I endorse the CENTR and European Commission statement and encourage the CCWG-A not to lose heart at the eleventh hour.<div><br></div><div>Only a form of membership in ICANN can replace the NTIA accountability function. And it seems that only the GAC and the GNSO have the consistency and coherence to prevent the dilution attempts by the Board. At Large and ASO have wavered their way through the process. And are likely to go with a compromise. It is not clear what incentives NTIA is operating under and whether they have been supportive of the Board&#39;s intervention or not.</div><div><br></div><div>If I were to assess the position of South Africa and the Africa Group, they are waiting for the current multi-stakeholder process to collapse as now seems very likely. In the context of ICANN&#39;s botched dotAfrica process, African governments do not have any confidence in ICANN as a trustworthy or competent institution. They are much more persuaded by the intergovernmental logic of the ITU, where they are treated with respect. It is patently obvious to Africans involved in internet governance that the Board is effecting an anti-democratic manoevre to dilute the introduction of basic accountabilities. If they succeed they will have made a mockery of the bottom-up multi-stakeholder process. In any constitutional change, the task is to make a best effort to make the best decisions and not to try and use the uncertainty of the future to second-guess those decisions as the Board is attempting to do. I must say that I believe the Board is acting in bad faith and should be removed.</div><div><br></div><div>I call on the GAC and the GNSO to resist this attempt by the Board to railroad the CCWG-A into a false compromise. It is better that there be no consensus at Dublin than for GNSO and GAC to support a &quot;solution&quot; that will only reinforce African and international perception that ICANN is a dangerously flawed institution that should under no circumstances by entrusted with the IANA function.</div><div><br></div><div>Willie Currie</div><div>An Advisor to CCWG-Accountability<br><br>On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Phil Corwin &lt;<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks. Very clear and important statement.<br>
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Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] Update from Brussels<br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
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Along with some European members and participants of our group, I am attending the CENTR meeting in Brussels. This morning was a joint session with the European High Level Internet Governance group (made of european GAC representives), and it discussed the IANA Stewardship transition.<br>
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The outcome of this meeting is summarized in the statement that is now online :<br>
<a href="https://t.co/EuolALNkgV" target="_blank">https://t.co/EuolALNkgV</a><br>
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You can also find my update regarding our work on our wiki (feel free to<br>
re-use) :<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CENTR+Accountability+Update" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/CENTR+Accountability+Update</a><br>
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As part of the discussion, I have noted a suggestion by Roelof that we<br>
prepare a short, understandable paper to summarize the state of play,<br>
and what remains to be done.<br>
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Best,<br>
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