[council] ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and Principles for Consultation

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I just want to add that I received a note from Paul Levins asking me to:

> I would greatly appreciate you drawing the attention of your  
> members to this new draft and inviting them to make comments on the  
> public forum that will be created on the ICANN website.

I encourage you all to comment.

thanks

a.


On 18 okt 2007, at 05.59, GNSO.SECRETARIAT at GNSO.ICANN.ORG wrote:

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> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]
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> ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency  
> Frameworks and Principles for Consultation
>
> ICANN today posts the next version of the Frameworks and Principles  
> for consultation
> 17 October 2007
>
>     * Read the Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and  
> Principles for Consultation [PDF, 180K]
> http://www.icann.org/transparency/acct-trans-frameworks- 
> principles-17oct07.pdf
>
>     * Send comments to draft-mop-2007 at icann.org
>     * View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-mop-2007
>
> These documents have been in development since late 2006. The  
> process began with a consultation which asked the community for  
> their views on accountability and transparency at ICANN. An issues  
> paper summarising these comments was posted in January this year  
> (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26jan07b.htm).  
> Based on the feedback that was received and the input from the One  
> World Trust report on accountability and transparency (http:// 
> www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-4-29mar07.htm), a draft  
> set of Frameworks and principles was released for comment in June.
>
> A panel discussion and consultation session was conducted at the  
> San Juan meeting and a public comment forum was opened on the  
> website (http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/files/sanjuan/SanJuan- 
> WorkshopAccountabilityTransparency-27June07.txt). A summary of the  
> all comments received was posted recently (http://forum.icann.org/ 
> lists/draft-mop-2007/msg00008.html).
>
> Next Steps
>
> Based on this comment and discussion, this revised set of  
> Frameworks and Principles is being posted for further community  
> consultation. A public comment forum will be opened on the website  
> and we will take comments through 12 November. There will also be a  
> consultation session at the Los Angeles meeting to allow attendees  
> at the meeting to take part in a discussion of the revised  
> principles. This will be held on Wednesday 30 October between 1530  
> and 1700 hours.
>
> The Frameworks and Principles will be revised based on the feedback  
> that is received and it is hoped that a final version will be  
> submitted to the Board for approval at their December meeting.
>
> The key changes between this version and previous version are as  
> follows:
>
> Financial Accountability at ICANN
>
>     * A separate section on external audit has been included
>
> Dispute Resolution at ICANN
>
>     * Small changes to clarify meaning
>     * An additional section on registry and registrar dispute  
> resolution has been included
>
> ICANN Consultation Principles
>
>     * Several small changes to clarify meaning
>     * Changes in response to community comment
>
> ICANN Translation Principles
>
>     * Significantly rewritten based on feedback and work progressed  
> by ICANN staff translation committee.
>
> ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior
>
>     * Renamed to ensure that the standards listed apply to all  
> forms of exchange within the community
>     * Small changes to clarify meaning
>
>
> -- 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>