All, thank you again for a constructive call yesterday. We felt it was important to go through some of the administrative and procedural aspects as a basis for our work. However, we do know that you might have additional questions and would therefore like to encourage you direct those questions to staff or us. We are more than happy to help. As you will remember, we have agreed that we install 4 sub groups to help scoping our task so that we can specify a work plan, the time line and subsequent tasks during next week’s call. We are cognizant that your involvement in this group is a substantial commitment and we appreciate your willingness to contribute. We are also cognizant that many of you are active in both this group as well as in the CWG. We do hope that we can tap on this expertise for our work. Remember, the CWG has already produced a first draft and we have to make sure that the work on Accountability is also completed in a timely fashion. Today, we would like to raise three points: I. Sub Group Work Please do send an e-mail to Grace and sign up to at least one of the 4 sub groups mentioned below: 1. Establishing an inventory of existing accountability mechanisms / ATRT recommendations (maybe an indication of where they can or need to be improved for Work Stream 1 would also be valuable) 2. Reviewing the outcome of the public comment period on Accountability and categorizing what goes into WS1, WS2 or both. 3. Reviewing the work of the CWG, extract accountability issues and categorize what goes into WS1, WS2 or both. 4. List contingencies The work results should be completed by next Monday so the group can review before the call. During the next meeting, we will review the work results and agree on next steps. II. Meeting Times A time zone analysis was conducted and there are three suggested alternating times: 12.00 UTC, 19.00 UTC, 6.00 UTC. With this, the burden of unpleasant starting times should be equally shared. Please let us know if there are major concerns with this. III. Meetings As mentioned during the call, we are planning to have weekly calls with a duration of 2 hours. Additionally, we are suggesting to offer two face to face meetings: - One meeting in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on January 19 and 20. Meeting facilities have been kindly offered by eco/ De-CIX and there are affordable hotels of good quality in the vicinity. While we have discussed the idea of having a doodle poll to find a date during today’s debriefing session, we think it is of essence to make progress with this as soon as possible so that those considering to attend in person can take advantage of cheaper flights. - Two meetings in Singapore at ICANN 52. We are currently planning to have two sessions each 3 hours long during the ICANN meeting. Details of this are to be confirmed shortly. Thank you and kind regards, Mathieu Weill and Thomas Rickert -- thomas-rickert.tel