ICANN Webinars Dec 2, CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal (slides)

Third UPDATE December 20, 2015: see on Domain Mondo: ICANN CCWG Accountability Proposal: CWG Legal Counsel Approval

Second UPDATE: CCWG-Accountability co-Chairs to Hold Additional Briefing Webinar on Draft Proposal of Work Stream 1 Recommendations on December 16 from 20:00-21:30 UTC (time zone converter here). Webinars will be conducted in English. Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. For Webinar details and how to attend go here.

UPDATE: Replay Webinars and transcripts available on CCWG Wiki. Other links:

• CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations - ICANN
• Survey form (use to submit your comment)
• Read the comments
• Comment period CLOSES 21 Dec 2015 23:59 UTC.
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Above: December 2 Webinar Slides

In order to brief the community on the contents of their Draft proposal, the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) will host two identical briefing webinars on Wednesday, 2 December at different times to facilitate participation across time zones. The webinars will take place on:

• 2 December from 11:00 – 12:30 UTC (time zone converter here) - 6AM EST (US)
• 2 December from 20:00 – 21:30 UTC (time zone converter here) - 3PM EST (US)

The webinars will be run online via Adobe Connect room (Strategic Initiatives Webinar).

If you are interested in attending the webinar but would like to receive phone dial-in details, please send an email to acct-staff@icann.org and indicate your language request (if needed). The webinars will be recorded and transcribed. Live interpretation will be made available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and Portuguese. More info here.

CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations now open for comments.  Comments close 21 Dec 2015 23:59 UTC. More information below and here.

Recommendations:

1. Establishing an Empowered Community for Enforcing Community Powers
2. Empowering the community through consensus: engage, escalate, enforce
3. Redefining ICANN's Bylaws as 'Standard Bylaws' and 'Fundamental Bylaws'
4. Ensuring community involvement in ICANN decision-making: seven new Community Powers
5. Changing aspects of ICANN's Mission, Commitments and Core Values
6. Reaffirming ICANN's Commitment to respect internationally recognized Human Rights as it carries out its mission
7. Strengthening ICANN's Independent Review Process
8. Fortifying ICANN's Request for Reconsideration Process
9. Incorporation of the Affirmation of Commitments
10. Enhancing the accountability of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees
11. Board obligations with regards to Governmental Advisory Committee Advice (Stress Test 18)
12. Committing to further accountability work in Work Stream 2

Current Status: The CCWG-Accountability seeks community feedback on its Draft Proposal. You are invited to indicate your support for recommendations (see above) using the survey the CCWG-Accountability put together to facilitate submission of your comments--survey form located here. The questions align with each recommendation contained in the Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations. Each proposal contains one question designed to determine whether the broad community supports the recommended enhancements as well as a comment box to capture feedback for each proposed change. In addition, a box for any additional input, including on broader topics e.g. Stress Tests, compliance with NTIA criteria and CWG-Stewardship requirements is included in the survey.

Next Steps: Each of the Chartering Organizations shall, in accordance with their own rules and procedures, review and discuss the Draft Proposal(s) and decide whether to adopt the recommendations contained in it. The Chairs of the Chartering Organizations shall notify the Co-Chairs of the WG of the result of the deliberations as soon as feasible.

After synthesis of the comments received, and assuming no major changes, the group currently projects submission of Work Stream 1 Recommendations to the ICANN Board in late January 2016. 

Source of the above: ICANN CCWG-Accountability, icann.org.

Addendum:
Charter - Enhancing ICANN Accountability - 6 Chartering Organizations and their members on CCWG-Accountability:

ALAC
Sebastien Bachollet (Europe)
Tijani Ben Jemaa (Africa)
Alan Greenberg (North America)
Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Asia/Asia Pacific)
León Sanchez (Latin America) – Co-Chair

ASO
Fiona Asonga
Athina Fragkouli
Izumi Okutani
Jorge Villa

ccNSO
Jordan Carter (.NZ, AP Region)
Eberhard Lisse (.NA, African Region)
Roelof Meijer (.NL, European Region)
Giovanni Seppia (.EU, European Region)
Mathieu Weill (.FR, European Region) – Co-Chair

GAC
Par Brumark (Niue)
Olga Cavalli (Agentina)
Alice Munyua (African Union Commission)
Suzanne Radell (USA)
Julia Wolman (Denmark)

GNSO
James Bladel (RrSG, North America Region)
Becky Burr (RySG, North America Region)
Steve DelBianco (CSG, North America Region)
Robin Gross (NCSG, North America Region)
Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council, Europe Region) – Co-Chair

SSAC
Lyman Chapin
Julie Hammer

See also on Domain Mondo: IANA, ICANN Accountability, CCWG Crunch Time! Midnight Deadlines!

