Hi everyone,

as you may know already the first draft report from ICANN accountability
working group is for public comment. there will be 2 webinars next week (2
different time slots) to present the proposals. please try to attend one of
those calls and read the report. NCSG will work on its own comment .

Best Regards,

Rafik

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https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en

WEBINAR: Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability
(CCWG-Accountability): Presentation on the Draft Report for Public Comment
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en#>
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The Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability was
established to initiate a related process to the IANA Stewardship
Transition process to ensure that ICANN's accountability and transparency
commitments to the global Internet community are maintained and enhanced in
the absence of its historical contractual relationship with the U.S.
Government.

This report for public comment represents the current work product of the
CCWG-Accountability. It is focused on draft Work Stream 1 recommendations
(Work Stream 1 is the CCWG-Accountability's work on changes to ICANN's
accountability arrangements which must be in place, or committed to, prior
to the IANA Stewardship transition), which were the focus of the first five
months of work (from December 2014 until May 2015). These recommendations
are not presented as the consensus of the CCWG-Accountability at this
point. The CCWG-Accountability is seeking confirmation of its approach and
guidance upon several options.

The CCWG-Accountability will hold two identical webinars at different times
to facilitate participation across time zones. The webinars will take place
on:

   - *11 May from 11:00 – 12:30 UTC *(time zone converter here
   <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T11&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30>
   )
   - *11 May from 19:00 – 20:30 UTC *(time zone converter here
   <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T19&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30>
   )

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*Webinar Details & How to Attend*

The webinars will be run in an Adobe Connect room
<https://icann.adobeconnect.com/accountability/>. If you are interested in
attending the webinar and would like to receive dial-in details, please
send an email to [log in to unmask] and indicate which time you would
like to attend the webinar. Please note that the webinar will be conducted
in English and will be recorded and transcribed. Subsequently the
transcripts will be translated in the 5 UN languages and posted on the
CCWG-Accountability Wiki here <https://community.icann.org/x/rYQ0Aw>.
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*Further information*

For further information about the CCWG-Accountability's work, please see
https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg.
For further information about the related IANA Stewardship Transition
process, please seehttps://www.icann.org/stewardship-accountability.