[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fadi's strategy panels

Robin Gross robin at ipjustice.org
Tue Oct 15 20:23:35 CEST 2013 

My main concern about these "strategy panels" is that they seem to be a formal re-working of the way decisions are taken at ICANN.  Instead of a bottom-up process that involves participation from any stakeholder and includes procedural safeguards in a PDP process, this effort puts the strategic Internet governance decisions in the hands of ICANN senior staff and invites more politics.  The panels' composition, scope, and leadership are all decided by ICANN staff - NOT by the community of stakeholders.  Without the GNSO stakeholders (where anyone can participate) making key decisions for the future of ICANN, senior ICANN staff will be able to shape those decisions (and Internet governance) much easier.  

Thomas Jefferson said that for governance to be legitimate, it must have the consent of the governed.  But top-down initiatives like this, move ICANN further away from having the consent of the governed and more toward a board-staff dictatorship with no real checks on that power or any means to make that board-staff accountable to the governed (Internet users).

Best,
Robin


On Oct 15, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:

> Hi Bill,
> 
> congratulations to Wolfgang and yes for the suggestion. 
> but I think that we should raise one question, who come Paul Mockapetris is a chair of a panel and he was just hired by ICANN as security senior advisor http://domainincite.com/14623-mockapetris-hired-as-icann-security-advisor ? then to have clarity how the community will provide its inputs
> 
> Best,
> 
> Rafik 
> 
> 
> 2013/10/15 William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
> Below Fadi's latest experiment.  Congratulations to Wolfgang, nice to have at least one NCUC member in the mix.  It would be good if we could get organized to provide some inputs, as most of these touch on matters of interest to noncommercial interests, both internally and in the wider ecosystem (given the Montevideo statement and Dilma/Fadi summit in Brazil next April).  Maybe we can squeeze some discussion into the Constituency Day schedule in BA, although it'll be tight.
> 
> Best
> 
> Bill
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
>> Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN Announcements This Week
>> Date: October 15, 2013 7:55:50 AM GMT+02:00
>> To: "soac-infoalert at icann.org" <soac-infoalert at icann.org>
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>> ICANN Announces Membership and Frameworks for Strategy Panels
>> 
>> Community Encouraged to Provide Input and Comment on Panels’ Work
>> 
>>  
>> Los Angeles, California… ICANN today announced the membership and operating timeframe for four strategy panels.
>> 
>> ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé announced creation of the panels during the organization’s July meeting in Durban, South Africa. Chehadé said they will bring together subject matter experts, thought leaders and industry practitioners to help transform and guide ICANN’s five year strategic plan.
>> 
>> The membership of the strategy panels is here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14oct13-en.htm
>> 
>> ICANN also announced a new timeframe for the panels, under which they are expected to complete their work by 31 January 2014.  
>> 
>> “This new timeframe is aimed at facilitating public comment on the panels’ work prior to its possible consideration in the formation of ICANN’s strategic plan and our 2015 budget,” said Theresa Swinehart, Senior Advisor to the President on Global Strategy “We are encouraging our community to provide input and comment before the panels submit their final reports at the end of January.”
>> 
>> The strategy panels are exploring the following subjects:
>> 
>> Identifier Technology Innovation, chaired by Paul Mockapetris.
>> ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem, chaired by Vint Cerf.
>> ICANN Multistakeholder Innovation, chaired by Beth Simone Noveck
>> Public Responsibility Framework, chaired by Nii Quaynor.
>> The four panels begin work this month. The public comment period on the panels' recommendations will begin 31 January 2014 and conclude 31 March 2014.
>> 
>> A fifth panel had been announced in Durban on the Role of ICANN in the Future of Internet Governance. That panel is being refocused and more information will be announced in the coming weeks.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Strategic Planning & Strategy Panels Schedules Updated
>> To provide more opportunity for community consideration and public comment on a draft ICANN Vision and 5-year Strategic Plan, the development schedule has been extended to accommodate two rounds of online public input, and community discussions at the ICANN Buenos Aires (November 2013) and Singapore (March 2014) meetings.
>> 9 October 2013
>> NGPC Resolution for Addressing the Consequences of Name Collisions
>> At its 18 May 2013 meeting, the ICANN Board adopted a resolution to commission a study to identify the levels of potential impact posed by each applied-for new gTLD on the use of TLDs that are not currently delegated at the root level of the public DNS.
>> 8 October 2013
>> Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation
>> Montevideo, Uruguay – The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure globally have met in Montevideo, Uruguay, to consider current issues affecting the future of the Internet.
>> 7 October 2013
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>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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