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ICANN Posts Next Draft of Accountability and Transparency
Frameworks and Principles for Consultation
ICANN today posts the next version of the Frameworks and Principles
for consultation
17 October 2007
* Read the Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and
Principles for Consultation [PDF, 180K]
http://www.icann.org/transparency/acct-trans-frameworks-
principles-17oct07.pdf
* Send comments to draft-mop-2007@xxxxxxxxx
* View comments at http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-mop-2007
These documents have been in development since late 2006. The
process began with a consultation which asked the community for
their views on accountability and transparency at ICANN. An issues
paper summarising these comments was posted in January this year
(http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-26jan07b.htm).
Based on the feedback that was received and the input from the One
World Trust report on accountability and transparency (http://
www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-4-29mar07.htm), a draft
set of Frameworks and principles was released for comment in June.
A panel discussion and consultation session was conducted at the
San Juan meeting and a public comment forum was opened on the
website (http://sanjuan2007.icann.org/files/sanjuan/SanJuan-
WorkshopAccountabilityTransparency-27June07.txt). A summary of the
all comments received was posted recently (http://forum.icann.org/
lists/draft-mop-2007/msg00008.html).
Next Steps
Based on this comment and discussion, this revised set of
Frameworks and Principles is being posted for further community
consultation. A public comment forum will be opened on the website
and we will take comments through 12 November. There will also be a
consultation session at the Los Angeles meeting to allow attendees
at the meeting to take part in a discussion of the revised
principles. This will be held on Wednesday 30 October between 1530
and 1700 hours.
The Frameworks and Principles will be revised based on the feedback
that is received and it is hoped that a final version will be
submitted to the Board for approval at their December meeting.
The key changes between this version and previous version are as
follows:
Financial Accountability at ICANN
* A separate section on external audit has been included
Dispute Resolution at ICANN
* Small changes to clarify meaning
* An additional section on registry and registrar dispute
resolution has been included
ICANN Consultation Principles
* Several small changes to clarify meaning
* Changes in response to community comment
ICANN Translation Principles
* Significantly rewritten based on feedback and work progressed
by ICANN staff translation committee.
ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior
* Renamed to ensure that the standards listed apply to all
forms of exchange within the community
* Small changes to clarify meaning
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org