I wish to state that I will be writing to the Senators Thune and Schatz with my assessment of the final CCWG-Accountability proposal on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability and I encourage all participant observers in the process to do likewise. I will use a basic accountability test derived from the Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability to do so.

The essential issue regarding accountability is the question: who is accountable to whom, for what, by which standards and why?

The accountability test of the CCWG-A final proposal will consist of the following questions:

1 Is there an accountable actor, clearly identified?

2. Is the accountable actor accountable to an accountability forum, clearly defined?

3 Is it clear for what issues the accountable actor is being held to account by the accountability forum?

4 Is it clear by what standards the accountable actor is being held to account?

5 Are there clear reasons as to why the accountable actor is being held to account in the manner specified in the proposal?

Willie Currie
An Advisor to the CCWG-Accountability

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Nigel Roberts <nigel@channelisles.net> wrote:
I have forwarded to Kavouss.

On 16/10/15 07:49, Kavouss Arasteh wrote:
Dear Paul,
Tks for message with GM from Dub.
At least there is no attachment to my mail . May you kindly resend it
pls. Cheers
Kavouss

Sent from my iPhone

On 16 Oct 2015, at 07:30, william currie <willie.currie@gmail.com
 <mailto:willie.currie@gmail.com>> wrote:

If ICANN were incorporated in Delaware, it would be required to have
members, and the whole debate of SMM vs MEM would be moot.

On Friday, October 16, 2015, Nigel Roberts <nigel@channelisles.net
<mailto:nigel@channelisles.net>> wrote:

    Well, if there IS a staring contest going on between the Board and
    the Community to see who will blink first, it seems the Community
    just woke up to realise that it includes a couple of members
    possessing the glare of a basilisk . . .


    On 16/10/15 00:25, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:

        Colleagues

        Good morning in Dublin.

        The attached letter from Senators Thune and Schatz to the
        Chair of the
        ICANN Board will be of interest to many of you.

        I wish you good fortune in the meetings

        Regards

        Paul

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