I've been working my way through the accountability proposal - does anyone know if someone has put together a clean version of the full ICANN By-laws as they would look if the Proposal were adopted in its current form? I think it would be very useful to have that - I find that it's enormously difficult to get a sense of the whole package, and how the various parts interrelate, without it. On the merits, I continue to think that an enormous amount is riding on the success/failure of the IRP - the Single Member structure is cumbersome, and will likely make it difficult for the single member to take action, which increases the importance of the IRP's role; the IRP will be called upon to make very difficult judgments about what ICANN's mission is, and what the words in the Bylaws actually mean in practice; Paul's example of the "ambiguity as to the role of governments in the reformed ICANN" is but one of many ambiguities that will need to be worked out over time - and I am not yet confident that the IRP is set up to perform this task well. The devil's in the details, and I don't think we've got the details right yet. David At 04:59 PM 8/10/2015, Mueller, Milton L wrote: >I am surprised at how little discussion we are seeing here about the >ICANN accountability and IANA reform proposals. >Let's get some going! > >First, how many of us have actually read the ICG's combined IANA >transition proposal or useful summaries of the proposal? Would it be >useful for someone to set out a basic outline of the key elements of >the proposal and identify points of controversy upon which NCSG >might want to comment? > >Second, how many of us have actually read the CCWG's proposed >accountability reforms? Would it be useful for someone to set out a >basic outline of the key elements of the proposal and identify >points of controversy upon which NCSG might want to comment? > >Dr. Milton L. Mueller >Professor, School of Public Policy >Georgia Institute of Technology > > ******************************* David G Post - Senior Fellow, Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation blog (Volokh Conspiracy) http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/david-post book (Jefferson's Moose) http://tinyurl.com/c327w2n music http://tinyurl.com/davidpostmusic publications etc. http://www.davidpost.com *******************************