CCWG-Accountability and ICANN Board Meeting in LA Sept 25-26

The public comment period is now closed on the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1)--review all comments submitted here.

The ICANN Board of Directors and the CCWG-Accountability will be having a face-to-face meeting in Los Angeles, September 25-26, 2015.

Steve Crocker, ICANN Board Chairman, wrote a posting on the ICANN website, with an update about the Board's response to the CCWG's 2nd Draft Proposal:

ICANN Board Submits Final Comments to CCWG-Accountability Public Comment -Sept 11, 2015- Steve Crocker, ICANN Board Chairman: "... after weeks of extensive dialogue with the community, the ICANN Board has submitted its final input to the CCWG-Accountability 2nd Draft Proposal Public Comment forum. The Board is proceeding in accordance with the principles we outlined in our 2014 resolution addressing what the Board would do in the event it disagreed with a CCWG recommendation.

"The elements of the Board submission are:

• A brief summary of its public comment input
• A comments matrix of forty-seven CCWG-Accountability proposal elements and their assessment by the ICANN Board
• A short memo describing a proposed approach for community enforceability for consideration
• A twenty-question FAQ of the proposed approach for community enforceability

"As we have stated previously, the Board supports the improvements to ICANN's accountability contained in the CCWG-Accountability's 2nd Draft Proposal. We endorse the goal of enforcability of these accountability mechanisms, and we believe that it is possible to implement the key elements of the proposal. We want to work together to achieve the elements of the proposal within the community's timeline while meeting the NTIA requirements.

"We have heard some concerns from the community regarding the Board's intent in presenting new ideas for the CCWG's consideration. The contributions by the Board are not meant to be a "counter proposal," but rather as suggestions for consideration to build upon the CCWG's impressive work. We encourage the community to read not only ours, but all comments submitted to the public comment forum... we hope to continue this dialogue in Los Angeles later this month at the CCWG-Accountability face-to-face meeting [Sept 25-26, 2015].

• Summary of Board Input[1].pdf
• Comments Matrix and Notes on Proposed Elements.pdf
• Memo on Proposed Approach for Community Enforceability.pdf
• Frequently Asked Question Regarding Approach for Community Enforceability.pdf

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DISCLAIMER

Enhancing ICANN Accountability Report, CCWG Webinars May 11th

Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) will hold two identical Webinar Presentations on its Draft Report for Public Comment* on Monday, May 11th, at two different times:

11:00 – 12:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 7am-8:30am EDT (US)

19:00 – 20:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 3pm-4:30pm EDT (US)

Attend the webinars via this Adobe Connect room. The webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed and translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the CCWG-Accountability Wiki here.

If you would like to receive phone dial-in details, send an email to brenda.brewer@icann.org and indicate which time you would like to attend the webinar. Language service Conference ID numbers are listed below:
Français – Conference ID: 75929475
Español – Conference ID: 68385764
中文 – Conference ID: 825702
Pусский – Conference ID: 345720
العربية – Conference ID: 82855066
Português – Conference ID: 759752

*CCWG-Accountability Draft Report Comment Period now Open (Input Needed on its Proposed Accountability Enhancements (Work Stream 1) - Comment Period Closes June 3, 2015 23:59 UTC.

The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability was established to initiate a related process to the IANA Stewardship Transition process to ensure that ICANN's accountability and transparency commitments to the global Internet community are maintained and enhanced in the absence of its historical contractual relationship with the U.S. Government. This report for public comment represents the current work product of the CCWG-Accountability. It is focused on draft Work Stream 1 recommendations (Work Stream 1 is the CCWG-Accountability's work on changes to ICANN's accountability arrangements which must be in place, or committed to, prior to theIANA Stewardship transition), which were the focus of the first five months of work (from December 2014 until May 2015). These recommendations are not presented as the consensus of the CCWG-Accountability at this point. The CCWG-Accountability is seeking confirmation of its approach and guidance upon several options.

For further information about the CCWG-Accountability's work: https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg.

For further information about the related IANA Stewardship Transition process: https://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability.

(source: ICANN)


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