[ALAC] Approval of Charter for the CCWG on Use of gTLD Auction Proceeds

[Alan Greenberg]

The Draft Charter circulated earlier this month received no 
substantive comments which required changes to the draft document and 
nor did the associated Webinar. Accordingly, the Charter has been 
forwarded to the AC/SOs for approval.

I have drafted the following Motion (liberally borrowing from a 
comparable GNSO motion). This will be on the agenda for discussion 
and approval during the Hyderabad meeting.

Note that the period for comments on the charter is over, so it is 
really too late to make changes to the charter itself. Comments on 
the motion are appreciated.

Note that for the CCWG-Stewardship, the ALAC chose not to have a 
co-chair, and for the CCWG-Accountability, we chose to have one of 
our five Members be a Co-Chair. In my mind, that latter decision gave 
the CCWG an excellent Co-Chair, but deprived the ALAC of one of its 
five voices in substantive discussion. Accordingly, I am suggesting 
that this time we identify a Co-Chair as part of our approval 
process. It would need to be someone with strong ICANN experience, 
strong chairing skills, preferably someone with subject-matter 
knowledge, and someone who is willing to NOT participate in the 
substantive discussion to be held in the CCWG. And of urse willing to 
put substantive time into the process.

Alan

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DRAFT ALAC Motion - Adoption of the Charter for a Cross-Community 
Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds

Whereas,

1.  Following a number of sessions on the topic of new gTLD Auction 
proceeds during the ICANN53 in Buenos Aires (see 
https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-soac-high-interest 
and 
https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-cwg-new-gtld-auction), 
a discussion paper 
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/proceeds/discussion-paper-07sep15-en.pdf> 
was published in September 2015 to solicit further community input on 
this topic as well as the proposal to proceed with a CCWG on this topic.

2.  As the feedback received on the discussion paper confirmed the 
support for moving forward with a CCWG, the GNSO Chair, reached out 
to all the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to 
ask for volunteers to participate in a drafting team to develop a 
charter for a CCWG on this topic. All ICANN SO/ACs, apart from the 
ccNSO, responded to this request and put forward volunteers to 
participate in the drafting team.

3.  The GNSO Council appointed Jonathan Robinson to chair the 
Drafting Team ('DT'), which commenced its deliberations on Tuesday 23 
February 2016. Alan Greenberg one of the ALAC volunteers agreed to 
act as Vice-Chair.

4.  The DT published a draft charter for community discussion in 
advance of ICANN 56 which was discussed during the cross-community 
session<http://sched.co/7NE0> held at ICANN56. Following ICANN56, the 
DT reviewed all the input 
received<https://community.icann.org/x/fgmbAw> and updated the 
proposed charter accordingly. On 13 September 2016, this proposed 
charter<https://community.icann.org/x/mRuOAw> was shared with all 
ICANN SO/ACs with the request to review it and identify any pertinent 
issues that would prevent adoption of the charter, if any.

5.  Subsequently, a webinar was held on 13 October 2016 to allow for 
some additional time and information to undertake this review (see 
https://community.icann.org/x/gh_4Aw).

6.  As no pertinent issues were raised, the DT submitted the proposed 
CCWG charter (see <https://community.icann.org/x/mRuOAw)>) for 
consideration to all ICANN SO/ACs on 17 October 2016

Resolved,

1. The ALAC approves the Charter<https://community.icann.org/x/mRuOAw>.

2. The ALAC appoints [Name] as the ALAC Appointed Co-Chair to

3. Each RALO will appoint one member for the CCWG by taking into 
account the charter requirement that best efforts should be made to 
ensure that members:

a)    Have sufficient and appropriate motivation (and ideally 
expertise) to participate in the substance of the work of the CCWG. 
Appropriate experience could, for example, include experience with 
allocation and final disbursement of funds;

b)    Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG on 
an on-going and long-term basis;

c)    Solicit and communicate (where appropriate) the views and 
concerns of individuals in the RALO that appoints them;

d)    Commit to abide to the charter when participating in the CCWG;

e)    Understand the needs of the Internet communities that ICANN 
serves (standards, domains and numbers);

f)    Understand the broader ecosystem (the Internet Community) in 
which ICANN operates and the needs of those working on other aspects 
of the Internet industry, including those not yet connected.
Furthermore, in addition to a Statement of Interest, all members and 
participants will be required to provide a declaration on intention 
to apply for (or in any way support the application for) new gTLD 
Auction Proceeds, either as an individual or through the entity you 
are representing or employed by otr are otherwise funded by or 
affiliated with or support/endorse. It will be mandatory to report 
any changes in relation to these intentions throughout the CCWG life-cycle.

4.  The ALAC will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a 
call for participants and observers to join the CCWG, each in 
accordance with its own rules.

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