RE: independent review and information disclosure policies posted

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-gagnso.icann.org 
> [mailto:owner-gagnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Debbie
Garside
> Sent: 28 June 2007 23:20
> To: edwardhasbrouck.org; 'Karl Auerbach'
> Cc: gagnso.icann.org
> 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-gagnso.icann.org
> > [mailto:owner-gagnso.icann.org] On Behalf
Of Edward Hasbrouck
> > Sent: 28 June 2007 22:13
> > To: Karl Auerbach
> > Cc: gagnso.icann.org
> > 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/msg00
003.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

> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----------------
> > Edward Hasbrouck
> > <edwardhasbrouck.org>
> > <http://hasbrouck.org>

> > +1-415-824-0214
> > 
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