ICANN Unaccountability

Is ICANN Accountable, Transparent, and "Bottom-Up" in its Governance?

• NCSG Reconsideration Request of ICANN staff's decision to impose the "trademark + 50" policy for new GTLDS (Request 13-3 on 19 April 2013)
  • Attachments to NCSG Reconsideration Request 13-3
  • ICANN's 1st Response (what ICANN's lawyers hoped they could get away with) 16 May 2013
  • NCSG Letter to Board of Directors Regarding ICANN's 1st Response  17 June 2013
  • GNSO Council discussion on impact of 1st response on bottom-up multi-stakeholder model of governance 13 June 2013
  • ICANN's 2nd Response (revised response following community-wide outrage to 1st response) 25 June 2013
  • ICANN Board New GTLD Program Committee Approves 2nd Response 2 July 2013

• NCSG DIDP request for info surrounding ICANN staff's decision to create new rights for large trademark holders after Guidebook published 24 July 2013
  
  • ICANN "Response" 24 August 2013
  • NCSG Appeal of ICANN's secrecy claims over most information surrounding ICANN staff's decision to create new rights for trademark holders in DNS 8 September 2013

• NCSG Statement on ICANN Board-Staff Violation of Bylaws By Unilateral Adoption of Trademark + 50 Policy (.pdf) 7 November 2013
• NCSG Statement on ICANN Board-Staff Violation of Bylaws by Unilateral Adoption of Trademark + 50 Policy (.html)  7 November 2013