<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>For your information, please see below a message for the Council’s attention from Thomas Rickert.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marika</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Thomas Rickert <<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net">thomas@rickert.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday 4 April 2016 at 09:47<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Marika Konings <<a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">marika.konings@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Transmittal of CCWG-Accountability Report to the ICANN Board<br></div><div><br></div><div>
  

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    Hello Marika,<br>
    my previous message to the Council list did not go through. May I
    therefore ask you to send this to the list? Larry Strickling has
    confirmed receipt of this note. <br>
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    Thank you,<br>
    Thomas<br>
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            <td>Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:24:50 +0100</td>
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            <td>Thomas Rickert <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net"><thomas@rickert.net></a></td>
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            <td>Strickling, Larry <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:LStrickling@ntia.doc.gov"><LStrickling@ntia.doc.gov></a>,
              Mathieu Weill <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr"><mathieu.weill@afnic.fr></a>, León Felipe
              Sánchez Ambía <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx"><leonfelipe@sanchez.mx></a></td>
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      Dear Larry,<br>
      I hope this e-mail finds you well.<br>
      <br>
      A GNSO Councillor pointed out to me that the statements made by
      some groups in the GNSO have not been referenced to in the letter
      from the Board to NTIA. I have therefore included our letter to
      the ICANN Board in this e-mail below. This letter includes links
      to the responses we got from the Chartering Organizations and
      those include links to the statements. I would add that there is
      an expectation from those that made the statements that these will
      be passed on to Congress with the proposal.<br>
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      May I kindly ask you to confirm receipt of this message?<br>
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      Thank you and kind regards,<br>
      Thomas <br>
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              <td>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:23:41 +0000</td>
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              <td>Thomas Rickert <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net"><thomas@rickert.net></a></td>
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              <td>Steve Crocker <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:steve.crocker@icann.org"><steve.crocker@icann.org></a>,
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                Theresa Swinehart <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:theresa.swinehart@icann.org"><theresa.swinehart@icann.org></a></td>
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              <td>Accountability Cross Community <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org"></a><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org"><accountability-cross-community@icann.org></a></td>
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                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Following the
                      submission on the Cross Community Working Group on
                      Enhancing ICANN Accountability
                      (CCWG-Accountability) Work Stream 1 Report to its
                      Chartering Organizations on 23 February 2016, we
                      are pleased to announce that transmittal of the
                      report has been approved by all six organizations.
                      Each of the Chartering Organizations’ approval
                      and statement is recorded as follows, in order
                      received:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">In addition, the
                      CWG-Stewardship<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="" lang="EN-CA"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2016-February/011509.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that the
                      CCWG-Accountability has met the dependencies on
                      which their proposal was expressly conditioned,
                      thus allowing the IANA Stewardship Transition (as
                      a whole) to proceed.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="" lang="EN-CA">The report
                      is the result of extensive work by the
                      CCWG-Accountability’s 28 members, 175
                      participants and a team of highly qualified legal
                      advisors since December 2014, which included over
                      221 calls or meetings, 3 public consultations and
                      more than 13,900 email messages. It represents a
                      carefully crafted balance between key
                      requirements, specific legal advice, and
                      significant compromises by all who participated
                      and includes diligent attention to the input
                      received through the Public Comment proceedings.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color:
                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Prior to submitting to
                      the Chartering Organizations for their approval,
                      the Work Stream 1 Report received the consensus
                      support within the CCWG-Accountability itself,
                      with five minority statements recorded in Appendix
                      A of our Report, and available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="" lang="EN-CA"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://community.icann.org/x/0ReAAw" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">With the sign off by
                      the Chartering Organizations of this report, the
                      CCWG-Accountability is pleased to transmit this
                      report to the Board as part of the IANA
                      Stewardship Transition process. We are available
                      to you in order to answer any questions you may
                      have and to explain any details of the proposal.
                      For your information, comprehensive further
                      background documents and reference materials are
                      available<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="" lang="EN-CA"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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                      rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="" lang="EN-CA">Thomas,
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                          accordance to the rules of the ccNSO (</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ccnso.icann.org/about/ccnso-rules-dec04-en.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);
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                          will become effective seven days after
                          publication of these decisions by the Council.
                          For the interim, the chair of the ccNSO is
                          requested to inform the ICANN Board of the
                          decision of the ccNSO Council under the
                          assumption the decision is effective and
                          subsequently, after seven (7) days, whether
                          these decision has become effective. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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