- The future of multistakeholderism
(although i am not the SME, while I am in the file anyway ...
As a form of participatory democracy that builds on the other forms of democracy practiced in the world today, the variety of multistakeholder models have a promising future. Multistakeholderism is, however, threaten by those who reject this form of democracy, oftentimes by the same states who reject democracy. These projectionists find support in all other sectors, but at this point in time those who support he model form a rough consensus in its favor. It is a a form of democratic action that is still evolving and still needs a fair amount of care and attention to thrive. NETmundial has given the world one of its first examples of multistakeholder decision making modalities. This points the way forward for multistakeholderism.
- what are the current definciens in the ICANN multistakeholder model
- Is the ICANN model suitable for other organizations
- Is it a problem that the stakeholder groups are divided in a diffeernt configurations that the orthodox Government, Civil society, Private Sector triad.
- What can ICANN learn from NETmundial
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4. ICANN Transparency and Accountability
Hong Xue:
(1) Are the current ICANN appeal mechanisms (IRP and reconsideration process) working?
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This seems a bit weak.
Of course they aren't working.
A better question might be:
What sort of appeals mechanisms does ICANN need?
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(2) What is your proposal for future reform?
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Having asked the question already, might want to ask instead:
2) Is the soft bottom-up oversight offered by the AOC adequate or does ICANN need some other form of oversight, especially in this time of NTIA transition?
3. How can the AOC Accountability and Transparency process be improved.
4. Do you agree with Transparency by default for an organization like ICANN. Should all issues that are not treated with full transparency be logged as such with a description of why Transparency was not appropriate treatment for the issue. Should there be a time limit on items that are deemed secret?
5. Does ICANN need a yearly Transparency audit? why?
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4. ICANN Transparency and Accountability
Hong Xue: ATRT Final Recommendations #9 generally reflects the community feed backs and contains the improvements. Rec.9.2 is particularly important for accountability of decision-making process and reform of appeal mechanism. It is insightful to form a SCG to examine the options to restructure the current IRP and reconsideration process. But it is still unclear whether the review/restructure will cover the other "appeal" mechanisms in various gTLDs and ccTLDs processes, such as the objection procedures in the new gTLD program and apply for review procedure in IDN ccTLD program. It is especially unclear whether IRP and reconsideration process will be the "final" appeal channel available to review any other appeal decisions, either from internal bodies or outside service providers.
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s we have not seen what the Board intends to do about recommendation 9.2 it is good to be skeptical. But if indeed they do honor the suggestion for a community wide discussion of ICANN accountability and appeals, then At-large needs a strategy for contributing to that. For accountability to be real, it needs to extend to all of the ALS so that they can look at it from the diversity of global user perspectives that only At-Large can bring to ICANN.
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