[CWG-Stewardship] Client Committee

[Kieren McCarthy]

> Is ICANN staff a stakeholder in the transition or not?

Yes.

Although in this case - the process for getting independent legal advice -
I would question whether it was appropriate for ICANN staff to be involved
at all.

But that's not even where we are.

* As I understand it, Jonathan is proposing/has implemented a closed
committee to act as the intermediary between the transition group and the
independent lawyers. (Something that appears to have been done
unilaterally.)

* That closed committee will have its own mailing list that people have to
actively ask to be subscribed to (something that is out of step with the
rest of the transition processes).

* Even when subscribed, those people will not have posting rights.

* However, ICANN's lawyers - both internal and external - as well as ICANN
staff appear to already be on this list and have posting rights to it. (At
least I think that is the case; it's not clear, despite questions asking
for clarity.)

* It's also appears to be the case that the committee intends to have
closed meetings. And to allow ICANN's lawyers and/or staff to be a part of
those meetings.


In other words, in the one area where ICANN's staff should be voluntarily
excusing themselves to avoid a fairly obvious conflict of interest, they
appear instead to actually have an elevated position and direct influence
on the process.

I'm at a loss to understand why either ICANN staff or the closed committee
members think this is appropriate. It's clear that no one outside those two
groups does.



Kieren


On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:34 PM, David Conrad <david.conrad at icann.org>
wrote:

> Kieren,
>
> And I don't see why ICANN's staff should be given posting rights to the
> new mailing list either
>
>
> Is ICANN staff a stakeholder in the transition or not?
>
> Regards,
> -drc
> (ICANN CTO but speaking only for myself)
>
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