[ALAC] IMPORTANT: PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS
Andrei Kolesnikov
andrei at rol.ru
Wed Feb 14 18:04:17 UTC 2018
OMG!
Holly, Alan, +1. Please keep me out from keyboard for a while...
--andrei
2018-02-14 20:46 GMT+03:00 Kan Kaili <kankaili at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I fully agree with the comments initiated by Alan and the points by
> Maureen, Holly and others.
>
> That is, ALAC should issue a statement against establishing this office.
> I believe comments of Holly, Maureen and others would suffice as the main
> body of the statement.
>
> Kaili
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
> *To:* Holly Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
> *Cc:* ALAC <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org> ; Alan Greenberg
> <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:19 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [ALAC] IMPORTANT: PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC
> COMMENTS
>
> +1 Holly
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Holly Raiche <h.raiche at internode.on.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Folks
>>
>> Part of me absolutely supports any moves that support diversity. At one
>> point in my life, I headed up the Equal Opportunity Unit in the Aust.
>> Broadcasting Corporation so diversity was my job.
>> Putting that aside, I have serious doubts about the concept in this
>> context.
>>
>> If they talking about just ICANN staff, there is already an ICANN HR
>> function that would (or should) be charged with addressing the issue.
>>
>> If they talking about the various organisations that attend the SOs/ACs?
>> I have even more concern. Just for starters, it is up to each SO/AC - and
>> then individual members within each SO/AC as to who participates. Is ICANN
>> seriously going to tell GAC members that some of them must send more women
>> representatives/more Asian members/more members from non-English speaking
>> backgrounds? And who is going to tell each registry/registrar whom they
>> can send to represent them!
>>
>> If the idea is to have diversity in the make-up of ICANN committees, I
>> would hope the first basis for selection is qualifications for the task.
>>
>> In short, I support Alan’s comments. If the concept is diversity WITHIN
>> ICANN staff, it is covered by HR. Otherwise, I have real doubts about the
>> concept, other than - at best -it could be just a score card.
>>
>> Holly
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Feb 2018, at 11:18 am, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Preamble:*
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Summary of Responses from Public Comments:*
>>
>>
>> - Total of 15 comments
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - Breakdown by major categories
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 7 SO/ACs/Board (those which will have to approve the WS2 final
>> report):
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 4 had no comments
>> - 3 Rejected the notion of an office of diversity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 2 Governments:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 1 had no comments on an office of diversity
>> - 1 supported an office of diversity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 6 Individuals/Associations:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> - 1 had no comments on an office of diversity
>> - 3 supported an office of diversity or a panel
>> - 2 supported an office of diversity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Summary of Positions relating to the OOD from Public Comments:*
>>
>>
>> 1. Establishment of an office of diversity or a panel similar to
>> what is proposed in the Ombuds recommendations.
>>
>> 2. Establishment of an office of diversity
>>
>> 3. Rejection of an office of diversity in favour of staff performing
>> this work.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Required Actions:*
>> 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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>> _______________________________________________
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