<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Avenir, sans-serif;"><div>Original posting here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-14-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-12-14-en</a></div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.31rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 0px 0px 1rem; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); line-height: normal; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 500 !important;">CCWG-Accountability co-Chairs to Hold Additional Briefing Webinar on Draft Proposal of Work Stream 1 Recommendations</h1><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style u-text-xxxl" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.62rem; margin-bottom: 30px; 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line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The CCWG-Accountability <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-2015-11-30-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">requests community feedback</a> on its Draft Proposal of twelve proposed enhancements to <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr>'s accountability framework that have been identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition takes place.</p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.31rem; padding: 0.75rem 0px 0.5rem; margin: 0px; font-weight: 500 !important;">The Core Proposal and supplementary material are currently <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56145016" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; font-size: 1.31rem; display: inline-block; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">available</a> in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.</h3><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The six Chartering Organizations for the CCWG-Accountability are asked to indicate their support for the recommendations in this proposal. At the same time, public participants not involved with a Chartering Organization are invited to comment on the proposal. The CCWG-Accountability will attempt to reconcile reactions from Chartering Organizations and public comment prior to submission to the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s;">ICANN</abbr> Board of Directors (currently anticipated for late January 2016).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">In order to brief the community on the contents of their Draft Proposal, the CCWG-Accountability co-Chairs hosted two identical <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/woJlAw" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">briefing webinars</a> on 2 December 2015 and will host one additional briefing webinar on:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;">16 December from 20:00-21:30 UTC (time zone converter <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-ACCT+Webinar+%233+&iso=20151216T20&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; clear: both; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">here</a>)</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Webinars will be conducted in English. Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Webinar Details & How to Attend</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">The webinars will be run in an <a href="https://icann.adobeconnect.com/si-webinar/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Adobe Connect room</a>. If you are interested in attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please send an email to acct-staff@icann.org and indicate your language request (if needed). Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">Please note that the webinars will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the transcripts will be posted on the CCWG-Accountability wiki.</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Further information</em></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">For further information about the CCWG-Accountability's work, please see <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;">For further information about the related <abbr title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); cursor: help; transition: all 0.2s; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s;">IANA</abbr> Stewardship Transition, please see <a href="https://www.icann.org/stewardship" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://www.icann.org/stewardship</a> or <a href="https://www.ianacg.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 152, 213); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">https://www.ianacg.org</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Avenir, sans-serif;">-- </span></p></div></div><div><div><div><b>Hillary Jett</b></div><div>Communications Coordinator</div><div>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</div><div><br></div><div>Mobile: +1 (202) 674-3403</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:hillary.jett@icann.org">hillary.jett@icann.org</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><br></div></div></div></body></html>