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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sylfaen&quot;,serif">The notes, recordings and transcripts for CCWG Accountability
<b>WS2_ CCWG Ombudsman Subgroup, Meeting #13</b> &#8211; <b>19 December</b> <b>2016</b> will be available here:&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sylfaen&quot;,serif;color:#002060">Yvette Guigneaux<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sylfaen&quot;,serif;color:#002060">Email:&nbsp; yvette.guigneaux@icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sylfaen&quot;,serif;color:#002060">Cell:&nbsp; &#43;1-310-460-8432<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Sylfaen&quot;,serif;color:#002060">Skype:&nbsp; yvette.guigneaux.icann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roll&nbsp;Call&nbsp;/&nbsp;Apologies&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Welcome&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Opening&nbsp;Remarks&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Roll&nbsp;call&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;taken&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;AC&nbsp;room.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; No&nbsp;participants&nbsp;on&nbsp;audio&nbsp;only.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Sebastien&nbsp;walked&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;agenda.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Around&nbsp;6&nbsp;participants&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;call&nbsp;only&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;22&nbsp;signed-up,&nbsp;not&nbsp;optimal.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">External&nbsp;review&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;Ombuds&nbsp;Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Asking&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;staff&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide&nbsp;an&nbsp;update&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;status&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;external&nbsp;review<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Lars&nbsp;Hoffman&nbsp;will&nbsp;provide&nbsp;the&nbsp;update.&nbsp;Lars&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;employee,&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;MSSI&nbsp;(multistakeholder&nbsp;strategy&nbsp;and&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;initiatives)&nbsp;and&nbsp;works&nbsp;on&nbsp;reviews.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Lars&nbsp;walks&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;draft&nbsp;RFP&nbsp;(Request&nbsp;for&nbsp;Proposal)&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;prepared&nbsp;by&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;staff.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Larisa&nbsp;Gurnick:&nbsp;The&nbsp;document&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;drafted&nbsp;by&nbsp;staff,&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;key&nbsp;elements&nbsp;discussed&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;subgroup&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;last&nbsp;call,&nbsp;with&nbsp;inputs&nbsp;from&nbsp;both&nbsp;ATRT2&nbsp;and&nbsp;WS1&nbsp;and&nbsp;our&nbsp;group.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Farzaneh&nbsp;Badii:&nbsp;Larisa&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;enough.&nbsp;SO/ACs&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;informed.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Farzaneh&nbsp;Badii:&nbsp;can&nbsp;we&nbsp;make&nbsp;changes&nbsp;to&nbsp;this?&nbsp;or&nbsp;is&nbsp;it&nbsp;final?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Larisa&nbsp;Gurnick:&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;very&nbsp;much&nbsp;a&nbsp;draft,&nbsp;and&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;handed&nbsp;over&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;subgroup&nbsp;for&nbsp;your&nbsp;input&nbsp;and&nbsp;suggestions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Sebastien:&nbsp;We&nbsp;will&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;draft&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;days,&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;subgroup&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;review&nbsp;and&nbsp;amend.&nbsp;We&nbsp;won't&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;time,&nbsp;we&nbsp;don't&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;bottleneck&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;whole&nbsp;WS2&nbsp;work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Farzaneh&nbsp;Badii:&nbsp;how&nbsp;long&nbsp;do&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;comments&nbsp;on&nbsp;this?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Farzaneh&nbsp;Badii:&nbsp;who&nbsp;is&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;decide&nbsp;which&nbsp;individuals&nbsp;are&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;to&nbsp;interview?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Herb:&nbsp;I&nbsp;thought&nbsp;the&nbsp;review&nbsp;was&nbsp;more&nbsp;an&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;of&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;community&nbsp;fits&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;ombuds&nbsp;office.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Farzaneh:&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;scope&nbsp;of&nbsp;work:&nbsp;the&nbsp;review&nbsp;should&nbsp;also&nbsp;focus&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;office&nbsp;is&nbsp;designed.&nbsp;We&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;caution&nbsp;when&nbsp;reviewing&nbsp;best&nbsp;practices.&nbsp;Ombuds&nbsp;office&nbsp;at&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;is&nbsp;quite&nbsp;different&nbsp;from&nbsp;other&nbsp;industries&nbsp;(often&nbsp;limited&nbsp;to&nbsp;employees&nbsp;disputes).&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;reviewer&nbsp;has&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;the&nbsp;difference&nbsp;of&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;with&nbsp;other&nbsp;corporations.&nbsp;About&nbsp;one-on-one&nbsp;interviews:&nbsp;we&nbsp;should&nbsp;ask&nbsp;SO/ACs&nbsp;about&nbsp;this.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Lars:&nbsp;we&nbsp;would&nbsp;encourage&nbsp;this&nbsp;subgroup&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;us&nbsp;identify&nbsp;which&nbsp;individuals&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;interviewed&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;review.