[IPC-GNSO] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] Chairman’s Blog - ICANN - Evolving the Board Governance Committee

[Greg Shatan]

IPC Members,

This blog post by Steve Crocker, Chair of the ICANN Board, should be of
interest to you.

Greg


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From: David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 2:53 PM
Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Chairman’s Blog - ICANN - Evolving the Board
Governance Committee
To: "soac-infoalert at icann.org" <soac-infoalert at icann.org>


https://www.icann.org/news/blog/chairman-s-blog-en



*Chairman’s Blog*

Over the next few months I will be using this blog to share some insights
and commentary on the operation of the ICANN Board and to introduce various
Board members.  This past week the Board passed a resolution to evolve the
Board Governance Committee to be more responsive and more efficient in
dealing with concerns with decisions of the Board.

I’ve asked Chris Disspain, chair of the Board Governance Committee to
explain the details.

*                                                        Evolving the Board
Governance Committee*

*                                                Chris Disspain,  Board
Governance Committee Chair*

Over the past several weeks, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has been
considering how to streamline its work in the face of high volumes of
accountability mechanism work, including Reconsideration Requests.

As many of you know, the BGC is responsible for helping the Board improve
its performance. Like Board Governance Committees in other organizations –
the core activities of the BGC include an array of board performance
related activities, such as conflicts of interest policies, board committee
structures (including slating and charters of other committees), governance
guidelines and other important governance related activities (see
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/charter-06-2012-02-25-en)

Over the past several years, the BGC’s work on Reconsideration Requests has
increased, and that is only expected to continue under the new Bylaws. The
BGC advised the Board that the attention it devotes to the accountability
mechanisms is reducing the time available for the BGC’s core governance
work and that performance would be enhanced through the development of a
Board committee responsible for the oversight of ICANN Accountability
Mechanisms, including the BCG’s Reconsideration responsibilities. This will
help improve our performance as a Board, the BGC’s performance, and help us
serve the community better.

The BGC’s work on Reconsideration Requests is set out in the Fundamental
Bylaws, the part of ICANN’s Bylaws that require community approval to
change.

Following the BGC’s recommendation, the Board has decided to launch a
process to initiate a Fundamental Bylaws amendment so that we can have a
full discussion with the ICANN community on enhancing ICANN’s governance
and responsiveness to accountability mechanisms, while respecting the new
community powers. We look forward to this first use of the Empowered
Community and the enhanced dialogue among ICANN and the community.

For more information, please see the Board’s resolution
<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2017-02-03-en>.
We will keep you updated as the Bylaws amendment process moves forward.





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*David A. Olive*

Senior Vice President | Policy Development Support

General Manager | ICANN Regional Headquarters | Istanbul

david.olive at icann.org



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