[Ws2-transparency] WS2 Transparency

[Michael Karanicolas]

Hi all,

Hope everyone is keeping well. Just following up on our call last week, I
am attaching some relevant background documents on whistleblower protection
systems and on access to information, which should be useful as background
research. If anyone else has materials to share we would welcome that, of
course.

Just a reminder to please input any suggestions you have for
thematic ​​areas of investigation to the Google doc I attached in my
previous email. We'd like to receive your suggestions by 16 August, so we
can process them in advance of our scheduled conversation on the 18th.
Alternately, and if you prefer, you can also email any suggestions directly
to me and I'd be happy to input them myself.

Best wishes,

Michael

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Michael Karanicolas <
michael at law-democracy.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks very much to all of you who were able to join us for the call
> yesterday. It was a great start, and I really look forward to taking this
> issue forward. To that end, Chris and I would like to propose that we
> divide the process into three phases, as follows:
>
> Phase 1. Identify the themes
> Phase 2. Identify the problems
> Phase 3. Develop the recommendations
>
> We've already gotten started on Phase 1 with yesterday's conversation,
> which provided some initial ideas. Taking as our starting point the four
> main topics delineated in the CCWG Accountability report,
> namely Enhancements to ICANN’s existing Documentary Information Disclosure
> Policy (DIDP). Transparency of ICANN’s interactions with governments,
> Improvements to the existing whistleblower policy, and Transparency of
> Board deliberations, we would like move forward with a consultation to come
> up with thematic topics for investigations. I've added the four themes, and
> a few subthemes, into the following Google doc, and I'd like to ask you to
> fill in any suggestions for subthemes below. We'll set a deadline of 16
> August for submissions, to be discussed at the next call:
> ​
>  Thematic Overview for WS2 Transparency Subgroup...
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B030TKTHOfAaZEpETUpTSWNlSEE/view?usp=drive_web>
> ​
> Note that we're just looking for broad ideas here, and can drill down into
> more specifics in the second phase.
>
> We've also settled our schedule for calls going forward for the next
> couple of months, as follows:
>
> August 18, 13:00 UTC
> Sept. 1, 05:00 UTC
> Sept. 15, 19:00 UTC
> Sept. 29, 13:00 UTC
>
> Please don't hesitate to get in touch with myself of Chris if you have any
> questions. We look forward to hearing back from you!
>
> Best,
>
> Michael Karanicolas
>
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