[governance] draft text on political oversight

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi, Avri and I have drafted some language on political oversight. Text 
should be read this afternoon. We have to submit it by 2pm. Please have 
a look and let us know if we can read it on behalf of the IG caucus or 
if we have to invent another stakeholder group.
jeanette


Political Oversight

62b: We recognize that the time has come for a change in the political 
oversight of the logical Internet infrastructure. We do not recommend 
the creation of a new oversight organization for domain names and IP 
addresses. However, we do recommend the following changes with regard to 
ICANN:

1. The US Government recommits to handing over its pre-eminent role of 
stewardship in relation to ICANN and enters into an adequate 
host-country agreement for ICANN.

2. ICANN must ensure full and equal multi-stakeholder participation on 
its Board and throughout its organizational structure by the community 
of Internet users, private sector and governments.

3. ICANN must ensure that it establishes clear, transparent rules and 
procedures commensurate with international norms and principles for fair 
administrative decision-making to provide for predictable policy outcomes.

4. ICANN must establish a review process for its decisions in the form 
of an independent multi-stakeholder review commission, established on a 
case-by-case basis.

5. Once all the conditions listed above are met, the US Government 
transfers the IANA function to ICANN.

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