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

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Wed Feb 14 23:22:30 UTC 2018 

Evan, please note that this proposal is not from 
ICANN Organization (current name for staff) or 
the Board. It is from a number of the community 
members of the CCWG-Accountability group looking 
at recommendation to make to the AC/SOs and the Board.

Alan

At 14/02/2018 01:54 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>Fully agree. It is astounding that ICANN wants 
>to consider growing its bureaucracy just as budgets are shrinking.
>
>Perhaps our advice should encourage the Board 
>and senior staff to show leadership to its 
>community as it moves to an increasing culture 
>of austerity. Before ICANN asks its volunteers 
>to sacrifice (through reduced support and/or 
>increased workload) it should engage in some of its own.
>
>(Also funny how ICANN wants to take diversity 
>seriously only AFTER it has set in place 
>policies - on gTLD expansion and the concept of 
>domains as rental property, for instance - that 
>can't really be undone even if a newly-diverse 
>community disagrees with that path.)
>
>- Evan
>
>
>On Feb 14, 2018 12:46 PM, "Kan Kaili" 
><<mailto:kankaili at gmail.com>kankaili at gmail.com> wrote:
>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: <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>Maureen Hilyard
>To: <mailto:h.raiche at internode.on.net>Holly Raiche
>Cc: <mailto:alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>ALAC ; 
><mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>Alan Greenberg
>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 
><<mailto:h.raiche at internode.on.net>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 
><<mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>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>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 
>>><<mailto:turcotte.bernard at gmail.com>turcotte.bernard at gmail.com>
>>>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:28:23 -0500
>>>To: ws2-diversity <<mailto:ws2-diversity at icann.org>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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