[ga] ndependent review and information disclosure policies posted

["Edward Hasbrouck" <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, ICANN quietly posted proposed "information disclosure" 
policies, and a new link to another Web site that allegedly contains the  
independent review procedures (although these have never been publicly 
discussed or approved by ICANN).  The new rules are part of the "ICANN 
Accountability and Transparency Frameworks and Principles".

In the guise of measures for transparency and independent review, these 
newly posted policies and procedures would make explicit ICANN's secrecy 
and lack of accountability to the public or to any independent body. In 
their fine print, these policies and procedures would violate ICANN's 
Bylaw's on transparency and independent review, and strip those provisions 
of the Bylaws of any practical meaning or value.

I've posted as detailed comments to the public forum as my time and the 
short notice permit, listing a few of the most obvious direct 
contradictions between the proposed policies and ICANN's Bylaws:

http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-mop-2007/msg00001.html
http://forum.icann.org/lists/draft-mop-2007/msg00002.html


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Edward Hasbrouck
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