<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Avri,<div class="">as we move on, we will take a closer look at all the accountability mechanisms, including the Ombudsman. We have informed Chris LaHatte that we will call upon him to explain his role and work to us at some point. He has volunteered to also speak to the role of ombudsmen in broader terms, i.e. about the possibilities and limitations. I guess that will help inform the discussion that you are looking for.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 11.02.2015 um 13:43 schrieb Cheryl Langdon-Orr <<a href="mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com" class="">langdonorr@gmail.com</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">I totally agree with you Avri </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 11/02/2015 1:33 pm, "Avri Doria" <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" class="">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi,<br class="">
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I just want to put in a place holder for discussion of the role of
the Ombudsman in the accountability chain. ATRT2, recommended that
the Board look at his function and reconsider whether it "needs to
be<br class="">
expanded or otherwise revised". And by presumption, anything the
Board needs to look at, we need to look at. <br class="">
<br class="">
The Ombudsman is one of the critical providers of ICANN
accountability and the transparency needed for accountability and we
need to make sure the role fits well in whatever new processes we
recommend. This is especailly important in considering the
function's independence: how is that guaranteed and how best can it
be utilized.<br class="">
<br class="">
avri<br class="">
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