[governance] Does ICANN protect multistakeholderism?

Avri Doria avri at ella.com
Sun Oct 13 12:35:36 EDT 2013 

Update:

> The draft of our report will be coming out in the next few weeks, though pre-drafts are already floating on the discussion  list 

I was just told off-list that the docs aren't actually there.  I beleive they should be.

The email is archived as I mentioned, but we seem to have scrubbed the docs from the list.  I do not think this is as it should be, and have start looking into it. 

The latest working draft can be found at: <https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Templates+for+Assessment+of+Implementation+and+for+New+Recommendations>

As I say though it is only a few weeks until release.

avri



On 13 Oct 2013, at 11:41, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have been following Milton's article of ICANN accountability and am waiting for the last installment.  They are well written with a certain punch one does not find in other writing.  I find them a good read.
> 
> As always, Milton brings up good points, though I occasionally find myself coming to different conclusions on the issues.  
> 
> In this case, I am a member of this year's* ICANN IOC Accountability and Transparency Review Team.  The draft of our report will be coming out in the next few weeks, though pre-drafts are already floating on the discussion  list that has an open archive (for anyone dying to read not fully copy edited text):
> 
> ATRT2 lists**  <https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Email+Archives>  
> the main discussion < http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/atrt2/>
> 
> In case anyone cares, all meetings are also recorded and transcribed <https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Conference+Calls>
> 
> I think that there are two parts to the evaluation of how ICANN is doing in this process
> 
> - the work of the ATRT2 and its final report
> - the respect to which ICANN Staff and Board adopt and implement the recommendations in the report
> 
> Part of the work of ATRT2 is to evaluate the work done in response to ATRT1 report.  And part is making new recommendations.  ATRT2 is the first time this review of the response to previous reviews has been included, as this is the beginning of the second cycle through the project.
> 
> Anyway, once the draft report is out and the comment period begins, I will be sure to send all of the lists the URL.  I hope lots of people read and comment.    I should note also, that the writing is all done by team members, and not by the ICANN Staff.  The means that it is our primary text and that it is also not quite as polished as something Staff might have written.  In the end it will be a consensus report of the members.  While it will take a bit longer to get released, the report is also being translated into the UN languages.  At the time of first release of the draft, I beleive, only the Executive Summary will have been translated.
> 
> I personally believe that the IOC reviews are a clever way to institute a model of multistakeholder review.  As with all things in ICANN's multistakeholder processes  it is still a work in progress in what I beleive is still one of the most forward looking of the efforts to build the form of participatory democracy we are calling the MSism.  But these reviews are a part that is still very much in the crucible, and there is a lot to be seen yet on the degree to which this form of bottom up soft oversight can take root and be effective.
> 
> I figure I will write my own blog piece on the ATRT process, once we have delivered our report at the end of the year.  Until then I remain one of its vice-chairs and thus one of its servants.
> 
> avri
> 
> ----
> 
> * the ATRT review is a 1 year process repeated every 3 years <https://community.icann.org/display/ATRT2/Mandate>
> 
> ** For completeness (and in case anyone needs it): There is also a closed confidential list that has been used by several community members who had things to say to the ATRT2  they could not say publicly.  <confidential at atrt.info> This list is only seen by a sub-set of the team members - e.g. no staff or Board members on the list and a closed archive.
> 
> AOC - Affirmation of Commitments
> ATRT1 - The first instantiation of the ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team (2010)
> ATRT2 - Te second instantiation of the ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team (2013)
> MSism - the theory and practice of governance using multi-stakeholder models of participatory democracy.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 13 Oct 2013, at 01:08, Anja Kovacs wrote:
> 
>> It seems that some or not quite as convinced as Norbert is that it does anymore:
>> 
>> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2013/08/31/icanns-accountability-meltdown-a-four-part-series/
>> 
>> Which explains the discomfort of some on the list with a letter being sent out before more details are available (though the lack of detail is not a concern to me).
>> 
>> Thanks to friends who are active in ICANN for drawing my attention to this growing concern.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Anja
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dr. Anja Kovacs
>> The Internet Democracy Project
>> 
>> +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
>> www.internetdemocracy.in
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