accounting to the global Internet community

[Garth Graham <garth.graham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Basic question: I understand accountability to mean the obligation of 
decision-makers in authority to explain publicly, fully and fairly how they are 
carrying out their commonsense responsibilities.  USA has said ICANN is to 
account to, answer to, the global Internet community.  But, except for the role 
of the commitments, almost everything else in the proposal is focused on a 
“community” that is internal to ICANN.  Aren’t the broader global community and 
the created internal ICANN “empowered” community being confused?  This seems to 
be two parts of ICANN “explaining “ to themselves.  How does what is proposed 
as an internal watchdog process support ICANN in it’s obligation to explain its 
actions, even if those actions are self-regulating, to the global Internet 
community?

 GG