All,

Please take a few moments and fill-out this questionnaire from the Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT).  This process is important for ensuring ICANN's integrity in its own functioning, so the ATRT process is a crucial opportunity to improve ICANN as an organization.  Comments are accepted until 19 May.  Please consider participating in the online survey when you have a moment in the next few days.

Thanks,
Robin

ATRT Online Questionnaire:
  https://limesurvey.icann.org/index.php/survey/index/sid/377778/lang/en

Accountability and Transparency Review Team 2

Note to the Community: The Accountability and Transparency Review Team 2 (ATRT2) posts this Request for comments contemporaneous with the ICANN’s 46th public meeting in Beijing. The ATRT2 is at the initial phase of its review of ICANN’s implementation of the recommendations arising out of the three prior Review Teams (the first Accountability and Transparency Review, the Security, Stability and Resiliency Review, and the WHOIS Review and is in the process of identifying issues on which it will place particular focus during its review. In so doing, input from the Community is critical to ensure that the ATRT2 is focusing its work appropriately.
 
ATRT2 has asked ICANN staff to open the initial Comment Period for the standard 21 days upon the completion of the 46th public meeting in Beijing to allow the Community time to provide meaningful comments. The Comment Period will be followed by a standard 21 day Reply Period. Given the number of questions presented that address the full spectrum of prior Review Team recommendations, ICANN’s implementation of those recommendations, and the effect of the implementation efforts, the ATRT2 welcomes any comment from Community members even if those comments are limited to a select number of the questions.
 
Explanation/Background: In the Affirmation of Commitments (Affirmation), ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability and transparency to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and be accountable to all stakeholders. The second iteration of the Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2), as specified under the Affirmation, is in the process of assessing the extent to which the Board and staff have implemented the recommendations arising out of the ATRT1, the WHOIS Review Team (WHOISRT) and the Security, and the Stability and Resiliency Review Team (SSRRT) and whether those recommendations and their implementation have resulted in the desired improvements. In this inquiry, the ATRT2 will also assess the accountability and transparency of the processes used by the ICANN Board and staff to review and implement the Review Team recommendations. In addition, the ATRT2 is discussing what new issues, consistent with the scope of the ATRT2 as specified in the Affirmation ¶ 9.1, should be included in its work program. Accordingly, the ATRT2 seeks community input on its scope and workprogram.
 
For additional information, refer to Public Comment page, which includes a PDF version of the questions.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/atrt2-02apr13-en.htm.