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ICANN Board Prepping Feedback on Accountability Proposal, Urges September Public Meeting

The ICANN board is preparing comments on the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability’s (CCWG-Accountability) revised proposal for changes to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms, ICANN Chairman Steve Crocker said Wednesday in a blog post. CCWG-Accountability released its revised ICANN…

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accountability proposal earlier this month for public comment. Comments are due Sept. 12 (see 1508040058). ICANN board members and staff have been meeting in Washington “to further consider the CCWG proposal and commence a review of an impact analysis from ICANN's external counsel,” Crocker said. The board plans to release its impact analysis on the CCWG-Accountability proposal comments forum and plans a teleconference with the working group next week to “help inform the Board's development of its comments,” he said. CCWG-Accountability should also hold a public meeting in Los Angeles in late September on the proposal “to continue the dialogue” with the ICANN board, Crocker said.