GNSO Council consideration of CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report and Recommendations
Submitted by Heather Forrest, seconded by
Whereas,
- The GNSO Council, together with other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, chartered the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) on 13 November 2014 'to deliver proposals that would enhance ICANN's accountability towards all stakeholders’.
- The GNSO Council approved the CCWG-Accountability Supplemental Final Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations on 9 March 2016, which included recommendation #12: Committing to Further Accountability Work in Work Stream 2 (WS2).
- The GNSO Council approved on 18 May 2017 the extension of WS2 for one year to the end of June 2018.
- The CCWG-Accountability published its WS2 Final Report for public comment on 30 March 2018 (see https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-acct-ws2-final-2018-03-30-en ).
- Several GNSO Stakeholder Groups (SGs) and/or Constituencies (Cs) submitted their input on WS2 Final Report (see https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-ccwg-acct-ws2-final-30mar18/2018q2/date.html).
- The CCWG-Accountability reviewed all the input received and submitted its WS2 Final Report Recommendations to the Chartering Organizations on 9 July 2018 (see https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2018-July/014458.htmln) for their consideration.
- The GNSO Council has reviewed and discussed the CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report and Recommendations.
Resolved,
- The GNSO Council adopts the CCWG-Accountability WS2 Final Report and Recommendations (see https://community.icann.org/display/WEIA?preview=/59640761/88575033/FULL%20WS2%20REPORT%20WITH%20ANNEXES.pdf w)
- The GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Secretariat to share the results of this motion with the Chairs of the CCWG-Accountability as soon as possible.
- The GNSO Council expresses its sincere appreciation to the CCWG-Accountability, the GNSO members and participants in that effort, and especially the GNSO-appointed Chair, Thomas Rickert, for all their hard work in achieving the delivery of the WS2 Final Report and Recommendations.