[PC-NCSG] Board Risk Committee Request for Feedback on Top 5 ICANN Enterprise Risks

[Rafik Dammak]

thanks everyone,

Best,

Rafik


2015-04-02 6:10 GMT+09:00 Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org>:

> I?m fine with the list.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Stephanie Perrin <
> stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
>  I was grumpy about the entire risk framework, so I will abstain (or
> rather say given what we had to work with, this is fine).
> Steph
> On 15-04-01 9:30 AM, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
>
> As some who occasionally bashes ICANN, and especially the Board, for
> ignoring the consequences of its actions, or lack thereof, and getting a
> few brick bats in return, I think this is about as good a list as we could
> come up with and I support sending this list as it is. Of course, if they
> had asked for 50 rather than 5 :-)
>
> Sam L.
>
> On 01/04/2015 8:28 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
>  since there was no "additional" risk or rewording here, can I send the
> list since the deadline is today?
>
>  Best,
>
>  Rafik
>
>>
>> *In our prior conversation, people listed the following points.*
>>
>>  1.  The first, overarching risk is if staff and leadership think of
>> ICANN as an corporation with ?enterprise risks? rather than a
>> community-driven global governance mechanism with global public
>> responsibilities and associated risks.
>>
>>  2.  There?s a risk that once the tie to the US government is severed
>> ICANN will be found guilty of being a monopoly under antitrust/competition
>> law in California (Cartwright Ace), the USA (Sherman), the EU (TFEU
>> 101-109) or in some other jurisdiction.
>>
>>  3.  There?s a risk of a  lack of confidence in the domain name system
>> as adequately protecting consumer security and privacy leading to
>> widespread adoption of alternative mechanisms.
>>
>>  4. There?s a risk of over reliance on commercial gTLD profits as
>> driving ICANNs planning and growth, leading to planning that is not
>> focussed on ICANNs core mission.
>>
>>  5.  There?s a risk of alternative, external, policy discussion outside
>> ICANN community due to lack of engagement - for example, ICANNs fate being
>> part of US congressional politics is an example of this form of risk.
>>
>>
>>  Please compare these to the staff list, see if there?s tweaks/additions
>> to suggest, and we can go from there.  We have two weeks.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>  Bill
>>
>>
>>
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