[governance] Review Panels

[Danny Younger]

Bertrand,
 
There is more to this equation than diversity, balance, and representativeness; these review panels will require individuals with extensive knowledge regarding the particulars of the areas under review (which is why independent experts are cited as part of the necessary review team mix).

The teams will include:
 
the Chair of the GAC 
the CEO of ICANN
representatives of the Root Server System Advisory Committee
representatives of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee
representatives of the At-Large Advisory Committee
representatives of the Generic Names Supporting Organization
representatives of the Address Supporting Organization
representatives of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization
independent experts (likely drawn from either the Technical Liason Group, the IETF, the IAB, or from the pool of volunteer community members)
 
and in the accountability/transparency review team, these members will be joined by the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the DOC,
 
The current arrangement calls for the composition of the review team to be agreed jointly by the Chair of the GAC (in consultation with GAC members) and the CEO of ICANN. 
 
Like all comparable ICANN processes, there will likely be a call for volunteers (similar to the recent call for NSCG placeholder councilors).  The ICANN Board will then privately settle upon whomever best promotes the ICANN interest (likely those that have never been critics) and will then advance those names to the Chair of the GAC.
 
I fully expect these reviews to be as much of a whitewash as all earlier ICANN self-review efforts.  Perhaps you will recall the earlier commissioned review of transparency and accountability provided in the One World Trust report -- we were told that ICANN is a model of transparency with robust accountability mechanisms... and yet we all know the reality.
 
Don't waste your energy on this project.  The deck will be stacked from day one.
 
best regards,
Danny Younger
 

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle at gmail.com>
Subject: [governance] Review Panels
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "Anriette Esterhuysen" <anriette at apc.org>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 4:33 AM


Dear all,

Could this list also address Anriette's concrete second question ? What do you think the review process should be ? Fundamentally, the community is facing a now recurring problem (cf. WGIG, MAG,...) : how to compose a multi-stakeholder group for a given task, so that it is sufficiently diverse, balanced and representative of the variety of viewpoints ? 

In addition, what do you tink the timing is ? 

Best

Bertrand



On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org> wrote:

snip

Second question is about the submissions on the review panels. What is
the process likely to be?

Anriette




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