[ALAC] [icann-board] ICANN News Alert -- Proposed Fundamentals Bylaws Changes to Move the Board Governance Committee's Reconsideration Process Responsibilities to Another Board Committee

[Bastiaan Goslings]

Thanks, León.

As I am ignorant when it comes to history and/or context here, can anyone enlighten me and share why is this proposed change is so important? And something we need to ‘thoroughly’ reflect on and respond to?

Looking at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/proposed-amend-bylaws-article4-section-4-2-31mar17-en.pdf the only proposed change I see is to consequently replace ‘Board Governance Committee’ with ‘Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee’.

According to https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-bgc-2017-03-31-en 'the responsibility for oversight of ICANN’s Reconsideration Request process, as set out in Article 4, Section 4.2 of the Bylaws’ is to be moved 'from the BGC to a new Board committee purpose-built for oversight of ICANN’s accountability mechanisms. The new Board Committee would be called "Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee" and, like the BGC, would be formed solely of Board Directors and Liaisons. The proposed Bylaws amendments do not make any other changes to the Reconsideration Request process.’

The rationale being that ‘the BGC's work relating to Reconsideration Requests has increased significantly. As a result of the increased volume of Reconsideration Requests, the BGC was required to focus more of its time on Reconsideration Requests, taking away from the time the BGC had to focus on core governance duties. Under the new ICANN Bylaws (effective 1 October 2016), the Reconsideration process has been expanded and it is anticipated that the volume and complexity of accountability mechanisms filed, including Reconsideration Requests, will likely increase. In order to maintain ICANN's commitment to accountability, the BGC recommended that its Reconsideration responsibilities be transferred to another committee of the Board, and that new committee can also be dedicated to the oversight of ICANN's other accountability mechanisms as deemed appropriate by the Board.’

I don’t know what others think but this seems reasonable to me… 

-Bastiaan



> On 4 Apr 2017, at 05:56, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> This is something we need to analyze thoroughly and comment on I believe.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> León
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>> Asunto: [icann-board] ICANN News Alert -- Proposed Fundamentals Bylaws Changes to Move the Board Governance Committee's Reconsideration Process Responsibilities to Another Board Committee
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>> News Alert
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>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-31-en
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>> Proposed Fundamentals Bylaws Changes to Move the Board Governance Committee's Reconsideration Process Responsibilities to Another Board Committee
>> 31 March 2017
>> 
>> Open Date:	31 March 2017	Close Date:	10 May 2017
>> Originating Organization:	Legal
>> Categories/Tags:	Accountability/Transparency, Bylaws
>> Brief Overview:	ICANN is posting for public comment proposed Fundamental Bylaws revisions that would move the Board Governance Committee's (BGC) responsibilities for the Reconsideration process as set forth under Article 4, Section 4.2 of the Bylaws to the Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC). No other changes to the Reconsideration process are proposed or anticipated as a result of these Bylaws modifications.
>> Link:	https://www.icann.org/public-comments/bylaws-bgc-2017-03-31-en
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