[LAC-Discuss] FW: [ALAC-Announce] Improving Institutional Confidence Consultation - Public Consultation Period Now Open (closes 20 October)

[Carlton Samuels]

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Public Consultation Period Now Open (closes 20 October)

19 September 2008

http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/

The Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC) in ICANN consultation has
entered a second public comment period that will run until Monday 20 October
2008.

In an effort to progress the consultation, an interactive forum has been set
up that focuses comments and discussion on the individuals points and
suggestions included in the revised documents. Please visit that forum at
http://comment.icann.org/content/iic/. Alternatively, we have set up email
addresses for each of the five main areas. Emails sent to each will appear
in a specific "emailed comments" folder within this area's folder on the
discussion forum (see below for more details).

As part of the ongoing consultation process, and following comments received
so far in the process, the IIC documents initially released in June have
been revised.

The latest versions of the consultation documents are:

Transition Action Plan (
http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/action-plan-revised.htm)
Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN (
http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/improving-confidence-revised.htm)
A Frequently Asked Questions document is also available. (
http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/faq.htm)

Changes made to the document Improving Institutional Confidence include:

* The inclusion of "Suggestions" into the text at relevant points,
reflecting comments and advice received so far. They include: the provision
of public statements of interest; voting restrictions; Board review
mechanisms; more detailed information on a no-confidence vote in the Board;
and more information on the question of "legal presences"
* Greater information and clarity on the issue of legal presences
* Reference added to operational areas of ICANN's work (such as compliance)
* The addition of a discussion of operational efficiency measures under the
IANA procurement agreement with the United States Department of Commerce
* Inclusion of text about greater participation within ICANN processes

Other changes:

A number of changes have also been to the Transition Action Plan, including:

A footnote covering the phrase "private sector led", as requested by
respondents
An adjustment to the consultation timeline (comment period extended to 20
October)


Other feedback

During the course of the first comment period, a number of suggested
additions were made to the IIC consultation areas. The majority of those
additions concerned ongoing ICANN activities such as: review and reform of
existing supporting organisations and advisory committees; policy
development work on IDNs, new gTLDs, DNSSEC and others; and operational
matters such as contractual compliance. Those matters will continue to be
addressed through ICANN's usual policy development and public comment
processes.


The process from here

The body charged with leading the Improving Institutional Confidence (IIC)
consultation, the President's Strategy Committee (PSC), will continue to
receive comment on the key areas outlined in the document at a series of
regional consultative consultations.

Summaries of those meetings, in additional to comment made in the first
comment period, and the feedback received during this second comment period,
will then be used to make changes to the documents in time for a special IIC
session at ICANN's international public meeting in Cairo on 2-7 November.

Full details of the regional meetings can be found at:
http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/regional-meetings.htm. For those seeking
more information on the consultation process, including published comment
summaries, and the IIC documents under discussion, please visit the IIC's
dedicated webpages at http://icann.org/en/jpa/iic. If you wish to be kept
informed of the latest developments, please sign up to the dedicated IIC
newsletter at: http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/iic-newsletter.htm.


The public comment forum

Full links to the different discussion areas are given below:

Capture http://comment.icann.org/content/iic/capture/
Accountability http://comment.icann.org/content/iic/accountability/
Globalization http://comment.icann.org/content/iic/globalization/
Finances http://comment.icann.org/content/iic/finances/
Security and Stability http://comment.icann.org/content/iic/security/


Background:

More than two years ago, the President's Strategy Committee (PSC) commenced
a series of consultations on how to strengthen and complete the ICANN
multi-stakeholder model. In addition, the recent Midterm Review of the Joint
Project Agreement (JPA) between the United States Department of Commerce and
ICANN produced useful comments about ICANN's performance and future. Most
commentators in that consultation believe ICANN has made significant
progress, but that some key areas need to be improved in order to complete
the transition to an agreed model of multi-stakeholder coordination of the
Internet's unique identifiers.

The PSC has developed three papers that outline those key areas and possible
responses to address them. The PSC wants to be clear - all these suggestions
are for discussion. They are the work of the Committee alone. They are not
fixed positions. But they are also positions that are the result of
long-term work over two years by the PSC that also incorporate recent input
from the community.

The PSC has provided the following three documents to launch a discussion
with the community PSC about how to complete the transition of the
organization after the conclusion of the Joint Project Agreement.


-- 
Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul
ICANN At-Large Staff
email: staff at atlarge.icann.org


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