[Internal-cg] Proposal approval and agenda for call #26

Tue Mar 1 09:09:19 UTC 2016

Dear Colleagues,

because no f2f meeting was officially planned for ICG in the margins of ICANN-55, I have not received travel and accommodation support, and therefore will not be with you in Marrakech. I trust remote participation will be available for ICG meetings of any importance.

In the meantime,

- Political context: I agree with Jari and others that achieving closure at the end of ICANN-55 is an important -but also a realistic- objective for ICG. Because of the uncertainties of the Spoils System, new teams would require more time, with a political agenda in which "transition" might be viewed negatively. 

- Transmission of ICG Proposal: I agree with colleagues who want to make sure that the necessary confirmations have been notified in writing, before we act. Like Wolf-Ulrich, Manal and others, I think the Open Forum on Thursday 10th would be a good place for ICG to tick the last boxes. If all the criteria are met, then ICG should transmit its Proposal to the Administrator of the NTIA via the Chair of the ICANN Board, on 10 or 11 March.

Best regards,
Jean-Jacques.

----- Mail original -----
De: "Jari Arkko" <jari.arkko at piuha.net>
À: "Kavouss Arasteh" <kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com>
Cc: "IANA etc etcCoordination Group" <internal-cg at ianacg.org>
Envoyé: Mardi 1 Mars 2016 09:39:58
Objet: Re: [Internal-cg] Proposal approval and agenda for call #26

Background:

I’m very happy that we have come this far, tremendous amount of progress. And have a timeline that is, I think, realistic. We are very close, but of course not quite there. I am still concerned that we are at the final deadline for the transition during this administration; I’m concerned that a new administration and new people would probably mean a reset. Up-leveling a bit, the transition isn’t as important as our ecosystem. But there’s no going back to the status quo. We can’t fail, because failure do tremendous damage to the multistakeholder model, trust to our organisations, and so on. To the Internet. So my conclusion is that we need to finish this, and doing it in Marrakesh is absolutely essential.

And then back on topic:

I understand very well that when it comes to substance and substantial issues, we need to get them right. That is why the chartering organisations are looking hard at the CCWG proposal. We should give them the time and right to do so. However, I think we should do our part and be ready when it is practically possible. I think we can prepare ourselves and decide that if this is approved then we are also fine with it, and authorise the chairs to take the next steps. Obviously anything can happen, and if it does, we’ll need more discussions here in the ICG as well. But we should only do that if it is necessary.

Jari

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