ICC input on ICANN Board reform
ICC Task Force on Internet and Telecom Infrastructure and Services (ITIS)
Publication date : 10/04/2009
ICC’s Internet and Telecoms Infrastructure and Services task force (ITIS) is pleased to submit informal input on the review of ICANN’s Board of Directors, and the reform recommendations contained in the Colin Carter & Associations/BCG report of November 2008.
Separating the essential elements of the Board recommendations into two phases for decision
ICC members found the initial Board Review and the subsequent report by the Board sub- committee contained both controversial and non-controversial recommendations from the perspective of the ICANN stakeholders who have provided comments.
ICC members believe that many of the recommendations need further consideration to understand how their implementation is linked to other reforms and structural changes, and whether they are appropriate for a unique organization like ICANN. The overall Board reforms should not be pushed forward at this time. Instead, the Board should approve some of the less controversial elements of the recommendations, including paying the Board Chair and consideration of paying the Board members, instituting some of the improvements to publishing the staff reports on policy matters in particular; maintaining the detailed reporting of minutes, and increasing the staff support to the Board’s work.