<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;">
<div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
Thank you, Farzaneh. </div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br>
</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
One more thing to consider on our upcoming call: we need an Executive Summary for our draft report. Attached and below is my first draft for your consideration:</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br>
</div>
<div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>DRAFT Executive summary for SOAC-Accountability report</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The SO/AC Accountability project for Work Stream 2 had its genesis at an early stage of the CCWG-Accountability track, when SO/AC representatives insisted on new powers to hold the ICANN corporation accountable to the global
internet community. ICANN board members and staff then asked, “What about SO/AC accountability?“ And as one of our independent experts asked, “Who watches the watchers?” Those questions led to a creation of a Work Stream 2 project to review and recommend
improvements to accountability, transparency, and participation within ICANN SOs and ACs. </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">This draft report reflects several months of research and deliberation, starting with exploration of to whom the ICANN ACs and SOs are accountable. On that question, our working group achieved quick consensus: each AC
and SO is accountable to the segment of the global internet community that each AC/SO was designated to represent in the ICANN Bylaws. </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">This conclusion was the basis for Track 1 of our work: reviewing accountability, transparency, and participation with respect to the designated community of each SO/AC and Subgroup. We were keen to examine the extent to
which SO/AC/Subgroups were reaching out to, and open to, members of their designated community who were not yet participating. In Track 1 we recommend 21 “best practices” that should be considered by each SO/AC/Subgroup, to the extent these practices are
applicable and an improvement over present practices. </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">In Track 2, we considered the suggestion for a “Mutual Accountability Roundtable,” originally described as a concept where “multiple actors are accountable to each other”. That concept clashed with the fundamental consensus
that ICANN SOs and ACs are only accountable to the designated community they were created to serve and represent. On this basis, we recommend that a Mutual Accountability Roundtable not be formally implemented by ICANN.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Track 3 was where we assessed whether the new Independent Review Process (IRP) should also become a tool to challenge AC and SO activities. On this question, we conclude that while the IRP could be made applicable by amending
bylaws significantly, the IRP should not be made applicable to SO & AC activities, because it is complex and
expensive, and there are easier alternative ways to challenge an AC or SO action or inaction.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">We look forward to community response to our draft report.
</font></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br>
</div>
</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<div id="MAC_OUTLOOK_SIGNATURE"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br>
</div>
<span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:12pt; 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>farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 3:59 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Steve DelBianco <<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:ws2-so_ac@icann.org">ws2-so_ac@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ws2-so_ac@icann.org">ws2-so_ac@icann.org</a>>, Brenda Brewer <<a href="mailto:mssi-secretariat@icann.org">mssi-secretariat@icann.org</a>>,
Cheryl Langdon-Orr <<a href="mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com">langdonorr@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: Updated draft 1.3 of our report, for our 2-March call<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thank you Steve.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I have added 3 more recommendations on the
<b>Accountability</b> and <b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri">regarding <u>Updates</u> to SO/AC/Subgroup Policies and Procedures</span></b> and inserted them in the doc. We can discuss them during the call. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There are two overall suggestions that I am putting out there for the group to discuss and if the group agrees I can insert them in the document after the meeting or discard them: </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><b>- SO/AC of the year with regards to accountability </b></span><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This was my attempt to make an inspirational recommendation. The SO/AC of the year does not create a negative fierce competition between
the SOs and ACs and can be a good excuse to look at the accountability mechanisms we have in place. There might be downsides to it which surpass the positive values it brings. But we can at least discuss it. </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><b>- Annual Report on accountability mechanisms</b></span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> SO and ACs provide an annual report on what they have done during the year to enhance their accountability and where they might have
fallen short and what they did to overcome it. </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">we can discuss these two recommendations plus what I have added to the document (attached) during our meeting. </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Best </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Farzaneh </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default">
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px"><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div>
<div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
<div dir="ltr">
<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Steve DelBianco <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:sdelbianco@netchoice.org" target="_blank">sdelbianco@netchoice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<div>
<div>
<div>Thanks for the reviewing that many of you have already done. (not so much over last 4 days, however …)</div>
</div>
</div>
<span id="m_1600920508819984442OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>In the attached docs/PDF for version 1.3, dated 28-Feb-2017:</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>
<div><br>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div>We added previously provided responses from the RSSAC.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Added a mention of the Bylaws required independent review of AC/Sos other than the GAC. (page 3)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Added a placeholder for Executive Summary</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div>Here are ways you can continue to suggest edits:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<span id="m_1600920508819984442OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<div>
<div>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div>1. Reply all with an email offering comments. </div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div><br>
</div>
<span id="m_1600920508819984442OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<div>
<div>
<div>2. Mark-up the attached Word Doc Draft 1.3 (use track changes, please).</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>
<div><br>
</div>
<span id="m_1600920508819984442OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<div>
<div>
<div>3. Suggest edits or comments on the Google Doc Draft 1.3 at </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>
<div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WppuLbVxfrRBx09hyDVYwj_yeyW78M7esiSv9InmK8U/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1WppuLbVxfrRBx09hyDVYwj_<wbr>yeyW78M7esiSv9InmK8U/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a> </div>
<div><br>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div>—Steve, Cheryl, and Farzi</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>
</body>
</html>