[Disclosure: John Poole, Editor of Domain Mondo, has already submitted his comment (via the survey form), supporting all 12 recommendations. His comment may be reviewed here (pdf).]

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ICANN Accountability, IANA Transition, Proposals, Comments, Webinars

UPDATE August 31, 2015: Volume 9: An Update on IANA Stewardship Discussions - ICANN: An Update on IANA Stewardship Discussions, Date: August 31, 2015 (read the full update at the link above)

UPDATE: Important dates in the IANA Transition and ICANN Accountability processes:

Public Comment Period on ICG's IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal closes 8 Sep 2015 

Public Comment Period for CCWG-Accountability's 2nd draft of ICANN accountability enhancements (Work Stream 1) closes 12 Sep 2015

18-19 Sep 2015 : ICG Face-to-Face Meeting, Los Angeles

30 Sep-15 Oct 2015: CCWG-Accountability's 2nd and final proposal (Work Stream 1) presented to ALAC, ASO,ccNSO, GAC and GNSO for their approval.

18-22 Oct 2015: ICANN 54 inc. ICG Face-to-Face meeting and presentation of proposals for IANAstewardship and ICANN accountability enhancements (Work Stream 1) to the ICANNBoard for subsequent transmission to the NTIA.

Week 1, Nov 2015: ICANN Board transmits IANA stewardship transition and ICANN accountability (Work Stream 1) proposals to NTIA.

Announcements from ICG (IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group) and ICANN:

1. IANA Stewardship Transition
The ICG is asking the public to review the Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to the Global Multistakeholder Community. Comments are due by the deadline of 8 September 2015 at 23:59 UTC.

• Public comment web site: https://comments.ianacg.org
• Webinars: The ICG will hold two (identical) webinars via Adobe Connect and dial-in (webinar details here): 

1. Thursday 6 August 2015 from 19:00-20:30 UTC time converter 
2. Friday 7 August 2015 from 11:00-12:30 UTC time converter 

• News release: https://www.ianacg.org/news-release-icg-seeking-public-input-on-key-internet-governance/

2. ICANN Accountability
The CCWG-Accountability (Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability) has published its 2nd draft for 40-day public comment--see Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1) - ICANN. Community feedback is requested on this 2nd draft proposal of proposed enhancements to ICANN's accountability framework that the CCWG-Accountability has identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place (Work Stream 1). Comments are due by the deadline of 12 September 2015 at 23:59 UTC.

Community feedback (see ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Comments) will help the CCWG-Accountability to improve its proposal and carry on with next steps, including Chartering Organizations' endorsement of the CCWG-Accountability output before it is submitted to the ICANN Board during or after ICANN 54 in Dublin in October 2015.

In order to brief the community on the contents of their 2nd draft proposal, the CCWG-Accountability Chairs will host two identical briefing webinars via Adobe Connect and dial-in (webinar details): 

1. Tuesday 4 August from 19:00 – 21:00 UTC time converter
2. Friday 7 August from 07:00 – 09:00 UTC time converter

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IANA CWG-Stewardship Chairs Holding 2 More Webinars, May 6-7

Once is not enough! CWG-Stewardship is holding two more webinars to "brief interested community members on the content of the 2nd draft proposal, and to respond to questions that have surfaced since the briefings on 24 April." Announced details below.

The webinars will take place on:
6 May from 13:00 – 14:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 9 AM EDT (US)
7 May from 06:00 – 07:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 2 AM EDT (US)

The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room. If you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to brenda.brewer@icann.org and indicate which time you would like to attend the webinar. Please note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the CWG-Stewardship Wiki here.

