I've been working my way through the accountability proposal - does 
anyone know if someone has put together a clean version of the full 
ICANN By-laws as they would look if the Proposal were adopted in its 
current form?  I think it would be very useful to have that - I find 
that it's enormously difficult to get a sense of the whole package, 
and how the various parts interrelate, without it.

On the merits, I continue to think that an enormous amount is riding 
on the success/failure of the IRP -  the Single Member structure is 
cumbersome, and will likely make it difficult for the single member 
to take action, which increases the importance of the IRP's role; the 
IRP will be called upon to make very difficult judgments about what 
ICANN's mission is, and what the words in the Bylaws actually mean in 
practice; Paul's example of the "ambiguity as to the role of 
governments in the reformed ICANN" is but one of many ambiguities 
that will need to be worked out over time - and I am not yet 
confident that the IRP is set up to perform this task well.  The 
devil's in the details, and I don't think we've got the details right yet.

David




At 04:59 PM 8/10/2015, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
>I am surprised at how little discussion we are seeing here about the 
>ICANN accountability and IANA reform proposals.
>Let's get some going!
>
>First, how many of us have actually read the ICG's combined IANA 
>transition proposal or useful summaries of the proposal? Would it be 
>useful for someone to set out a basic outline of the key elements of 
>the proposal and identify points of controversy upon which NCSG 
>might want to comment?
>
>Second, how many of us have actually read the CCWG's proposed 
>accountability reforms? Would it be useful for someone to set out a 
>basic outline of the key elements of the proposal and identify 
>points of controversy upon which NCSG might want to comment?
>
>Dr. Milton L. Mueller
>Professor, School of Public Policy
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>
>

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