[governance] POST JPA

[Vanda Scartezini]

 Dear list

 

 The ICANN's independence with the end of JPA can be seen at icann.org.  We
have translated Rod's speech to Portuguese to make it easy for all
Portuguese speaking colleagues.

 Best to all

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Willie Currie [mailto:wcurrie at apc.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:50 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Avri Doria
Subject: Re: [governance] so do i owe bill drake a pizza or not?

 

Ok, so the main shift is the establishment of four review processes 

which will assess ICANN's performance in four areas in three year 

cycles. The review teams will be jointly established by the ICANN Chair 

or CEO and the Chair of the GAC. These reviews will replace the role of 

the US DoC in reviewing ICANN's performance. One can see an increased 

role for the GAC in oversight of ICANN here, but it is a 'soft' form of 

oversight - the 'recommendations of the reviews will be provided to the 

Board and posted for public comment. The Board will take action within 

six months of receipt of the recommendations'. In other words, there is 

no enforcement mechanism for the recommendations - the ICANN Board is 

not obliged to implement the recommendations, i.e. the reviews will have 

the soft force of persuasion and moral or political pressure but not the 

instruments of 'hard' oversight. This is reinforced in the Affirmation 

by the clear statement that 'ICANN is a private organization and nothing 

in this Affirmation should be construed as control by any one entity.' 

So  the Board  remains the key body of power within ICANN  and the least 

accountable, as there is no democratic mechanism for the bottom-up ICANN 

community to dismiss the Board.

 

Nevertheless this is a step forward, with respect to diluting unilateral 

US oversight of ICANN. It remains to be seen to what extent civil 

society is represented on any of the review teams and whether the 

recommendations of the reviews are accepted and implemented by the ICANN 

Board. The EU has come out in support of the continuation of the IGF 'as 

it is the only place where all internet related topics can be addressed 

by a wide range of stakeholders from all over the world, including 

Parliamentarians.' It will be interesting to see what role the IGF may 

be able to play as a space where the reviews can be deliberated on in a 

multi-stakeholder fashion and boost the transparency of the review 

process and perhaps its soft power.

 

Willie

 

Avri Doria wrote:

> 

> On 30 Sep 2009, at 11:21, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:

> 

>> Hi Mc tim,

>> 

>> I must have misunderstood. I thought Milton bought pizza if nothing 

>> changed ?

>> 

>> B.

> 

> 

> And something did change.

> 

> Though I am not sure how much there is for Civil society to be cheer 

> about.

> It is like the old days of WSIS, CS will be beholden to the gov't 

> chair for right of participation.

> 

> Or, in the long run, other then outward appearance, how significant 

> the change will turn out to be for ICANN processes.

> 

> a.

> 

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