Dear all, I have to go for another call. Since there was not time to raise at the call while I was there, I would like to follow up by e-mail on the point I raised at the last call on the text for Accountability Mechanisms. I would like to make the text suggstion below. Accountability Mechanisms (P2) CURRENT ICANN Board (i.e., the executive) is responsible for directing ICANN���s affairs and is held accountable to the community through the community���s powers o The Board also conducts regular Structural Reviews of the various SOs and ACs. These Reviews include an assessment of SO and AC accountability to their respective communities, along with regular participants as well as the wider communities they are designed to represent. " SUGGESTED ICANN Board (i.e., the executive) is responsible for directing ICANN���s affairs and is held accountable to the community through the community���s powers The Board requires that periodic Structural Reviews be conducted and that such reviews include an independent assessment of SO and AC accountability to their respective communities. These reviews should include input from the wider community that each SOs and ACs is designed to represent. Izumi on behalf of the ASO