Begin forwarded message: > From: "[log in to unmask]" > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 17, 2008 1:53:24 AM PST > To: "'Council GNSO'" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [council] Possible ‘Next Steps’ in Dispute Resolution > > > > [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] > > http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-11jan08.htm > Possible ‘Next Steps’ in Dispute Resolution > > Document released by ICANN for Public Notice > > 11 January 2008 > > MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: Following the posting of the Frameworks and > Principles for Accountability and Transparency, the Internet > Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers today published a > document that countenances some possible additional improvements in > dispute resolution mechanisms. > > In response to feedback on accountability and transparency issues > during the consultation process — especially feedback received > during a workshop at ICANN’s Los Angeles meeting held in November > 2007 — the ‘Next Steps’ document contains two ideas: > > First, that the Board Governance Committee schedule a review of > existing dispute resolution mechanisms to identify ways in which > they may might provide even higher levels of accountability. This > approach is inline with ICANN’s commitment to regularly review its > structures. > > Second, that in the context of the upcoming Board review, the > possibility of a mechanism for the community to ask the Board to > reconsider a decision be investigated, along with a mechanism to > dissolve and reconstitute the Board should it engage in unethical > or other misbehavior. > > The document [PDF, 89K] is posted for public notice prior to final > consideration by the Board. > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]