Hi Everyone,

I was asked to speak as NCSG chair for this session tomorrow at IGF,
unfortunately, I am not in Istanbul yet and I cannot participate remotely.
however it may be possible for me to send a short statement to make few
points.

I was thinking to highlight few points, nothing controversial but still
more substantive and constructive to move forward:

- quick presentation of NCSG as civil society space within ICANN
- NCSG welcomes the accountability track of course since we waited it for
long : as group we have our own griefs on the current mechanisms and
several members provides specific inputs during public comments .

we would like to improve the current proposal to be setup while we don't
want to delay the process. we want an open, transparent , bottom-up and
inclusive process which should be more community led and reaching those
outside ICANN. for this reason, we are looking to work with parts of civil
society not involved in ICANN.
On other hand  the legitimacy of such process and the acceptance of its
outcomes can be only built when the community owns it  and trust the
process.

so it is more brainstorming and recall bits of discussion happened in the
list.
I also welcome any feedback or input, specific wording , mention of
previous NCSG position on that matter. I have short time to write this
statement but I hope to get your feedback asap.

Thanks,

Rafik

*Enhancing ICANN Accountability Governance Town Hall Meeting to take place
at Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul*



ICANN staff invites all interested stakeholders to a Town Hall Meeting to
discuss the Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance Process during
the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey.



The Town Hall Meeting will provide an opportunity for an open dialogue to
address and clarify any remaining questions about the Enhancing ICANN
Accountability and Governance Process.



*Date: *2 September 2014

*Location: *ICEC in the Topkapi A Room, Istanbul, Turkey

*Time: *06:00-07:30 UTC (Time zone conversions can be found here
<http://ow.ly/AS3Jf>)



Remote Participation Information:



*Online Meeting Room:*
https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/j.php?MTID=md43f4ed6d6fb2922239ea63ba730800f


*Meeting Number: *959 336 622

*Meeting Password:* ICANN



*Audio Conference Information:*

*Call-in toll number (UK):* +44 203 478 5289

*Global call-in numbers: *
https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=312692962&tollFree=0


*Access code:* 959 336 622