[NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Questions & Concerns for our Representatives on the Accountability & Transparency Review Team (ATRT2)

[Olivier Kouami]

Hi !
Great news !
There is a lot to learn for a newcomer like me ... ;-).
Thanking you so much, with my warmest regards ... i'm following up ...,
-Olevie-


2013/1/22, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>:
> Hi,
>
> I wasn't in ICANN at the beginning, But when I started in 2005 there was a
> GAC Liaison in the GNSO who actually  participated from time to time.  Those
> who wee around n the days of DNSO and names council can probably give an
> indication on whether there was participation/lision way back then.
>
> As for politics entering the process too soon: from the time the Issues
> report is published, politics is in the process.
>
> avri
>
>
> On 22 Jan 2013, at 14:29, Dan Krimm wrote:
>
>> Thanks Avri for remembering my prior questions.  There is a certain
>> poetic
>> resonance to the idea of "accountable and transparent Accountability and
>> Transparency Reviews."  :-)
>>
>>
>> As for the GAC role, can the more veteran members here review for us what
>> the GAC was supposed to accomplish when it was first incorporated into
>> ICANN's policy-making structure?
>>
>> My gut sense is that it was simply a way to allow governments to weigh in
>> on GNSO policy sort of as a last step before Board consideration --
>> perhaps with enough weight that in serious cases policy could be thrown
>> back to GNSO for reconsideration?  But was the idea to try to hold off
>> GAC
>> (i.e., politics) to a large extent and first try to let the consensus
>> process work its way through?
>>
>> Of course, there is a lot of implicit politics in the consensus process,
>> and so it's probably not accurate to see the consensus process as a pure
>> rational dynamic devoid of power (i.e., political) considerations.
>>
>> Acknowledging the politics inherent in the current (and perhaps any)
>> implementation of the consensus process, the devil's advocate suggests
>> that GAC might as well get involved earlier.  On the other hand, even if
>> purity is not an option, at least we might push back as much as possible
>> against politics entering the policy process too soon.
>>
>> What I'd like to see is a more detailed discussion of this in the context
>> of actual ICANN policy structures.  I haven't been directly enough
>> involved recently to evaluate how things actually work in practice.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>


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