[CWG-Stewardship] Fwd: [CCWG-Accountability] Regarding Board treatment of the output of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability

[Greg Shatan]

All:

I thought that Bruce Tonkin's email a short while ago on the
CWG-Accountability list would also be of interest to people on this list.

Greg

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
Date: Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 6:23 PM
Subject: [CCWG-Accountability] Regarding Board treatment of the output of
the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
To: Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community at icann.org
>
Cc: "Alissa Cooper (alcoop at cisco.com)" <alcoop at cisco.com>

Hello Kavouss,

>>  In addition to what I informed you before is that , Under WS 1 they
already agreed to the terms and conditions as stipulated in the Board
Resolution adopted in LA I.E. ALLOWING THE BOARD TO VETO the content of the
accountability whereas in case of ICG we have clearly mentioned that the
Board should not modify the ICG work and send it as it was received to NTIA
.However, should the Board  has any comment, they may send it separately to
NTIA
In case of CWG and WS1 of CCWG, it is not the case.

>From my understanding there are two separate but related activities.

The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) is developing a
proposal to send to NTIA for the IANA transition.    This proposal could
incorporate the output of this Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing
ICANN Accountability.   The ICANN Board's liaison on the ICG - Kuo Wei Wu -
has conveyed to that group that the Board will send the report onto the
NTIA without making any changes.   The Board will send an accompanying
letter which will either endorse the report, or it will express concerns
that will already have been shared with the ICG through the various
opportunities for public comment and dialogue.

This Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability is
developing recommendations for improvements of ICANN's accountability.
 These improvements can be made irrespective of whether the NTIA chooses to
change its role with respect to the IANA function.   The Board of ICANN is
committed to making continuous improvements in its accountability
mechanisms.    The ICANN bylaws are clear on how the Board will approve
policy recommendations from the supporting organisations (GNSO, ASO and
ccNSO), but there is no explicit material in the bylaws for how the Board
will process recommendations directly from a cross-community working
group.   The Board resolution passed in Los Angeles (
https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2014-10-16-en#2.d)
was intended to set clear expectations for how the recommendations would be
treated.        The assumption is that the Board will approve the
recommendations from this group, and implement those recommendations.   If
the Board feels that it would not be in the public interest to implement a
particular recommendation it has set out a process for working with the
Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability to resolve
the matter.   The Board will not make any changes to a recommendation or
report from this group.  It is up to the CCWG to make or change any of its
recommendations.

Separately, I expect that the NTIA could make the ICANN Board's approval
and implementation of improved accountability mechanisms proposed by this
group as a pre-condition to any transition.

I hope that helps.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin

ICANN Board Liaison to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN
Accountability
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