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Klaus:&nbsp;We&nbsp;should&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;review&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;include&nbsp;the&nbsp;points&nbsp;that&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;clarified,&nbsp;to&nbsp;not&nbsp;leave&nbsp;too&nbsp;much&nbsp;room&nbsp;for&nbsp;interpretation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Sebastien:&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;parts&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;document&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;worked&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;few&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;ago&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;include&nbsp;in&nbsp;this&nbsp;RFP.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Sebatien:&nbsp;let's&nbsp;try&nbsp;to&nbsp;give&nbsp;our&nbsp;initial&nbsp;feedback&nbsp;by&nbsp;Friday,&nbsp;Dec&nbsp;23.&nbsp;ICANN&nbsp;staff&nbsp;will&nbsp;ultimately&nbsp;pick&nbsp;the&nbsp;reviewer.&nbsp;Sebastien&nbsp;invites&nbsp;participants&nbsp;to&nbsp;review&nbsp;last&nbsp;call's&nbsp;presentation&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand&nbsp;the&nbsp;whole&nbsp;process.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Last&nbsp;week's&nbsp;presentation&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;found&nbsp;here&nbsp;under&nbsp;Documents:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_dZjDAw&amp;d=DgMFaQ&amp;c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&amp;r=xjNMRR-fjlgBx7tqUEv8lZv2O9RJyMyqWkymcecegCUuwDxFVsW6VBuvkqKnS_lk&amp;m=NAXO30pkzXfbwDkV1yfaWYiRxBQJPD_TP4OA0JQuz_E&amp;s=g8mfZdAPy_PvI4SMTZYeTk3BXu-GKb8DGzBWW8SAe5o&amp;e=" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/dZjDAw[community.icann.org]</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How&nbsp;to&nbsp;organize&nbsp;our&nbsp;team?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Sebastien&nbsp;suggests&nbsp;having&nbsp;a&nbsp;small&nbsp;group&nbsp;to&nbsp;follow&nbsp;external&nbsp;review&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;IOO,&nbsp;including:&nbsp;Sebastien,&nbsp;Farzaneh,&nbsp;Avri,&nbsp;Cheryl,&nbsp;Alberto,&nbsp;Klaus,&nbsp;Herb,&nbsp;Asha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Asha&nbsp;Hemrajani:&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you&nbsp;Seb.&nbsp;&nbsp;I&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;happy&nbsp;to&nbsp;follow&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;but&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;board&nbsp;liaison&nbsp;my&nbsp;main&nbsp;role&nbsp;is&nbsp;liaising&nbsp;and&nbsp;observation.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;community&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;drive&nbsp;the&nbsp;work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-&nbsp;&nbsp;Need&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;delay&nbsp;after&nbsp;receiving&nbsp;the&nbsp;external&nbsp;review&nbsp;report<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-&nbsp;&nbsp;Can&nbsp;be&nbsp;handle&nbsp;in&nbsp;//<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sebastien&nbsp;will&nbsp;resend&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;the&nbsp;structure&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;discussed&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;final&nbsp;report,&nbsp;so&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;can&nbsp;identify&nbsp;what&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;delayed&nbsp;and&nbsp;what&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;handled&nbsp;in&nbsp;parallel,&nbsp;and&nbsp;this&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;discussed&nbsp;in&nbsp;our&nbsp;next&nbsp;meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sebastien&nbsp;identified&nbsp;portions&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Transparency&nbsp;report&nbsp;that&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ombudsman's&nbsp;office.&nbsp;He&nbsp;will&nbsp;send&nbsp;these&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;list,&nbsp;and&nbsp;asks&nbsp;the&nbsp;subgroup&nbsp;to&nbsp;review&nbsp;these&nbsp;elements&nbsp;and&nbsp;provide&nbsp;feedback&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list.&nbsp;<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-&nbsp;Next&nbsp;meetings<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; #14&nbsp;Monday&nbsp;Jan&nbsp;9,&nbsp;2017&nbsp;13:00UTC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Skipping&nbsp;one&nbsp;week&nbsp;after&nbsp;that&nbsp;due&nbsp;to&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;new&nbsp;year.&nbsp;After&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;will&nbsp;resume&nbsp;weekly&nbsp;meetings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; &nbsp;Iranian&nbsp;new&nbsp;year&nbsp;is&nbsp;on&nbsp;21&nbsp;March&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Asha&nbsp;Hemrajani:&nbsp;Would&nbsp;it&nbsp;be&nbsp;possible&nbsp;to&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;9th&nbsp;Jan&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;to&nbsp;10th&nbsp;Jan?&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;new&nbsp;year&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;till&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;January,&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;reason&nbsp;to&nbsp;skip&nbsp;the&nbsp;week&nbsp;of&nbsp;Jan&nbsp;16th.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Herb:&nbsp;what&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;steps?&nbsp;the&nbsp;group&nbsp;will&nbsp;receive&nbsp;the&nbsp;draft&nbsp;RFP&nbsp;to&nbsp;review&nbsp;via&nbsp;the&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list?&nbsp;does&nbsp;the&nbsp;small&nbsp;group&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;call?&nbsp;if&nbsp;so,&nbsp;when&nbsp;would&nbsp;that&nbsp;be?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Sebastien:&nbsp;goal&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;receive&nbsp;a&nbsp;draft&nbsp;from&nbsp;staff&nbsp;by&nbsp;Wednesday,&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide&nbsp;initial&nbsp;feedback&nbsp;by&nbsp;Friday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&middot;&nbsp; Asha:&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;already&nbsp;a&nbsp;timeframe&nbsp;drafted&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;RFP.&nbsp;We&nbsp;should&nbsp;build&nbsp;up&nbsp;on&nbsp;that.&nbsp;<br>
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