<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.5in; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;10 March 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">ICANN Board of Directors<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Dear ICANN Board of Directors,<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Following the submission on the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) Work Stream 1 Report to its Chartering Organizations on 23 February 2016, we are pleased to announce that transmittal of the report has been approved by all six organizations. Each of the Chartering Organizations’ approval and statement is recorded as follows, in order received:<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-March/011606.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Security and Stability Advisory Committee</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(SSAC)<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-March/011639.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Address Supporting Organization</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(ASO)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-March/011658.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">At-Large Advisory Committee</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(ALAC)<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-March/011676.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Governmental Advisory Committee</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(GAC)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-March/011694.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Generic Names Supporting Organization</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(GNSO)<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext;" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-March/011697.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Country Codes Names Supporting Organisation</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(ccNSO)<a href="x-msg://160/#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><sup class=""><sup class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">[1]</span></sup></sup></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">In addition, the CWG-Stewardship<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-February/011509.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">certified</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>that the CCWG-Accountability has met the dependencies on which their proposal was expressly conditioned, thus allowing the IANA Stewardship Transition (as a whole) to proceed.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">The report is the result of extensive work by the CCWG-Accountability’s 28 members, 175 participants and a team of highly qualified legal advisors since December 2014, which included over 221 calls or meetings, 3 public consultations and more than 13,900 email messages. It represents a carefully crafted balance between key requirements, specific legal advice, and significant compromises by all who participated and includes diligent attention to the input received through the Public Comment proceedings.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Prior to submitting to the Chartering Organizations for their approval, the Work Stream 1 Report received the consensus support within the CCWG-Accountability itself, with five minority statements recorded in Appendix A of our Report, and available<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/0ReAAw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">With the sign off by the Chartering Organizations of this report, the CCWG-Accountability is pleased to transmit this report to the Board as part of the IANA Stewardship Transition process. We are available to you in order to answer any questions you may have and to explain any details of the proposal. For your information, comprehensive further background documents and reference materials are available<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">&nbsp;</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Thomas, Mathieu, and Leon<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; background-color: white;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" class=""><div id="ftn1" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><a href="x-msg://160/#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.84000015258789px;" class="">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>In accordance to the rules of the ccNSO (</span><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-rules-dec04-en.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-rules-dec04-en.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">), the decisions in this resolution will become effective seven days after publication of these decisions by the Council. For the interim, the chair of the ccNSO is requested to inform the ICANN Board of the decision of the ccNSO Council under the assumption the decision is effective and subsequently, after seven (7) days, whether these decision has become effective.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>