ICANN Accountability Working Group Reports Continued Disagreement, 'Committed' to Compromise
The co-chairmen of ICANN's Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) reported Wednesday that there continues to be “some disagreement” among the group's members on how to proceed on several key proposed changes to ICANN's accountability mechanisms ahead…
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of ICANN's planned meeting in Dublin, which is set to run from Saturday through Oct. 22. Areas of disagreement center on proposals for a mechanism for enforcing proposed new ICANN community powers and a proposal to amend ICANN's bylaws to require the ICANN board to find a “mutually acceptable solution” when the Governmental Advisory Committee provides advice that’s supported by GAC member consensus, the CCWG-Accountability co-chairmen said in a blog post. Those issues were among several that remained unresolved following CCWG-Accountability's two-day meeting last month in Los Angeles (see 1509280056) and subsequent teleconferences. A significant number of other provisions in the CCWG-Accountability proposal also need further revisions “but we are confident that these refinements can be provided shortly to meet stakeholder expectations,” the group's co-chairmen said. CCWG-Accountability is investigating whether a two-phase plan for implementing “community empowerment” would be feasible, as such a plan “could help accommodate” concerns with the existing proposal, the co-chairmen said. CCWG-Accountability is “committed to make great strides during the Dublin meeting,” the co-chairmen said. “We are aware that the finalization of our recommendations is the last missing piece in the IANA Stewardship Transition puzzle and we take this responsibility very seriously.”