[NCUC-EC] Fwd: Conduct at ICANN Meetings

[Rafik Dammak]

hi everyone,

with the regard to our statement about anti-harassment, there is ongoing
discussion on how the community should work on that, the different options
to give input to board. On other hand, GNSO council itself is drafting a
letter to send to the interim CEO and making some suggestions about key
points to be covered (
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg18468.html and
http://mailman.ipjustice.org/pipermail/pc-ncsg/2016-April/003591.html)

reading some reactions, not all part of communities are keen to get
involved on working on such process and would prefer to  experts to handle
it. On other side, I know that some of our members are eager to work on the
issue.

so the question here, it is how NCUC should do for this issue and what is
the preferred option.
personally, I don't have a preference and guess some mix of volunteers and
experts to draft a policy would work, avoiding over-engineering the process
and able to deliver quickly.

Best Regards,

Rafik

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Dear Community Leaders:



I would  like to follow up on our discussion on 12 April regarding the
community’s involvement in developing anti-harassment language, policies
and procedures appropriate for our global diverse community that attend
ICANN’s meetings. ICANN staff had initially recommended that a
community-based consultation group could be formed with the aim to gather
information about other policies elsewhere, particularly in the Internet
and technology conference space, that can inform further Board and
community discussions on the topic.



Several participants on the 12 April call noted, however, that in order to
develop an appropriate policy and process, expert advice will be key. As
such, they felt that confining these discussions to a community group which
may lack the requisite expertise might not be the best approach.



The call participants all agreed that this is nevertheless a topic that
clearly warrants further discussion. Certainly, the ICANN Board remains
eager to work with the community to move forward with clarifying and
enhancing our current Expected Standards of Behavior. Staff would therefore
like to offer the following suggestions for you and your respective
community’s consideration as to whether any of them might be a useful way
to continue to involve the community in this work:


•  Convene a community-based group to provide a list suggestions of other
event and organizational policies that the ICANN Board should look at in
considering improved or new policies, on the understanding that appropriate
subject matter experts will be consulted in drafting a final policy;

•  Convene a community-based group to provide input to the ICANN Board with
respect to any potential changes or additions that the Board may wish to
recommend to the community as a result of further Board discussions and
expert consultations on the topic; and

•  Do not convene a formal group, but leave it to each community
(SO/AC/SG/Constituency/RALO) and individual participants to provide
suggestions to, and comment on possible recommendations from, the Board as
a result of further Board discussions and expert consultations on the
topic.


Thank you all for your input and for helping us ensure that the ICANN
community remains involved in work on this important topic.



Best regards,


David
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