[governance] Review Panels

[George Sadowsky]

Danny,

Thank you very much for introducing factors of 
technical competence and knowledge into this 
discussion.

I suspect that your cynicism is born from years 
of personal experience, but I would not be so 
quick to direct it toward a situation which does 
represent a changing environment characterized by 
a new set of relationships, and which deserves a 
chance to succeed.

Regards,

George

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>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 
><<http://us.mc1101.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=anriette@apc.org>anriette at apc.org> 
>wrote:
>
>snip
>
>Second question is about the submissions on the review panels. What is
>the process likely to be?
>
>Anriette
>
>
>
>--
>____________________
>Bertrand de La Chapelle
>Délégué Spécial pour la Société de l'Information 
>/ Special Envoy for the Information Society
>Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et 
>Européennes/ French Ministry of Foreign and 
>European Affairs
>Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32
>
>"Le plus beau métier des hommes, c'est d'unir 
>les hommes" Antoine de Saint Exupéry
>("there is no greater mission for humans than uniting humans")
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