Dear all I would just like to share a general thought with you: I wonder whether the different accountability mechanism descriptions/proposals will be presented with an assessment of their impact on the "power structures" within ICANN and on the appropriate balance between parts of the community, most conductive to serve the global public interest. Perhaps I'm missing this part as I've joined this process rather recently, but I'm not seeing this aspect covered in the templates and proposals of accountability measures Best Jorge Cancio International Relations Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC Federal Office of Communications OFCOM Zukunftstrasse 44, CH 2501 Biel Tel. +41 58 460 54 58 (direct) Tel. +41 32 327 55 11 (office) Fax +41 58 460 54 66 mailto: jorge.cancio@bakom.admin.ch www.bakom.admin.ch