RE: [ga] independent review and information disclosure policies posted

["Debbie Garside" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As an addition to my last email.

If you think that additional recommendations should be added to the review,
why not follow the Action Plan format within the report and put them to
ICANN as comments.  By using the format of the report you will make it
easier for ICANN to review your suggestions in context. I know that
longwinded emails automatically go to the bottom of my pile.  Make any
requests concise and relevant; and definitely not personal.

Best regards

Debbie  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debbie Garside
> Sent: 28 June 2007 23:20
> To: edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Karl Auerbach'
> Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ga] independent review and information 
> disclosure policies posted
> 
> As someone who writes reports for local and national 
> government for a living (in part anyway) this review looks 
> pretty independent to me.  In looking at One World Trust web 
> site they would seem to have the credentials to undertake such a task.
> 
> But to get back to the nitty gritty.  This report was 
> published in March 2007.  If you read the executive summary 
> (I haven't read the full report
> yet) you can see that there are several recommendations.  It 
> will take a considerable amount of time to put policies and 
> structures in place in order to adopt these recommendations.  
> Not to mention the administrative time to collate and analyse 
> the public comment before any of this can be even started.
> 
> In your email stating that One World Trust did not ask your 
> opinion.  Why would they?  That is a different process and 
> would require market research to get a statistically valid 
> viewpoint.  If they only ask those who have complained about 
> lack of transparency the report would be completely biased.
> WRT contat details for the organization conducting the 
> review, it is not usual to supply contact details for the 
> organization doing the review - In this case they would be 
> inundated with angry emails methinks.
> 
> To expect ICANN to deliver solutions within 3 months of the 
> report being published is completely unrealistic.  What would 
> be better is to, perhaps, help ICANN in devising those 
> solutions.  For instance, you could ask ICANN to introduce a 
> timescale for implementing the changes recommended by the 
> report. A first stage is to ask ICANN to indicate which 
> aspects of the Action Plan they intend to adopt and if they 
> intend to adopt them in any order of priority.  That will at 
> least give you some idea as to when things will start 
> happening.  Then you could start on the list of how these 
> actions can best be devised/designed and implemented.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Debbie
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward Hasbrouck
> > Sent: 28 June 2007 22:13
> > To: Karl Auerbach
> > Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ga] independent review and information disclosure 
> > policies posted
> > 
> > I should add that the status of the Ombudsman is similar to that of 
> > independent review:  the Bylaws specifically require the 
> Ombudsman to 
> > be appointed by the Board, but there has never been a 
> > publicly-disclosed Board resolution to appoint an Ombudsman.  ICANN 
> > simply issued a press release that an Ombudsman had been 
> appointed. By 
> > whom or how was not specified.  The announced term of the initial 
> > "appointment"
> > has expired, and there has been no publicly-disclosed Board 
> decision 
> > to renew or extend
> > it:
> > 
> > http://forum.icann.org/lists/transparency-2007/msg00003.html
> > 
> > So there is neither a properly-appointed Ombudsman nor a properly 
> > designated IRP or independent review procedures.
> > 
> > And the Reconsideration Committee has acted in ways forbidden by the
> > Bylaws:
> > 
> > http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001196.html
> > 
> > *None* of the so-called accountability mechanisms in th Bylaws have 
> > actually been propoerly implemented.
> > 
> > For more detail, see:
> > 
> > http://hasbrouck.org/icann
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > Edward Hasbrouck
> > <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > <http://hasbrouck.org>
> > +1-415-824-0214
> > 
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