Hi Robin, thanks for this summary. definitely a tight timeline ! I can confirm that we are going to have webinar and also using the next NCSG call, just finding the appropriate date/time. Best Regards, Rafik 2015-04-09 3:32 GMT+09:00 Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]>: > Greetings NCSG'ers: > > ICANN has released a new timeline for the CCWG Accountability work (and > also CWG IANA work) attached to this email and available on this wiki: > > https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Drafts+for+CCWG-Accountability > > In sum, the current plan is to have our initial outline of recommendations > for accountability reforms in Work Stream 1 by 20 April to go out for > public comment. Work Stream 1 are those accountability reforms which must > be implemented or committed to before the NTIA stewardship transition can > occur. The Work Stream 1 issues are community empowerment, reforming the > Independent Review Panel and Reconsideration Request Processes, recalling > board members, translating parts of the AOC into ICANN's bylaws, a "golden > bylaw" to limit ICANN's mission creep, revising ICANN's mission and core > values in line with AOC. > > Probably the thorniest of the WS1 issues is the "community empowerment" > goal. The various proposals for this goal include turning ICANN into a > membership organization, tweeking its existing status by empowering the > SO/ACs through bylaws revisions, a proposal for a "community veto" on key > board decisions, creation of a "community council" or a permanent CCWG on > accountability, etc. These are big complex issues and we will need to make > a recommendation that goes out for public comment on 20 April. I believe > Rafik is in the process of organizing an NCSG webinar on this subject and > we can also discuss the issue on Tuesday's NCSG monthly call. > > At the Buenos Aires ICANN meeting in June, there will be much discussion > of these proposals and refinements of the initial recommendations based > upon the feedback of the first comment period and the engagement sessions > in BA. There will be a second comment period in July to hammer out the > details of whichever mechanisms are ultimately selected for adoption by the > CCWG. ICANN's timeline says Comment Period 2 is "if needed" but of course > these issues are of such significance and we are undertaking such sweeping > reforms that a continued dialogue with the community is mandatory and will > be needed. > > And then 9 August is when we are planning to submit the final > recommendations to the SO's and AC's for their approval, who have 21 days > to approve them (has GAC ever approved of anything in 21 days?); and then > they go to the ICANN Board of Directors for approval on 30 August (assuming > everybody approved everything). Then we also start work on Work Stream 2 > accountability reforms, which are all the other accountability reforms that > didn't have to be committed to before ICANN can be cut loose from the NTIA. > > I'd very much appreciate hearing NCSG members' thoughts on these proposed > reforms in the coming days. > > Thanks, > Robin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ncsg-acct mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://mailman.ipjustice.org/listinfo/ncsg-acct > >