[ALAC] IMPORTANT: PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS

[Alan Greenberg]

I would like to call your attention to this paper that was just 
circulated by the CCWG-Accountability WS2 on Diversity.

The ALAC was silent on the question of an Office of Diversity (OOD) 
that was mentioned in the draft recommendations (see 
https://community.icann.org/x/Z5tEB)

As important as diversity is, I find it troublesome that ICANN might 
be dedicating more bureaucracy to it. As I noted in my recent 
comments on the Specific Reviews Operating Standards 
(https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-reviews-standards-17oct17/2018q1/000008.html), 
I find that for the best of reasons, ICANN is building more and more 
complex process, rules and bureaucracy. At a time when it is clear we 
are going to have increasing budget constraint, this must be 
controlled. If we consider issues such as this as sacred , then we 
will see more and more other more discretionary budgets cut (and I am 
predicting that if we don't change our philosophy, budget issues will 
get MUCH worse).

According to the original recommendations document 
(https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-acct-ws2-draft-recs-diversity-26oct17-en.pdf): 
The role of this office would be to independently support, record and 
keep track of issues including complaints from the community on 
diversity issues within the organization.

I presume that by "organization" the document means all of ICANN 
(ICANN Organization as the staff are now known, the volunteer 
community and the Board). For ICANN Organization, I see this as 
falling directly under Human Resources and the Complaints Officer. 
For the volunteer part of ICANN, and the Board, I think it quite 
reasonable to keep records but that does not warrant a staffed 
office. Selection of volunteers is not done centrally, and complaints 
presumably should go to the Ombudsman.

Should the ALAC issue a further statement on this?  And if so, what 
are your views?

Alan


>From: Bernard Turcotte <turcotte.bernard at gmail.com>
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:28:23 -0500
>To: ws2-diversity <ws2-diversity at icann.org>
>Subject: [Ws2-diversity] CCWG-Accountability-WS2-Diversity - PAPER 
>ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS
>
>All,
>
>As promised at the last meeting of the diversity sub-group please 
>find below and attached the document prepared by Fiona and Rafik on this topic.
>
>Bernard Turcotte
>ICANN Staff Support to the CCWG-Accountability-WS2
>
>For Fiona and Rafik.
>
>DIVERISTY SUB-GROUP
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>
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>PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS
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>Preamble:
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>The Diversity sub-group presented a report for public comments that 
>presented diversity at ICANN identified by a number of elements by 
>which diversity may be characterized, measured and reported. The 
>report was informed by feedback from ICANN Supporting 
>Organization(SO)/Advisory Committee (AC)/groups through a Diversity 
>Questionnaire. In the report the Sub-group proposes a number of 
>recommendations by which ICANN may define, measure, report, support 
>and promote diversity. It also indicated that there was a lack of 
>consensus on the establishment on an office of diversity and sought 
>to receive public comments on the position of the office of diversity.
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>
>
>Summary of Responses from Public Comments:
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>    * Total of 15 comments
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>    * 6 had no comments on an office of diversity
>    * 3 supported an office of diversity or a panel
>    * 3 supported an office of diversity
>    * 3 rejected the notion of an office of diversity.
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>
>    * Breakdown by major categories
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>    * 7 SO/ACs/Board (those which will have to approve the WS2 final report):
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>    * 4 had no comments
>    * 3 Rejected the notion of an office of diversity
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>
>    * 2 Governments:
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>    * 1 had no comments on an office of diversity
>    * 1 supported an office of diversity
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>    * 6 Individuals/Associations:
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>    * 1 had no comments on an office of diversity
>    * 3 supported an office of diversity or a panel
>    * 2 supported an office of diversity
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>Summary of Positions relating to the OOD from Public Comments:
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>1.      Establishment of an office of diversity or a panel similar 
>to what is proposed in the Ombuds recommendations.
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>2.      Establishment of an office of diversity
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>3.      Rejection of an office of diversity in favour of staff 
>performing this work.
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>
>
>Required Actions:
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>The Sub-group on diversity does not have one solid position from the 
>public comments but has instead received a number of options that 
>need to be discussed further and weighed in order to determine how 
>oversight of diversity can be pursued.
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