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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good ideas. I would support these minor amendments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I suggested one way to improve the community’s review of GAC-oriented activities lies in the AoC’s Accountability and Transparency Review (known as ATRT). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here is the suggested edit [in red and brackets] to the AoC’s ATRT Review (<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56989168/Rec%209%20-%20AOC%20reviews%20-%20First%20reading%20conclusions.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1453310811000&api=v2">Annex
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(b) assessing the role and effectiveness of GAC interaction with the Board</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"> [<b><u>and with the broader ICANN community</u></b>]</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">and
making recommendations for improvement to ensure effective consideration by ICANN of GAC input on the public policy aspects of the technical coordination of the DNS </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">If this is acceptable to CCWG, we should amend Annex 9 para 85 as above. It might also be helpful to note the GAC-oriented review in
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Annex 10</a>, under para 3 for Work Stream 1. As in:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">“The periodic review of ICANN Accountability and Transparency required under the Affirmation of Commitments is being incorporated into ICANN bylaws as part of Work Stream 1. In
Recommendation 9 and Annex 9, the Accountability and Transparency Review will include this among issues that merit attention in the review:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> (b) assessing the role and effectiveness of GAC interaction with the Board</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"> [<b><u>and with the broader ICANN community</u></b>]</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">and
making recommendations for improvement to ensure effective consideration by ICANN of GAC input on the public policy aspects of the technical coordination of the DNS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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