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Just wanted to start a new thread on something CCWG should discuss as we begin Work Stream 2 (WS2). The attached document has all the background, and is summarized below.</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Several of our approved WS2 accountability tasks are within the scope of the next Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT3), which is currently scheduled to begin Jan-2017. The CCWG may wish to consider whether
to recommend delaying the start of ATRT3 in order to allow WS2 accountability items to be completed first.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Currently ICANN is obligated to the 2009 Affirmation of Commitments with NTIA (AoC). ICANN’s Board made a commitment to NTIA to begin ATRT3 in January 2017. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Regarding timing of ATRT3, note that the draft new bylaws require this review “be conducted no less frequently than every five years measured from the date the previous Accountability and Transparency Review Team was convened.”
Since the last ATRT was convened in Feb-2013, ATRT3 could begin as late as Feb-2018.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Below is a summary of WS2 items, CCWG discussions of WS2, and comparison of proposed bylaws for WS2 and ATRT recommendations. This document is intended to help CCWG determine whether and how to integrate and/or sequence
WS2 activities with the third Accountability and Transparency Review. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">This document provides necessary background to address three questions:</font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">How does the scope of ATRT compare with WS2 accountability items?</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">What do the proposed bylaws require for implementation of WS2? </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">What do draft new bylaws require for the AoC review of Accountability and Transparency (ATRT)?</font></li></ol>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">My own view is that WS2 gives the community more leverage than ATRT to achieve adoption of accountability enhancements that might be resisted by ICANN board and legal. </font></div>
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