<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Bruce,</div><div><br></div><div>thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>After reading this, I am EXTREMELY impressed that the participants of the meeting managed in the 90 minutes (or less?) allocated to review (all) "<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the existing accountability mechanisms (ICANN Bylaws, Affirmation of Commitments, Jurisdiction of the State of California, Jurisdictions of the other nations where ICANN has a presence and Contracts)", and wish congratulate them on their results, though I disagree with their conclusion (ie with the whole last paragrsph).</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Be that as it I would therefor propose</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> to the co-chairs to request Tijani to provide a systematic writeup of the reviewed Jurisdictions for our next telefone call.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Preferrably in PDF.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Maybe we can hire one of them as the legal resource person to replace Jones Day.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div>greetings, el</div><div>-- <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13pt; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Sent from </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Dr Lisse's iPhone 5s</span></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Feb 14, 2015, at 07:56, Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hello Eberhard,</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Can you please send it as PDF to the list?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><span></span><br><span>See below in plain text.</span><br><span></span><br><span>AFRALO / AfrICANN joint meeting</span><br><span></span><br><span>Singapore, Wednesday 11 February 2015 </span><br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------</span><br><span>Draft Statement</span><br><span>-----------</span><br><span></span><br><span>The African ICANN Community members participating in the ICANN 52nd International Public meeting in Singapore and attending the joint AFRALO / AfrICANN meeting on Wednesday 11 February 2015 discussed the issue of ICANN accountability in light of the NTIA intention to withdraw its stewardship on the IANA functions. </span><br><span></span><br><span>After reviewing the existing accountability mechanisms (ICANN Bylaws, Affirmation of Commitments, Jurisdiction of the State of California, Jurisdictions of the other nations where ICANN has a presence and Contracts), the participants found these mechanisms in need of improvements to satisfy the Internet community stakeholders' expectation. </span><br><span></span><br><span>They think that any improvement or new accountability mechanism should:</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Be based on a multi-stakeholder approach, assuring all kind of diversity (culture, language, gender, age, ...)</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Be implemented in a timely manner once definitely adopted</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Avoid bringing more changes than the required and appropriate ones to the organizational structure of ICANN </span><br><span></span><br><span>* Preserve the multi-stakeholder nature of ICANN</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Avoid giving privilege to one or more stakeholders over others</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Keep and enhance the bottom-up decision making model</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Empower the community to ensure ICANN remains accountable to its stakeholders</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Ensure and improve the security, stability and resiliency of the DNS system</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Serve the public interest above any other kind of interest, be it political, financial, or other.</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Improve the trust of all interested parties in the organization </span><br><span></span><br><span>The AFRALO/AfrICANN joint meeting participants strongly believe that all stakeholders should participate in the ICANN accountability process on equal footing.</span><br></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>[...]</div></blockquote></body></html>