<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Steve -<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> This is an excellent report - my thanks to the rapporteurs for their efforts! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> I will add one note to the document, and that is simply that we need to specifically</div><div class=""> consider SO/AC accountability _with respect to the scope of ICANN’s Mission_,</div><div class=""> rather than in general. For example, the ASO AC may perform activities on behalf </div><div class=""> of the Internet numbers community which are unrelated to the specific tasks in</div><div class=""> the ASO/ICANN agreement and the IETF for all practical matter performs all of</div><div class=""> its activities external to ICANN - It is perfectly reasonable to consider accountability</div><div class=""> of SO/AC’s within ICANN, but that should be for activities also within ICANN. </div><div class=""> This is not an issue with respect to organizations defined entirely by and within</div><div class=""> ICANN, but rather for those communities that organize independently of ICANN</div><div class=""> and have a formal legal agreement of the relationship with ICANN. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/John</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Disclaimer - my views alone.</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 16, 2016, at 8:46 AM, Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" class="">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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As promised on our call last week, your rapporteurs drafted a first report on our SOAC project for Work Stream 2. </div>
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This report begins with background on SOAC Accountability from the CCWG final proposal, with links to underlying documents.</div>
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Then we summarize discussions on the first and second calls. </div>
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The document is attached as a PDF, and we’ve posted a Google Doc where participants and observers can add their suggestions.</div>
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Google Doc is at <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTRZZJ9B3Q6BHP6AlDHmoiep8NeshNpomBNM4bBXYpA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="">https://docs.google.com/<wbr class="">document/d/<wbr class="">1WTRZZJ9B3Q6BHP6AlDHmoiep8Nesh<wbr class="">NpomBNM4bBXYpA/edit?usp=<wbr class="">sharing</a> </div>
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