned that some fundamental changes might have occurred that would give me concern.

I do thank the co-chairs for doing their best to maintain the schedule, but i would hope that comments on this document be accepted and be actionable for a few more days.

George

> On Nov 13, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com> wrote:
> 
> I am not often in agreement with George on many substantive issues :-)  But
> on this issue of process he is 100% accurate.  A =partial= catalog of things
> we are now considering that are substantially different from where we were
> the day before Dublin started include:
> 
> Shift from Member to Designator
> Mission Statement with or without limitations on contractual obligations
> GAC engagement and ST-18
> And, of course, today's addition:  Availability/non-availability of
> SO-specific veto or proposal authority.
> 
> I get, completely, the need for us to not dally.  But these issues are so
> significant (I would say they lie at the very core of what we are doing)
> that they MUST be resolved now.  They cannot be pushed to WS2 and they
> cannot be hurried any faster.  Add into this the prospect that the next
> public comment period will span the December holiday time (admittedly, a
> cultural circumstance specific to only some of the Members and Participants)
> and we gravely risk the credibility of this process by rushing it.  My
> limited perception is that a major process foul is the most likely way to
> have our report rejected -- either by the chartering organizations or the
> NTIA
> 
> Paul
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Roberts [mailto:nigel at channelisles.net] 
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 2:39 PM
> To: accountability-cross-community at icann.org
> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Comments on the third draft proposal
> 
> George is on the money.
> 
> Time has run out.  I suggest that the inclusiveness and legitimacy of the
> accountability process has been fundamentally jeopardized, if not completely
> destroyed.
> 
> Some good work has been done, but I submit that the artificial deadlines and
> the way that fundamentally new concepts have been introduced 'out of thin
> air' have significantly prejudiced the chances of success, possibly fatally.
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