[Chapter-delegates] ISOC and ICANN consultation on President's Strategy Committee

[Bill Graham]

Thanks to those of you who responded to the message below.  Based on  
your comments, I have prepared the attached draftsubmission to the  
ICANN PSC consultation.  These are to be sent on Thursday, 31 July,  
but I wanted to get them to you for a quick look in advance of  
submitting them.  If you have further comments, please get them to me  
by the end of your business day Wednesday, July 30.  Many thanks.

Bill


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On 21-Jul-08, at 6:58 PM, Bill Graham wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This note is to be sure you are aware of a consultation being  
> conducted by ICANN on the future of the organization, and to seek  
> your views in advance of a possible ISOC submission to the  
> consultation process.  As some of you will already know, ICANN  
> launched a public consultation on the President's Strategy  
> Committee's "Transition Action Plan" (available from the main ICANN  
> web page <www.icann.org>).  The deadline for comments to ICANN is 31  
> July 2008.
>
> ICANN's consultation follows the February mid-term review of the US  
> government's Joint Project Agreement with ICANN, and is part of  
> ICANN's preparations for the end of the JPA in September 2009.  ISOC  
> is a strong supporter of ICANN and its multi-stakeholder model, and  
> has contributed actively to public discussions on the topic.  Most  
> recently, ISOC submitted comments to the mid-term review (available  
> at http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/issues/dns.shtml), as did  
> several ISOC chapters and individuals from our community.  ICANN has  
> been clear that it hopes to fulfill the obligations under the JPA  
> and previous agreements with the US government in advance of the end  
> of the JPA, and formed the President's Strategy Committee to help  
> with that effort.  The new PSC papers and the current consultation  
> are the latest steps in development of ICANN's institutional  
> arrangements.
>
> According to the President's Strategy Committee paper, the key  
> requirements, for ICANN to fulfill its mandate are:
>
>  1. ICANN will be sufficiently safeguarded against capture.
>  2. ICANN will be sufficiently accountable to its multi-stakeholder  
> community and will preserve the principles of bottom-up development  
> of policies by those parties affected, and will maintain the  
> structures, practices and bylaws of the ICANN model that have been  
> developed by the community ? including their regular review.
>  3. ICANN will be internationalized, to allow it to meet the needs  
> of the global Internet Community of the future.
>  4. ICANN will be financially and operationally secure.
>  5. ICANN will maintain its focus on organizational and operational  
> excellence in performing its technical mission of ensuring safe and  
> stable operations relating to the unique identifiers of the  
> Internet, and of the IANA functions.
>
> We would like to hear from you.   We want to get your views on  
> whether ISOC should itself comment on the PSC paper.  Also, if you  
> do think ISOC should submit comments, please indicate briefly and  
> specifically what position you think ISOC should take and your  
> reasoning.   In addition, given ISOC's purpose and responsibility to  
> the Internet as a whole, we are also asking others, such as the ISOC  
> Board, ISOC Organization members, other Internet community  
> stakeholders (including ICANN) for their input, to ensure a well  
> rounded thoughtful consultation lies behind any ultimate submission.
>
> Because the deadline is coming close, please respond by SATURDAY,  
> JULY 26, to give me time to consider your responses and prepare our  
> response.  I apologize for the short notice, which was caused by my  
> vacation schedule, but do hope that you will be able to get back to  
> me this week.
>
> And, as always feel free to let me know how our consultation  
> processes might be improved going forward.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Bill
>
> ========================
> Bill Graham
> Global Strategic Engagement
> The Internet Society
> graham at isoc.org
> tel +1.613.231.8543 or
> +1.703.439.2157