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Attendees: Tijani Ben Jemaa; Dina Beer; Becky Burr; Avri Doria; Keith Drazek; David Fares; Athina Fragkouli; Thomas Rickert; Leon Sanchez; Matthew Shears; Mathieu Weill

Apologies: Izumi Okutani

Staff: Grace Abuhamad; Bart Boswinkel; Marika Konings; Adam Peake

 

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Notes & Action Items 

Reminder of target date for delivery of charter: 3 November 2014

 

Recap of changes made to Charter since last meeting: 

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  • Latest version includes most up to date changes (including Matthew Keith, and David today)
  • Edits to fix some left over references to ICG where no longer appropriate as well as updates to reflect that more than one proposal may be submitted by the ICG as the two work streams are likely to be completed along different timelines
  • SOI clarification
  • Clarification about ATRT role in concensus calls

Review of charter:

  • Include definition of the term "accountability" in the Charter (from NETmundial Statement): "Accountable: Mechanisms for independent checks and balances as well asfor review and redress should exist."

Question concerning scope: 

  • What is demarcation between WS1 and WS2?
  • Focus on pre-transition vs. post-transition accountability as opposed to IANA vs. non-IANA?
  • The reference  to IANA Functions accountability is being dealt with by the other CCWG. This group should be focused on accountability reforms made necessary by NTIA's disengagement from its legacy role.
  • ICANN's accountability to the community as a whole may need to be reflected in the charter - is there a conflict between currently proposed definitions of work streams & scope?
  • NTIA oversight created accountability across ICANN - how to recreate that general accountability mechanism prior to any transition. 
  • Everything should be on the table for consideration - up to the CCWG to determine what should be done before transition and what can wait until after. 
  • Recommendations coming out of work stream 1 are expected to provide a path for work going on in work stream 2. Process for addressing anything coming up in work stream 2 is one of the objectives of work stream 1. 
  • Transition of role of US Government is at the heart of the work of the CCWG and also dictates timeline / sense of urgency - if scope is too wide it risks the effort to get lost
  • See challenges identified by Larry Strickling in his speech
  • Stress test one of the key deliverables of CCWG

DT Agreements;

  • Delineation between work stream 1 and 2 should be pre and post transition
  • Charter should not limit accountability mechanisms or functions affected as part of the CCWG work 

Deliverables, timeframes & reporting

  • Proposed edits from Avri (see document circulated)
  • Two additions proposed: 1) when solutions are proposed, deliverables need to include stress test, scenarios to demonstrate that the solutions are resistent to capture / stress; 2) after assessing current situation, priorities need to be identified - what is required before transition and what can wait until after (big impact vs. limited impact) (Avri tried to capture these as part of her edits which will be shared with the DT shortly)
  • Do stress tests need to be defined or conducted prior to transition? At least for stream 1, this should be a requirement to be conducted in theory. For work stream 2, may not be required, or at least not in the short run.
  • Stress test - proposals that demonstrate on paper how they would resist 'stress' (capture, financial crisis) - incl. list of nightmare scenarios. What are the stresses that were tested and how the various mechanisms enable ICANN survive these 'stresses'. 

Membership

Working relationship with ICG / IANA Stewardship CWG

  • Consider including reference to regular meetings between chairs
  • Clarify the role of the board (not related to co-ordination, but to final approval of proposals) - include link to board resolution
  • Review this section and consider clarifying
  • Main focus should be on IANA Stewardship Transition CWG as ICG just has a co-ordinating role

Expert Advisors

  • Section captures comments provided by Mathieu

Action items:

  • Mathieu to draft language to update problem statement - need to close gap in accountability (trust of stakeholders in current accountability mechanisms - not deemed sufficient, part of which needs to be addressed  prior to transition, part of which can be done after. Expand in goals section what the CWG is expected to achieve. Following that, Mathieu will review other parts of the document to make sure these align (including work stream 1 and 2 descriptions)
  • Staff to collate Larry Strickling's & Fadi's statements/comments from recent speeches related to this effort
  • DT members to review issues collated in public comment period and phrase those into questions that can be included for each work stream - Keith volunteered to work with RySG to develop a first list of questions for DT review. Matthew volunteered to assist with this as well.
  • Avri to review deliverables section and suggest additional edits based on comments received, if needed
  • Update draft language in working relationship with CCWG and ICG to reflect comments received
  • Next meeting has been scheduled for Thursday 30 October at 13.00 UTC

 

Recordings

 The Adobe Connect recording is available here: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p84ue5dqnk7/

The audio recording is available here: conf_923067.mp3

Attendees: 

Apologies: 

Staff: 

 

 

Chat Transcript

 Marika Konings:Welcome to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Charter Drafting Team meeting of 27 October 2014

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