[ALAC] ALAC Consensus Call on the Response to the Letter on the “Timing and Potential Deferral of ATRT4 and Upcoming Engagement with the ICANN community”

[ICANN At-Large Staff]

Dear All,

On behalf of Jonathan Zuck, ALAC Chair, this is a 24-hour consensus call on the ALAC statement on the “Timing and Potential Deferral of ATRT4 and Upcoming Engagement with the ICANN community”<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1Wymik37QFAVgBMU7m4ykpR7eQbd804Tsyb8OFmH7U/edit>.

This statement is in response to the letter<https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/swinehart-to-soac-chairs-et-al-13feb24-en.pdf> to the SO/AC Chairs dated 13 February 2024 from Theresa Swinehart, Senior Vice President, Global Domains & Strategy at ICANN, seeking the community input on ‘...the timing of the Fourth Accountability and Transparency Review (ATRT4) and whether there is a need for a deferral of the ATRT4 for a limited time’ following the Board’s deliberations regarding the proceeding with the Pilot Holistic Review in their Montevideo Board Workshop.

The statement notes that the ALAC / At-Large Advises against any delay in convening ATRT4 as such delay would, in our view, negatively affect this key to legitimacy and recommends starting ATRT4 as close to the current schedule as possible without waiting for the conclusion of the Pilot Holistic Review.

During the call of the Operations, Finance, and Budget Working Group of 21 March 2024, leadership called for a 24-hour consensus call of the ALAC to begin on 21 March 2024.

If you have any concerns regarding this statement, please inform the Policy Staff in support of At-Large prior to 22 March 2024 at 21:00 UTC.

Kind regards,
At-Large staff

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