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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Glen de Saint Géry [mailto:Glen@icann.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 23 August 2014 14:21<br><b>To:</b> liaison6c<br><b>Subject:</b> [liaison6c] Have Questions About the ICANN Accountability Process?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-22-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-22-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Have Questions About the ICANN Accountability Process?<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 14 August ICANN posted the </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en"><em><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance: Process and Next Steps</span></em></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Since posting, we've received some questions that are compiled here together with items perhaps useful to be addressed for the community. These </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-faqs-2014-08-22-en"><span lang=EN-US>Frequently Asked Questions</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (FAQ) are to assist in your understanding of this process and of the ways you can participate, and will be updated to be responsive to community questions during the process. The FAQs and other process resources also can be found on a </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/category/accountability"><span lang=EN-US>new Community Wiki space</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Accountability Process ICANN has launched is critical to the successful transition of the IANA Functions Stewardship from the US Government to the Internet's multistakeholder community. All of us who are part of the ICANN community are responsibility for our accountability – for assessing the mechanisms – what works and what needs to be improved. </span><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It's important that you contribute. We hope you do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR-BE'>Glen de Saint Géry<br>GNSO Secretariat<br><b><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></b><br><b><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/">http://gnso.icann.org</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR-BE style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>