The At-Large Advisory Committee believes:
- That it is essential that the At-Large Community, and the ICANN communities by extension, can expect the highest standards of behaviour and commitment from Members of the At-Large Advisory Committee;
- That an essential element of demonstrating those principles is to have a written Accountability Framework which provides the Community with easy-to-understand metrics related to performance and behaviour;
- That a part of such a Framework must include sanctions for breaches of the Framework;
- The ALAC notes that the Chair has directed the Staff to compile those elements related to accountability and performance of ALAC members that already exist and that this is currently in the process of being completed.
The ALAC therefore resolves as follows:
- The ICANN Staff synthesis shall be completed and provided to the Executive Committee of the ALAC not later than 20th March 2008;
- That the Executive Committee shall discuss the synthesis at its next meeting and propose such amendments as it thinks useful at that time;
- That the Members of the ALAC shall be invited to make comments on the draft Accountability Framework, the draft being made available not later than 29th March, with comments due to be received on the ALAC public list not later than 31st March 2008 at 1200 UTC;
- That the RALOs shall be invited to comment on the proposed Framework for the same period;
- That the Executive Committee of the ALAC or ICANN Staff in concert with the Executive Committee shall compile comments received and present a final draft Accountability Framework for adoption at the April 2008 Monthly Teleconference, said draft to be published for review not later than 4th April 2008.