Background: 

ICANN: IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability information: Links to public comments websites--

• CWG-Stewardship: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-2015-04-22-en - Comments close date 20 May 2015 23:59 UTC

• CCWG-Accountability: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en - Comments close date 3 Jun 2015 23:59 UTC

WEBINAR: Further Discussion on the CWG-Stewardship 2nd Draft Proposal for Public Comment - ICANN: The Cross Community Working Group to Develop an IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal for Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) released its 2nd draft proposal for public comment on 22 April. Following the opening of the public comment proceeding, the CWG-Stewardship Chairs hosted two briefing webinars on 24 April.

The briefing webinars on 24 April focused on the CWG-Stewardship work process, development of the 2nd draft proposal, and provided an overview of the contents and proposed structural model. The CWG-Stewardship Chairs will now host a follow-up series of webinars to brief interested community members on the content of the 2nd draft proposal, and to respond to questions that have surfaced since the briefings on 24 April. These two webinars may help further inform community submissions in time for the close of the public comment period on 20 May.

For further information: https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg.
and https://www.icann.org/stewardship.

Also: IANA Transition Webinars April 24, CWG Briefing on 2nd Draft Proposal


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IANA Transition Webinars April 24, CWG Briefing on 2nd Draft Proposal

CWG-Stewardship [ICANN Cross Community Working Group (CWG) On IANA Naming Related Functions] will hold two identical webinars on its 2nd draft proposal for public comment (*comment period closes 20 May 2015 23:59 UTC) as its part of the the NTIA announced, ICANN convened, ICANN stakeholder process to transition the IANA stewardship functions from the US government (NTIA, US Department of Commerce) to ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a California non-profit corporation).

2nd draft proposal (long form with annexes): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-with-annexes-22apr15-en.pdf

*Comments Forum | To submit a comment send it by email to: 

comments-cwg-stewardship-draft-proposal-22apr15@icann.org

Comment Template (Use of the template not required): 
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-stewardship-input-template-pdf-22apr15-en.pdf

UPDATE: Webinar Slides: https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/cwg-stewardship-towards-final-proposal-23apr15-en.pdf

UPDATE: Webinar Recordings and Transcripts posted on the ICANN GNSO wiki here.

Webinar Details and How to Attend: Anyone may attend the webinars via Adobe Connect room [ https://icann.adobeconnect.com/cwg-iana/ ]

• 24 April from 06:00 – 07:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 2 AM EDT (US) 
• 24 April from 14:00 – 15:30 UTC (time zone converter here) 10 AM EDT (US) 

Alternatively, if you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive telephone dial-in details, send an email to brenda.brewer@icann.org and indicate which time you would like to attend the webinar. Note that the webinar will be conducted in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the CWG-Stewardship Wiki here.

Background:
"Following the request of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the U.S Department of Commerce, for ICANN to "convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition the U.S. government stewardship role" with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management, a Cross Community Working Group (CWG-Stewardship) was formed with the purpose of developing a consolidated transition proposal for the elements of the IANA Functions relating to domain names.

"The CWG-Stewardship held briefing webinars on the first draft proposal on 3-4 December 2014, and subsequently received nearly 60 public comments. Following the close of the public comment period, the CWG-Stewardship reviewed the comments and continued to work at an intense pace to prepare its transition proposal, through more than 30 teleconferences, a working session at ICANN 52 in Singapore in February, a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul in March and, most recently, during a two-day meeting block with over 12 hours of conferences to converge on the 2nd draft proposal.

"With the aim to submit its final proposal to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) by the close of ICANN 53 in June, the CWG-Stewardship highlights the importance of broader community input of their draft, for which the group has received independent legal counsel for structural considerations and external expertise to bolster operational sections." (Background source: ICANN announcement)

Further information about the CWG-Stewardship: https://community.icann.org/x/37fhAg.

Info about the ICG and the IANA Stewardship Transition: https://www.icann.org/stewardship.

See also: CWG-Stewardship Chairs' Foreword (April 22, 2015): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/cwg-stewardship-chair-foreword-22apr15-en.pdf

and: IANA CWG-Stewardship Reverses Course, Chooses 'Internal Model' (March 30, 2015)

and: ICANN, Dysfunction, the Public Interest, and the IANA Transition (April 7, 2015)


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