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<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""> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marika Konings<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 01, 2016 1:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] For your review - draft Council responses to CCWG Accountability survey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In preparation for item 9 – <i>
GNSO Council Response to Questions from the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs concerning Work Strems</i> (see further details below), please find attached a draft GNSO Council response for your review. Note that this draft only focuses on the GNSO Council aspects
as it is the expectation that GNSO Stakeholder Groups and/or Constituencies will provide their respective responses to the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Item 9. COUNCIL DISCUSSION – GNSO Council Response to Questions from the CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs concerning Work Stream 2 (10 minutes)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On 4 November 2016, the co-chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) wrote to all SO/AC leaders seeking input by early December on the r</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">esources
and documents used by each SO/AC to maintain accountability to its respective designated community, taking into account the particular or specific working modalities of each SO/AC (and any subgroups) (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_mailing-2Dlists_archives_council_msg19440.html-29&d=DgMFAw&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=7_PQAir-9nJQ2uB2cWiTDDDo5Hfy5HL9rSTe65iXLVM&m=FOLHRkyP1CJilEE0xYQhJllo1ue6MlXmKJPFl3FO5U8&s=mR_wcp_sCCm1zlfn_Br4l10pr58ZXz409FXmaDqq9NM&e=">https://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg19440.html)[gnso.icann.org]</a>.
The GNSO Council leadership is working on a possible response from the Council, and has requested feedback from each Stakeholder Group and Constituency on the topic. Here the Council will discuss whether or not to send a response to the CCWG-Accountability
co-chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9.1 – Status summary (GNSO Council leadership)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9.2 – Council discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">9.3 – Next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika Konings<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Senior Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Find out more about the GNSO by taking our <a href="http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso">interactive courses</a> and visiting the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-efforts.htm#newcomers">GNSO
Newcomer pages</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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