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</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Dear Co-Chairs</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Here it is 0340UTC and I am still following all exchanged e-mails.</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Some of them promising and some other disappointing</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">The Co-Chairs
decision to hold on the forwarding the final report till the issue of threshold
is resolved is the most WISE and the most appropriate decision.</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">I fully
support it .</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Good luck for
CCWG call on 26 Feb.</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Regards</span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 6.75pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:middle"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;font-size:12pt">Kavouss </span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">

</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-20 1:19 GMT+01:00 León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" target="_blank">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;">














<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As you are aware, we intended to publish
our Final Report today (19 February 2016) for Chartering Organization
consideration. We are ready to do so, except for one issue where we would like
to consider options as a full group.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">There is, still, ongoing discussion on the
issue of thresholds for Board removal in Recommendation #2, which raised
concerns in our report after we came to a compromise on Board consideration of
GAC Advice (Recommendation #11). Since then, we have tried to propose
compromise text that would be acceptable by different groups (c.f. the 12
February and 17 February drafts, posted at <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/iw2AAw" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/iw2AAw</a>).  </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We received comments on this issue, and in
some cases, minority statements, from members and participants in the ALAC,
GAC, GNSO, and the Board. Earlier today, ICANN Chairman, Steve Crocker, posted
a note, apparently on behalf of the Icann Board, outlining Board concerns with
the latest attempt at compromise text proposed on 17 February: <a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-February/011056.html" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-February/011056.html</a>.
<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">While these last minute interventions are
deeply disappointing for those of us who worked extremely hard, within the
group and within their respective communities, to build bridges and promote
compromise, our main target and duty remains to achieve a stable level of
consensus, respecting the bottom-up, multistakeholder nature of the process.</p><p class="MsoNormal">It is fortunate that the Board provided
this input before we published the report, since it enables us to assess the
potential consequences of a Board disagreement later in the process.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We believe this issue must be discussed before
sending our Final Report to Chartering Organizations. At the very least, we
would like the opportunity to discuss a way forward and process as full group
on next Tuesday’s CCWG-Accountability call at 06:00 UTC. There are many options
and directions the group can take at this stage, each with different
implications and considerations, and these options should be discussed as a
group.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Until the Tuesday call, let’s keep open
channels of communication on our mailing list and work towards a solution. We
will also reach out to the Chartering Organizations to inform them of the
change in our schedule.</p><p class="MsoNormal">As co-chairs, we renew our call upon every
Member, upon every Participant, our call upon community leaders especially in
the ICANN Board, in the GNSO and in the GAC to step away from confronting each
other, to engage constructively and recognize each other’s value to the
multistakeholder model. If you believe that the multistakeholder model can deliver,
now is the time to act accordingly.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Thank you,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thomas, León, Mathieu</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">CCWG-Accountability
Co-Chairs</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
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