+1 besides the following is still an option:

*"make ICANN Organization's Human Resources department available to assist
in complaints where the complainant has indicated a preference to engage
with a person of a different gender than the current Ombudsman."*

*Regards*

On 28 Mar 2017 07:15, "James Gannon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Quick note, when we were drafting our statement on this I brought up the
> fact that a new office or set of resources was never going to be realistic
> for the organization to create for these situations.
>
> While we can agree that yes it would be better to have a separate function
> that realistically and commercially that was not going to be an option.
>
>
>
> -James
>
>
>
> *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of
> *Corinne Cath
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 12:23 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: The anti-harassment policy
>
>
>
> Thanks for sharing, Farzi. It is great that it passed. But perhaps someone
> can elaborate how the Ombudsperson has (again) become the main mediator in
> the event of (alleged) harassment? Especially, after we had long
> conversations on the list about finding alternatives to such a centralized
> solution. See: http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2016-
> November/019562.html
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:14 PM, farzaneh badii <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>
>
>
>
> *ICANN Community Anti-Harassment Policy and Terms of Participation and
> Complaint Procedure*
>
> is posted:  https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/community-
> anti-harassment-policy-2017-03-24-en
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Corinne J.N. Cath
> Ph.D. Candidate, Oxford Internet Institute & Alan Turing Institute
>
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