[ALAC] Fwd: Proposed Joint Statement on IANA Transition and ICANNAccountability?

Wed Jun 25 07:49:02 UTC 2014

 Hi Olivier (and everyone) 

 I would support the principles of the statement - not necessarily the 
words. 

 I think what we can all agree on would be more accountability - 
within ICANN itself, but also accountability of the board. I'm not 
sure people want external structures. What Group 4 came up with was a 
staanding entity of some kind that includes all the elements of the 
ICANN community (and perhaps wider although - personally - not sure 
how that would work. So can we have general words about accountability 
structure of the Board that is independent of the Board - without 
getting more specific 

 Hope that helps 

 Holly 

 On Wed 25/06/14 5:02 PM , Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond ocl at gih.com sent: 
 Please be so kind to also consider the email below, which includes 
the 
 proposed text. 
 Kind regards, 

 Olivier 

 -------- Original Message -------- 
 Subject: Proposed Joint Statement on IANA Transition and ICANN 
 Accountability? 
 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:20:01 +0000 
 From: Drazek, Keith  
 To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com)  

 Olivier, 

 Are you aware of this joint community statement under development 
 (below)? I think we have a very unique opportunity, perhaps even 
 unprecedented, for the community to come together around a common 
 position and sign on to a statement calling for meaningful 
 accountability reform. From all conversations I’ve had this week, 
there 
 seems to be strong consensus around the principles outlined in the 
draft 
 statement, and I think this is a critical issue for all of us. Do you 
 have a sense of whether the ALAC might be able to join the GNSO (and 
 possibly the ccNSO) and sign on before Thursday’s public forum? 
Happy 
 to discuss when we both find a few free minutes. 

 Also, not sure if you saw this from yesterday’s Board-GAC session, 
but 
 /Fadi is attempting to reverse his NetMundial position on the 
 interdependence of IANA Transition and ICANN Accountability:/ 

 / / 

 /NETMUDIAL/ 

 /"These two processes are very interrelated. I may have used the word 
in 
 the past 'separate'. I take that word back. They are related 
processes. 
 They will run in parallel but they will inform each other. They are 
 interdependent, they're interrelated, and if we are successful, we 
 should get these processes to work on the same timeline."/ 

 / / 

 /YESTERDAY (DURING BOARD-GAC MEETING)/ 

 /“I acknowledge the statement from the EU and assure them the 
 accountability process will be very important. It is currently open 
and 
 this is a time for you to contribute. We have to be careful how we 
tie 
 this to the transition as there are elements in the community who 
want 
 to delay the transition. This should not be about interdependence 
 between the two processes but about them being interrelated./ 

 Thanks and regards, 

 Keith  

 BEGIN TEXT: 

 The [entire GNSO] join together today calling for the Board to 
support 
 community creation of an independent accountability mechanism that 
 provides meaningful review and adequate redress for those harmed by 
 ICANN action or inaction in contravention of an agreed upon compact 
with 
 the community. This deserves the Board's serious consideration - not 
 only does it reflect an unprecedented level of consensus across the 
 [entire] ICANN community, it is a necessary and integral element of 
the 
 IANA transition.  

 True accountability does not mean ICANN is only accountable to 
itself, 
 or to some vague definition of “the world,” nor does it mean that 
 governments should have the ultimate say over community policy 
subject 
 to the rule of law. Rather, the Board’s decisions must be open to 
 challenge and the Board cannot be in a position of reviewing and 
 certifying its own decisions. We need an independent accountability 
 structure that holds the ICANN Board, Staff, and various stakeholder 
 groups accountable under ICANN’s governing documents, serves as an 
 ultimate review of Board/Staff decisions, and through the creation of 
 precedent, creates prospective guidance for the board, the staff, and 
 the entire community.  

 As part of the IANA transition, the multi-stakeholder community has 
the 
 opportunity and responsibility to propose meaningful accountability 
 structures that go beyond just the IANA-specific accountability 
issues.  
 We are committed to coming together and developing recommendations 
for 
 creation of these mechanisms. We ask the ICANN Board and Staff to 
 fulfill their obligations and support this community driven, 
 multi-stakeholder initiative. 

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