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Proposed Bylaws Updates to Limit Access to Accountability Mechanisms
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Submission Summary:
Please find the attached public comment on behalf of the GNSO Council which notes, "...the Council does not support any Bylaws change in substantially the form being proposed and likely would be instructed by its constituent SGs and Cs to reject any formal vote, should this be put to the Empowered Community."
Submission Summary:
The Registrar Stakeholder Group does not support the proposed bylaw amendment because it inappropriately vests CCWGs with the power to disallow Accountability Mechanisms and is unnecessarily broad.
Submission Summary:
The RySG does not believe the proposed Bylaws amendment is an appropriate method for implementing the CCWG’s Recommendation 7, but would instead support a more narrowly scoped amendment, limited to restricting access to the Accountability Mechanisms for decisions made as part of ICANN’s Grant Program.
Submission Summary:
The BC believes that any changes to the Fundamental Bylaws must be few, pose a significant challenge to ICANN as supported by a strong factual record, and be narrowly tailored to address the specific concern.
Unfortunately, the proposed amendments do not live up to this high standard.
Submission Summary:
Please see our comments, attached. We do not support this proposed bylaws update and do not see the proposed mechanism as appropriate or in line with the organization’s community commitments.
Submission Summary:
Although the IPC appreciates and supports the Board’s intent to now give effect to Recommendation 7 of Final Report of the new gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG-AP) by means of a Fundamental Bylaws change, as the CCWG-AP recommended, the IPC does not support the Bylaws change which is currently proposed for the reasons set out in the attached submission.
Submission Summary:
Please find attached (PDF) the ALAC Statement on Proposed Bylaw Updates to Limit Access to Accountability Mechanisms
Ratification information is included on the cover page.
Kind Regards,
ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community
Website: atlarge.icann.org
Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge
Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge
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Potential Implications:
I would like to highlight the pros and cons of the potential implications for a balanced view. For instance, streamlining access to these processes for certain actions could potentially improve efficiency. But this will reduce transparency by limiting access to review mechanisms and this could raise concerns about transparency and accountability.
Also, the high bar for approval aims to ensure community conse...