Certainly we should file a comment on this important process that is  
reviewing ICANN's accountability and transparency mechanisms.  Take a  
look at the Initial Questions from the ATRT to the ICANN community.   
Then we should draw together the noncommercial members who want to  
draft a statement on behalf of the group.  The comment period ends 1  
July, but it would be better if we got our comment in earlier in the  
process, rather than at the end of the comment period.  Any volunteers?

Thanks,
Robin


http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18may10-en.htm

Public Comments Opens Today: Questions to the Community on  
Accountability and Transparency within ICANN
18 May 2010

Explanation/Background: In the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC),  
ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public  
input, accountability and transparency so as to ensure that the  
outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and  
be accountable to all stakeholders. The AoC Accountability and  
Transparency Review Team (ATRT) is in the process of analyzing  
stakeholder and community input that has been submitted on these  
topics prior to the AoC (i.e. comments on Improving Institutional  
Confidence, submissions to the NTIA NOI on expiration of the JPA,  
etc.). However, the ATRT would also like to understand if there are  
new inputs or changes in stakeholder views since the establishment of  
the AoC.

The Initial Questions from the ATRT can be found here:  http:// 
www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/community-questions-18may10- 
en.pdf [PDF, 225 KB]

The Accountability and Transparency Review Team web space with other  
reference materials can be found here: http://www.icann.org/en/ 
reviews/affirmation/activities-1-en.htm

The Process Going Forward:

At the end of this Public Comment period, the ATRT will review the  
comments submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various  
submissions. The ATRT will use them as both benchmarking of post AoC  
community view and to inform the specific methodologies and processes  
the ATRT will be conducting between now and December 2010.

Deadline and How to Submit Comments:

The ATRT is opening a 45-day public comment, from 18th May through 1  
July 2010, and invites community comments and responses to these  
questions.

The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: http:// 
www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007-en.htm#atrt

To Submit Comment: [log in to unmask]

To View Comments:  http://forum.icann.org/lists/atrt-questions-2010/

Staff Responsible: Alice Jansen, ICANN Assistant, Organizational  
Review [log in to unmask]




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