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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On the dividing line point -- are we as a group going to deal with "ICANN problem" accountability, or only with "IANA problem" accountability? I think we've strayed into
the former and should pull back, but we can't pull back so far that we fail to deal with the latter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Finally, I think this also impacts the scope of the IAP (at least as a CWG program): should we be creating an appeals forum for an "ICANN problem" (e.g., a controversial
delegation/redelegation decision) or should we limit ourselves to creating an appeals forum for "IANA problems" (e.g., action or inaction by the IANA team that results in a failure to carry out the task it was instructed to do). Here again, I think we should
limit ourselves to the latter, more limited course of action.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I am somewhat surprised at these questions. Of course this CWG deals only with IANA problem accountability, not
with general “ICANN [policy process] accountability problems”. People advocating an external solution or structural separation have always understood that these two things cannot be mixed up. The confusion between the two is one of the artifacts of keeping
everything inside ICANN. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Absolutely the IAP associated with this CWG should only be fielding appeals related to IANA-related processes and
decisions. So we are in agreement, and not only that, I was unaware of anyone who thinks otherwise. Yes, internalists have been arguing that improving general ICANN accountability will completely solve the IANA accountability problem, but I was unaware of
anyone who thinks that IANA accountability can be used to fix ICANN’s policy process issues.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Milton L. Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Syracuse University School of Information Studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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