[ncdnhc-discuss] Fwd: [council] Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks Public Submissions

[Erick Iriarte]

FYI

Erick Iriarte

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>Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:34:37 -0800
>From: Louis Touton <touton at icann.org>
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>Subject: [council] Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks Public 
>Submissions
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>To the Names Council:
>
>At the ICANN Board meeting held in Accra on 14 March 2002, the Committee
>on ICANN Evolution and Reform was charged with consulting with the
>community concerning reform proposals and reporting back with
>recommendations to be considered by the Board at its Bucharest meeting
>on 28 June 2002.  As part of its work to meet this challenge, today the
>Evolution and Reform Committee made the following announcement to the
>community.  The Committee looks forward to working with the Names
>Council in developing a sound approach to meeting the challenges that
>face the entire ICANN community.
>
>Louis Touton
>ICANN Secretary
>
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>   Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform Seeks Public Submissions
>
>The Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform welcomes public input from
>all interested persons or entities on the presently ongoing review of
>ICANN's mission, structure, and processes. The earlier the input, the
>more useful it will be in helping the Committee, so it encourages all
>input as soon as possible. The Committee will of course consider all
>comments received, but the expedited schedule that the Committee is
>required to meet means that earlier comments will inevitably be more
>useful than later ones. Any comments received after 29 April 2002 are
>likely to be significantly less useful than those received by that date.
>
>While the Committee has not reached any conclusion that the proposal put
>forth by Stuart Lynn is in whole or in part the most appropriate way to
>meet this goal, it believes that proposal can serve as a useful point
>of reference for analysis and discussion. Thus, it would be helpful for
>comments to make reference to that document, and point out areas of
>agreement and disagreement. The Committee would particularly benefit
>from hearing views on:
>
>    (1) What is or should be ICANN's mission? In this regard, please use
>the recent staff posting as your starting point, and tell us (a) which
>if any of the activities listed there should not be part of ICANN's
>mission, (b) whether there are additional activities not listed that
>should be part of ICANN's mission, and (c) what mechanisms are
>available, once ICANN's mission statement is finalized, to minimize the
>risk that ICANN will stray beyond those boundaries.
>
>    (2) Are the issues raised in Stuart Lynn's report a correct
>perception of the problems facing ICANN? If not, why not? What are the
>real problems?
>
>    (3) Are the specific suggested reforms set forth in that report
>appropriate, and likely to be workable and effective? If not, why not?
>What are your ideas for workable and effective alternatives?
>
>    (4) Assuming you believe that structural and procedural reforms are
>necessary to ensure that ICANN carries out its mission, what transition
>mechanisms or approaches should be used to migrate from the status quo
>to the future environment? Over what time period should this migration
>take place?
>
>In addition to receiving and reviewing public input, the Committee plans
>to engage in an intense effort to gather all relevant information
>(including public comments past and future), consider all options that
>are consistent with ICANN accomplishing its mission and remaining true
>to its core values, reach out to those in the ICANN community that it
>believes can be helpful, and make recommendations to the ICANN Board on
>a schedule that will allow the Board to post whatever it sees fit no
>later than 31 May 2002.
>
>Comments can be forwarded to the Committee in three different ways:
>
>    1. Substantive submissions can be made to reform-comments at icann.org.
>All submissions made will be reviewed, sorted by subject, indexed, and
>posted on the ICANN forum web site. This mechanism is intended to
>promote thoughtful community discussion of the issues involved in the
>ICANN reform process.
>
>    2. The Committee has also established an e-mail address
>(reform at icann.org) which can be used for direct communications to the
>Committee, including both inquiries and comments regarding the
>Committee's report and proposals for the Committee's consideration.
>Submissions to this address will not be routinely posted.
>
>    3. Finally, the existing web-based forum on President Lynn's proposal
>will remain available to all who wish to use it. This forum is
>automatically updated and will not be sorted in any way.
>
>The Committee encourages all interested parties to offer their views on
>the important and complicated subject of ICANN evolution and reform. It
>will appreciate all the help it can get in formulating recommendations.