[ALAC] SUMMARY: IMPORTANT: PAPER ON OFFICE OF DIVERSITY PUBLIC COMMENTS
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Mon Feb 19 06:10:19 UTC 2018
Thanks for the active discussion on this.
I have asked Evin to move the discussion to an At-Large policy page
and that is now done - https://community.icann.org/x/-Ra8B.
All of the e-mail messages here have been inserted in a lead-in
comment. Please make any further comments there.
To summarize, there is a reasonable strong position being formulated:
We strongly and passionately believe in diversity (and have some
pride in beleiving that we do play our part), but do not believe that
we need a formal Office of Diversity.
I believe that we must reply to the WS2 group.
Please respond (on the wiki) with whether you believe we need a
formal statement, or if you wish me to reply summarizing our discussion?
Alan
At 13/02/2018 07:18 PM, Alan Greenberg 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>Content-Type: application/pdf; name="Office Of Diversity OptionsV1.2.pdf"
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