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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">On yesterday’s CCWG call, we reviewed Recommendation 10 – SO/AC Accountability (<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/56989168/Rec%2010%20-%20SOAC%20Accountability%20-%201st%20reading%20conclusions.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1453451637000&api=v2">latest
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">I</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"> suggested one way to improve the community’s review of GAC-oriented activities lies in the </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">AoC</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">’s
Accountability and Transparency Review (known as </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ATRT). </font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">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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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(b) assessing the role and effectiveness of GAC interaction with the Board</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [<b><u>and with
the broader ICANN community</u></b>]</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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></p>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;">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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<div>“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
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<div> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(b) assessing the role and effectiveness of GAC interaction with the Board</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> [<b><u>and with the broader
ICANN community</u></b>]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div>
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