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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Councillors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ahead of the official Council minutes, the following resolution was passed at the GNSO Council meeting on 13 November 2014.
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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Adoption of a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Whereas,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has requested that ICANN “convene a multistakeholder process to develop a plan to transition<br>
the U.S. government stewardship role” with regard to the IANA Functions and related root zone management.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2. During discussions around the transition process, the community raised the broader topic of the impact of the change on ICANN's accountability given its historical <br>
contractual relationship with the United States and NTIA. Accountability in this context is defined, according to the Netmundial multistakeholder statement[1], as the <br>
existence of mechanisms for independent checks and balances as well as for review and redress.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3. The concerns raised during these discussions around the transition process indicate that the level of trust into the existing ICANN accountability mechanisms does <br>
not yet meet some stakeholder’s expectations. Considering that the NTIA has stressed that it was expecting community consensus regarding the transition, this gap <br>
between the current situation and stakeholder expectations may prevent the transition to proceed.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4. A DT was formed with participants, amongst others, from the ccNSO, GNSO, ASO and ALAC to develop a charter for a Cross Community Working Group on <br>
Enhancing ICANN Accountability.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">5. The DT delivered the proposed charter for consideration to all the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees for consideration <br>
(see: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Resolved,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter <br>
(</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">) and appoints Thomas Rickert as the GNSO Council liaison and GNSO <br>
co-chair to the CWG. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2. Each GNSO Stakeholder Group will identify one member for the CWG by 20 November taking into account the charter requirement that best efforts should be <br>
made to ensure that members:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Have sufficient expertise to participate in the applicable subject matter <br>
(see for example </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-faqs-2014-08-22-en#12"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-faqs-2014-08-22-en#12</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for areas identified for expertise);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG on an ongoing and long-term basis; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">ˇ<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns of individuals in the organization that appoints them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">3. The GNSO will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call for participants to join the CWG, each in accordance with its own rules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">[1] </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETmundial-Multistakeholder-Document.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://netmundial.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NETmundial-Multistakeholder-Document.pdf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you.<br>
Kind regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen de Saint Géry
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO Secretariat
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:FR">http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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