Dear colleagues,

There are two questions that the Board would like to discuss with the NCSG. Do we have volunteers to kickstart our response? 

We are as well taking this opportunity to share with you the Board questions for your group, for discussion during this meeting .

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE NCSG:
  1. Diversity is considered to be a challenge in ICANN. How is your SO/AC doing with regard to enhancing diversity in all its dimensions? What can ICANN do to support that effort?
  2. What is your feedback on the final report of the CCWG on Accountability?
Thanks!
Marília

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Marilia Maciel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear all,

As we discussed today during the NCSG policy committee meeting, the following questions have been chosen as topics for discussions with the Board and have been communicated to Bruce Tonkin. 

Thank you and looking forward to seeing you in our NCSG-Board session on Tuesday, 17:00-18:00, in room Atlas. 

Best wishes,
Marília

Question 1:

How does the Board’s Organisational Effectiveness Committee plan on handling the feedback from the GNSO Review Working Party/GNSO Council on Westlake’s recommendations, particularly where there is conflict between what Westlake have recommended, and what the GNSO Working Party believes to be a more desirable course of action?

Presenter of the question: Amr Elsadr

 

Question 2:

Does the Board agree on the need for greater "Awareness and Capacity Building for Broader and Deeper Engagement in ICANN Policy and for a Secure and Stable DNS"? If so, what are the parameters under which this should be implemented?

Presenter: Klaus Stoll

 

Question 3:

The cross community working party on ICANN’s Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights has been discussing a human rights policy for ICANN, which would be needed to live up to the commitment to respect human rights encompassed in the CCWG report. How does the board envision a process for the development of a human rights policy for ICANN? Would there be dedicated ICANN staff working on the development of a human rights policy who could also function as a focal point on human rights? And if so, who would this person likely be? Would a Board’s human rights statement be part of endeavor, as suggested by the Board in your comments to the 3rd draft report of the CCWG on Accountability?

Presenter: Niels ten Oever

 

Question 4:

ICANN has invested on hiring policy staffers in the last year and has an enormous new capability for workflow, but the stakeholders do not. There is no way to keep up with what is "in the queue" and coming down the pike. How do we make the workload reasonable if we want the volunteer, multi-stakeholder model to continue? Is it based on ICANN capacity or stakeholder capacity?

Presenter: Kathy Kleiman







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Marília Maciel
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Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law School

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