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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Hello all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The notes, recordings and transcripts for WS2
<b>SO/AC Accountability Subgroup Meeting #9</b> – 13 October 2016 will be available here:
<a href="https://community.icann.org/x/fAi4Aw">https://community.icann.org/x/fAi4Aw</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A copy of the
<span style="color:#101C45">n</span>otes may be found below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you<span style="color:#101C45">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#101C45"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#111111">With kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#15205F">Brenda Brewer </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#111111">MSSI Projects & Operations Assistant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#111111">ICANN<b>
</b>-<b> </b>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Notes:</span></strong><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">1. Welcome - Opening Remarks </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">2. Review (brief) of last call #8 </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">3. Discussion Topics</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">a) Second Review and Discussion on Draft text of questions to be sent to SO/ACs </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- Review of the designated community members - noted that this has been captured in the Google doc according and lists groups according to the bylaws. The document is </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><br>
<span class="s1">located at </span><span class="s2">Our Google Doc is at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_document_d_1WTRZZJ9B3Q6BHP6AlDHmoiep8NeshNpomBNM4bBXYpA_edit-3Fts-3D57ba7a43&d=DQMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=kbiQDH54980u4nTPfwdloDLY6-6F24x0ArAvhdeDvvc&m=LGsOI7Fq29Nl8-K4wpMvtflt78FjRDiwJxiRQCWZrFY&s=joM1uhl-NWI0YFn5y-xqIDOtT--oRZs-MmFZ2SOLbvw&e="><span class="s3"><span style="color:#3B73AF;text-decoration:none">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTRZZJ9B3Q6BHP6AlDHmoiep8NeshNpomBNM4bBXYpA/edit?ts=57ba7a43[docs.google.com]</span></span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- Raised some concerns over the questions drafted as they may be difficult to answer for some groups, as there is a need to understand the terminology i.e. what does it mean to participate.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- Might be a need to consider to customize the questions based on the SO/AC. It may be a better solution to provide a prefix to the questions so that the group </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><br>
<span class="s1">can respond as it applies to them. Customizing questions may make the responses hard to collate and if a questions does not apply, then the organization does </span><br>
<span class="s1">not need to reply. there is also a need to have fee text questions too. It should be noted that e</span><span class="s2">ach question should be interpreted in the context applicable to that AC/SO.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- May need to revisit the use of the term designated community and explain what we mean when using that term. Might be a better approach to use a clear description </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><br>
<span class="s1">from the bylaws as to the community and who they represent. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- Need to also look at if each group is accountable to the global stakeholder community</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- Need to look at restated questions prepared by Giovanni and consider approach to take with the revisions</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">b) Reviewing the paper provided by staff on SO/AC accountability </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- Discussion of the contents of the staff report, it was noted that the staff report does not go into a deep dive as to the SO/AC accountability documents and procedures that exist today.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">- can consider asking the SO.AC Chairs if their support staff cold provide each groups accountability documents</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Agreed to use Giovanni's version of the questions with revisions to be made based on today's discussion</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">4. AOB </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Next call scheduled for 20 October at 0500 UTC</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Documents Presented</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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