Thanks very much Mattieu. I look forward to contributing. I can provide a bit of context on the expected role of the ICG liaisons (myself and Mr. Kavouss Arasteh). I hope this helps as we discuss the terminology of participation roles (member, participant, observer, liaison) on today's call. · In the ICANN Accountability process originally conceived by ICANN staff back in July, a two-tiered structure was proposed to include a "Coordinating Group" and a "Community Assembly." · ICANN's proposed "Coordinating Group" included 21 representatives. The breakdown was intended to be 10 SO/AC community reps, 7 so-called "experts" (selected by the PEG) and 4 liaisons. The liaisons were to be from (1) ICANN Board, (2) ICANN Staff, (3) AoC/ATRT Expert, and (4) ICG. · While the community rejected ICANN's original proposed structure, some vestiges remain, including the inclusion of experts and the liaisons. · Subsequently, the ICG determined that the "ICG Liaison" to the Accountability CCWG should be a role, not an individual, so the ICG agreed that both Mr. Arasteh and myself would jointly perform that role. · To be clear, in our ICG capacity, we are liaisons, not voting members of the Accountability CCWG. When the ICANN proposed process was rejected by the community, it was agreed that any "experts" and "liaisons" would not have a voting role nor participate in any consensus calls of the CCWG. All that said, I will perform my ICG Liaison function independent of my personal participation in the Accountability CCWG. I am not the official member representative of the GNSO Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG); Becky Burr from Neustar will have that role. But I will still contribute to the discussion. I would encourage the members, participants and observers of the Accountability CCWG to identify and share any questions or comments related to the role of the ICG. I'm happy to answer any questions on the above. Best regards, Keith From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Mathieu Weill Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:02 AM To: accountability-cross-community@icann.org Cc: alissa@cooperw.in Subject: [CCWG-Accountability] Fwd: ICG Liaisons to CCWG Accountability Dear Colleagues, In anticipation of our call later today, please find below an annoucement by Alissa Cooper, Chair of the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG). This is in relation with the section of our Charter defining the working relationship with the ICG, which states : The co-chairs of the CCWG-Accountability will discuss and determine, along with representatives of the ICG, the CWG-Stewardship, and other groups developing the IANA Stewardship proposal, the most appropriate method of sharing information and communicating progress and outcomes, particularly in relation to Work Stream 1. It is extremely important to our success that we coordinate appropriately with the ICG, as our two processes are interrelated and interdependant. Please join me in welcoming Mr Arasteh and Mr Drazek, to our work. Best regards, Mathieu Weill -------- Message original -------- Sujet: Liaisons to CCWG Accountability Date : Tue, 9 Dec 2014 00:50:28 +0000 De : Alissa Cooper (alcoop) <alcoop@cisco.com><mailto:alcoop@cisco.com> Pour : rickert@anwaelte.de<mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de> <rickert@anwaelte.de><mailto:rickert@anwaelte.de>, mathieu.weill@afnic.fr<mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr> <mathieu.weill@afnic.fr><mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr> Copie à : ICG <internal-cg@icann.org><mailto:internal-cg@icann.org> Thomas, Mathieu, As the CCWG is preparing to meet, I wanted to confirm for you that there are two ICG members who have volunteered to serve as liaisons to the CCWG so that they can report back to the ICG on CCWG activities: Kavouss Arasteh and Keith Drazek. These two volunteered when the ICG met in October in Los Angeles (see section 4 of https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/minutes-icg-17oct14-en.pdf). Best, Alissa