<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>I wish to state that I will be writing to the Senators Thune and Schatz with my assessment of the final CCWG-Accountability proposal on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability and I encourage all participant observers in the process to do likewise. I will use a basic accountability test derived from the Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability to do so.<br><br></div>The essential issue regarding accountability is the question: who is accountable to whom, for what, by which standards and why?<br><br></div>The accountability test of the CCWG-A final proposal will consist of the following questions:<br><br></div>1 Is there an accountable actor, clearly identified?<br><br></div>2. Is the accountable actor accountable to an accountability forum, clearly defined?<br><br></div>3 Is it clear for what issues the accountable actor is being held to account by the accountability forum?<br><br></div>4 Is it clear by what standards the accountable actor is being held to account?<br><br></div>5 Are there clear reasons as to why the accountable actor is being held to account in the manner specified in the proposal?<br><br></div>Willie Currie<br></div>An Advisor to the CCWG-Accountability<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Nigel Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have forwarded to Kavouss.<span class=""><br>
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On 16/10/15 07:49, Kavouss Arasteh wrote:<br>
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Dear Paul,<br>
Tks for message with GM from Dub.<br>
At least there is no attachment to my mail . May you kindly resend it<br>
pls. Cheers<br>
Kavouss<br>
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On 16 Oct 2015, at 07:30, william currie <<a href="mailto:willie.currie@gmail.com" target="_blank">willie.currie@gmail.com</a><br></span>
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If ICANN were incorporated in Delaware, it would be required to have<br>
members, and the whole debate of SMM vs MEM would be moot.<br>
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On Friday, October 16, 2015, Nigel Roberts <<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a><br></span><div><div class="h5">
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Well, if there IS a staring contest going on between the Board and<br>
the Community to see who will blink first, it seems the Community<br>
just woke up to realise that it includes a couple of members<br>
possessing the glare of a basilisk . . .<br>
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On 16/10/15 00:25, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:<br>
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Good morning in Dublin.<br>
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The attached letter from Senators Thune and Schatz to the<br>
Chair of the<br>
ICANN Board will be of interest to many of you.<br>
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I wish you good fortune in the meetings<br>
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Regards<br>
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Paul<br>
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