Changes

* Create a two-tiered board structure where the ICANN community's representatives sit as a Supervisory Board and have specific powers of review or recall, and the ICANN Board as currently composed maintains its role of strategic and fiscal governance.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/WP1+Draft+Documents?preview=/52888421/53281113/CCWG-ACCT%20-%20WP1%20-%20Scope%20Measures%20Mechanisms%20-%20draft2.pdf CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 1 Workspace - Scope, Powers, and Mechanism Working Paper], Work Party 1 (Community Empowerment), Feb. 3, 2015</ref>

* Create a two-tiered board structure where the ICANN community's representatives sit as a Supervisory Board and have specific powers of review or recall, and the ICANN Board as currently composed maintains its role of strategic and fiscal governance.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/WP1+Draft+Documents?preview=/52888421/53281113/CCWG-ACCT%20-%20WP1%20-%20Scope%20Measures%20Mechanisms%20-%20draft2.pdf CCWG-Accountability Work Stream 1 Workspace - Scope, Powers, and Mechanism Working Paper], Work Party 1 (Community Empowerment), Feb. 3, 2015</ref>

The first draft proposal focused on a "Reference Mechanism" based on the membership model when presenting its plan for the ICANN empowered community.<ref name="ws1draft1" /> It acknowledged and briefly discussed each of the other models, as well as a proposal from outside legal counsel regarding the creation of designated board seats, with SOs and ACs appointed as "designators" for those seats.<ref name="ws1draft1" /> After its discussion of the options, the report provided the following conclusion:

In addition, outside legal counsel for the working group provided another option based on the California corporations code. Section 5220 of the code provides for designated board seats, to be selected by one or more "designators."<ref name="ccc5220">[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=5220&lawCode=CORP California Corporations Code, Section 5220], as amended January 2019</ref> Directors can be seated on the board by  a designator without a vote of the members.<ref name="ccc5220" /> Outside counsel noted, however, that the designator model would not be able to fulfill all the goals of the empowered community outlined by Work party 1.<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/WP1+Draft+Documents?preview=/52888421/53283081/WP1-%20Cover%20Memo%20(CCWG%20Powers).pdf CCWG-Accountability Workspace - Sidley Austin memo re: community powers], April 16, 2015</ref> The first draft proposal focused on a "Reference Mechanism" based on the membership model when presenting its plan for the ICANN empowered community.<ref name="ws1draft1" /> It acknowledged and briefly discussed each of the other models, as well as a proposal from outside legal counsel regarding the creation of designated board seats, with SOs and ACs appointed as "designators" for those seats.<ref name="ws1draft1" /> After its discussion of the options, the report provided the following conclusion:

<blockquote>None of the mechanism possibilities should be considered “off the table”. The work of the CCWG-Accountability has proceeded quickly, and our counsel are rapidly becoming familiar with the complexities of ICANN’s history and current approach to dealing with many of these matters.<br />

<blockquote>None of the mechanism possibilities should be considered “off the table”. The work of the CCWG-Accountability has proceeded quickly, and our counsel are rapidly becoming familiar with the complexities of ICANN’s history and current approach to dealing with many of these matters.<br />

That said, the CCWG-Accountability is clearly of the view that the SO/AC Membership Model is the currently preferred approach, and relies on this in much of what follows.<br />  

That said, the CCWG-Accountability is clearly of the view that the SO/AC Membership Model is the currently preferred approach, and relies on this in much of what follows.<br />