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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Lise and Jørgen,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Staff has been reviewing the proposed observations and recommendations considered by the ATRT 2 and would like to offer several clarifications. As you are the ATRT 2 members assigned to complete the analysis and the documentation on various items, staff would appreciate your consideration of the information summarized here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The ATRT2 draft Finance recommendation communicated to staff includes guiding principles and needs that are generally consistent with those that staff takes into account to evolve the processes and publications towards increased accountability and transparency. Further consideration will be required, ideally in direct interaction with the relevant members of the ATRT2 team, to determine the possibility to implement or not those provisions of the recommendations that are more specific or prescriptive, and to determine alternative approaches that would not divert from the intended objectives.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Staff appreciates the significant work effort that you and the Review Team have committed to making ongoing improvements in ICANN’s accountability and transparency.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Larisa B. Gurnick<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Consultant/Senior Director, Organizational Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:larisa.gurnick@icann.org"><span style='color:blue'>larisa.gurnick@icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>310 383-8995<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> atrt2-bounces@icann.org [mailto:atrt2-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lise Fuhr<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2013 8:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> atrt2@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [atrt2] Finance template<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA>Dear ATRT2,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Jørgen and I hereby send a revised version of the Finance template with the remarks from our meeting in Washington incorporated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I have more templates to come during the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Enjoy your Friday<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Lise<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>