-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [council] ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and Principles for Consultation Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:33:41 -0400 From: Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> To: Council GNSO <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> Hi, I just want to add that I received a note from Paul Levins asking me to: > I would greatly appreciate you drawing the attention of your > members to this new draft and inviting them to make comments on the > public forum that will be created on the ICANN website. I encourage you all to comment. thanks a. On 18 okt 2007, at 05.59, [log in to unmask] wrote: > > [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] > [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] > > ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency > Frameworks and Principles for Consultation > > ICANN today posts the next version of the Frameworks and Principles > for consultation > 17 October 2007 > > * Read the Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and > Principles for Consultation [PDF, 180K] > http://www.icann.org/transparency/acct-trans-frameworks- > principles-17oct07.pdf > > * Send comments to [log in to unmask] > * View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-mop-2007 > > These documents have been in development since late 2006. The > process began with a consultation which asked the community for > their views on accountability and transparency at ICANN. An issues > paper summarising these comments was posted in January this year > (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26jan07b.htm). > Based on the feedback that was received and the input from the One > World Trust report on accountability and transparency (http:// > www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-4-29mar07.htm), a draft > set of Frameworks and principles was released for comment in June. > > A panel discussion and consultation session was conducted at the > San Juan meeting and a public comment forum was opened on the > website (http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/files/sanjuan/SanJuan- > WorkshopAccountabilityTransparency-27June07.txt). A summary of the > all comments received was posted recently (http://forum.icann.org/ > lists/draft-mop-2007/msg00008.html). > > Next Steps > > Based on this comment and discussion, this revised set of > Frameworks and Principles is being posted for further community > consultation. A public comment forum will be opened on the website > and we will take comments through 12 November. There will also be a > consultation session at the Los Angeles meeting to allow attendees > at the meeting to take part in a discussion of the revised > principles. This will be held on Wednesday 30 October between 1530 > and 1700 hours. > > The Frameworks and Principles will be revised based on the feedback > that is received and it is hoped that a final version will be > submitted to the Board for approval at their December meeting. > > The key changes between this version and previous version are as > follows: > > Financial Accountability at ICANN > > * A separate section on external audit has been included > > Dispute Resolution at ICANN > > * Small changes to clarify meaning > * An additional section on registry and registrar dispute > resolution has been included > > ICANN Consultation Principles > > * Several small changes to clarify meaning > * Changes in response to community comment > > ICANN Translation Principles > > * Significantly rewritten based on feedback and work progressed > by ICANN staff translation committee. > > ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior > > * Renamed to ensure that the standards listed apply to all > forms of exchange within the community > * Small changes to clarify meaning > > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org >