[Fwd: Re: [council] ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and Principles for Consultation]

[Robin Gross]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [council] ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and
Transparency Frameworks and Principles for Consultation
Date: 	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:33:41 -0400
From: 	Avri Doria <avri at psg.com>
To: 	Council GNSO <council at gnso.icann.org>
References: 	<47172E95.7060403 at gnso.icann.org>



Hi,

I just want to add that I received a note from Paul Levins asking me to:

> I would greatly appreciate you drawing the attention of your
> members to this new draft and inviting them to make comments on the
> public forum that will be created on the ICANN website.

I encourage you all to comment.

thanks

a.


On 18 okt 2007, at 05.59, GNSO.SECRETARIAT at GNSO.ICANN.ORG wrote:

>
> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]
>
> ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency
> Frameworks and Principles for Consultation
>
> ICANN today posts the next version of the Frameworks and Principles
> for consultation
> 17 October 2007
>
>     * Read the Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and
> Principles for Consultation [PDF, 180K]
> http://www.icann.org/transparency/acct-trans-frameworks-
> principles-17oct07.pdf
>
>     * Send comments to draft-mop-2007 at icann.org
>     * View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-mop-2007
>
> These documents have been in development since late 2006. The
> process began with a consultation which asked the community for
> their views on accountability and transparency at ICANN. An issues
> paper summarising these comments was posted in January this year
> (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26jan07b.htm).
> Based on the feedback that was received and the input from the One
> World Trust report on accountability and transparency (http://
> www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-4-29mar07.htm), a draft
> set of Frameworks and principles was released for comment in June.
>
> A panel discussion and consultation session was conducted at the
> San Juan meeting and a public comment forum was opened on the
> website (http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/files/sanjuan/SanJuan-
> WorkshopAccountabilityTransparency-27June07.txt). A summary of the
> all comments received was posted recently (http://forum.icann.org/
> lists/draft-mop-2007/msg00008.html).
>
> Next Steps
>
> Based on this comment and discussion, this revised set of
> Frameworks and Principles is being posted for further community
> consultation. A public comment forum will be opened on the website
> and we will take comments through 12 November. There will also be a
> consultation session at the Los Angeles meeting to allow attendees
> at the meeting to take part in a discussion of the revised
> principles. This will be held on Wednesday 30 October between 1530
> and 1700 hours.
>
> The Frameworks and Principles will be revised based on the feedback
> that is received and it is hoped that a final version will be
> submitted to the Board for approval at their December meeting.
>
> The key changes between this version and previous version are as
> follows:
>
> Financial Accountability at ICANN
>
>     * A separate section on external audit has been included
>
> Dispute Resolution at ICANN
>
>     * Small changes to clarify meaning
>     * An additional section on registry and registrar dispute
> resolution has been included
>
> ICANN Consultation Principles
>
>     * Several small changes to clarify meaning
>     * Changes in response to community comment
>
> ICANN Translation Principles
>
>     * Significantly rewritten based on feedback and work progressed
> by ICANN staff translation committee.
>
> ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior
>
>     * Renamed to ensure that the standards listed apply to all
> forms of exchange within the community
>     * Small changes to clarify meaning
>
>
> --
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
> gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>