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Today's Topics:

  1. Re: Welcome SchoolNet Africa to At-Large and the  AFRALO!
     (Mohamed EL Bashir)
  2. Remote Participation in New Delhi At-Large Meetings
     (Nick Ashton-Hart)
  3. ICANN / USG JPA Review - Additional Spanish and   French
     Documents (Nick Ashton-Hart)
  4. [Fwd: Re: [ALAC-Internal] Proposed ALAC-statement regarding
     JPA] (Jacqueline A.Morris)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:43:35 +0300
From: Mohamed EL Bashir <admin@isoc.sd>
Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome SchoolNet Africa to At-Large and
       the     AFRALO!
To: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart@icann.org>
Cc: afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org
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Welcome SchoolNET Africa to AfRALO & AT-Large , looking forward to work with you .

Regards,
Mohamed El Bashir
ALAC

Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
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> Tuesday, 5 February 2008
>
> TO: SchoolNet Africa
>
> FROM: ICANN AT-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
>
> SUBJECT:     At-Large Structure Certification
>
> ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you on
> behalf of the At-Large community in ICANN that SchoolNet Africa has
> been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS).  The ALAC greatly
> appreciates your groups? interest in involving individual users in
> ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues.
>
> The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your
> organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual
> Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and
> that your organization will support its individual members' informed
> participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users.
>
> The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between
> your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general),
> and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization
> keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and
> information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in
> activities of interest:
>
> -       Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email
> to staff@alac.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of
> one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for
> information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this
> changes, please let us know.
>
> -       At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists,
> for each region; you can signup for them and manage your subscriptions
> at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo The points of
> contacts you identify will automatically be added to:
>
> ?      Your region?s discussion list;
>
> ?      The worldwide At-Large discussion list.
>
> You are of course invited to join others as you wish (excepting those
> ending ?Staff).
>
> -      ALS information.  Information about your organization will be
> shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in
> your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation
> with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic
> region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note
> to staff@alac.icann.org.
>
> -      At-Large related websites: There are a few websites you should
> be aware of:
>
> ?      The ?official? ICANN website for the At-Large community is at http://www.alac.icann.org
> . This site will be replaced with a much more up-to-date and modern
> site but in the meantime it is a good source of information and has
> links to all the At-Large related URLs and links to other parts of
> icann.org.
>
> ?      The ALAC Working Wiki: Much of the administrative and policy
> development coordination work is made available and developed on the
> community's wikis. Meeting agendas, recordings of meetings, minutes,
> and all kinds of important documents for the whole community are to be
> found to help you get 'up to speed' with the state of development of
> community positions on issues you care about. Feel free to join in;
> the place to start is at https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_policy_working_groups
> .
>
> ?      At-Large Regional Websites.   Regional webpages also have been
> created to distribute information (including in local languages) on
> activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each
> region. They are:
>
> African Region:                                                 http://www.afralo.org/
> Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org/
>
> European Region: http://www.euralo.org/
>
> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org/
>
> North American Region: http://www.naralo.org/
>
> -      Regional WiKi: Each At Large Region has a Wiki that allows the
> region to collaborate and all ALSes are welcome to have edit
> privileges to help provide information on their activities. These
> wikis create the regional websites shown above.  The staff will create
> accounts on the AFRALO site for your designated contacts once you've
> sent them that information.
>
> We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to
> advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN.  If you
> have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us
> AT alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
>
>
> -- Regards,
>
> Nick Ashton-Hart Director, AT-Large ICANN Tel: +33 (450) 40 46
> 88
> USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460
> Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44
> mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68
> email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org
> Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com /
> Skype: nashtonhart
> Online Bio:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tuesday, 5 February 2008
>
> TO: SchoolNet A'frica
>
> FROM: ICANN C$- Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
> ASSUNTO: Certifica?a~o Em-Grande Da Estrutura
>
> O comit? consultivo Em-Grande de ICANN's (ALAC) ? satisfeito
> informa'-lo em nome da comunidade Em-Grande em ICANN que SchoolNet
> A'frica est?ve certificado como uma estrutura Em-Grande (ALS). O ALAC
> aprecia extremamente o interesse dos seus grupos em envolver usua'rios
> individuais em ICANN e olha para a frente a trabalhar com voc? e seus
> colegas.
>
> A finalidade da certifica?a~o de ALS ? reconhecer que sua
> organiza?a~o se encontra com os crit?rios necessa'rios para envolver
> usua'rios individuais do Internet no ni'vel do local ou da edi?a~o em
> atividades de ICANN, e que sua organiza?a~o suportara' a
> participa?a~o informada dos seus membros individuais nos esfor?os de
> ICANN que afetam end-users.
>
> O ALAC esta' ansioso para promover um relacionamento de funcionamento
> produtivo entre sua organiza?a~o, o outro ALSes, e o ALAC (e ICANN no
> general), e sua entrada em como no's podemos fazer este que um sucesso
> seria apreciado extremamente.
>
> No's gostari'amos de oferecer algumas ferramentas iniciais ajudar a
> seu sustento da organiza?a~o seus membros informados (sobre a
> noti'cia significativa de ICANN e a informa?a~o em esfor?os do
> poli'tica-desenvolvimento de ICANN) e acoplados nas atividades do
> interesse:
>
> - ponto do contato para sua organiza?a~o: Emita por favor um email a
> staff@alac.icann.org que identifica os nomes e endere?os do email de
> um ou dois indivi'duos que sera~o o ponto do contato para a
> informa?a~o e da correspond?ncia a respeito de ICANN Em-Grande. Se
> isto mudar, satisfa?a deixe-nos saber.
>
> - Em Listas Enviando Grandes. Ha' muitos em listas grandes do email,
> para cada regia~o; voc? pode signup para elas e para controlar suas
> subscri?o~es em: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo os
> pontos dos contatos que voc? identifica sera' adicionado
> automaticamente a:
>
> ? lista da discussa~o da sua regia~o;
>
> ? a lista Em-Grande worldwide da discussa~o.
>
> Voc? naturalmente ? convidado juntar outro como voc? deseja (com
> exce?a~o daqueles ending - equipe de funciona'rios).
>
> - informa?a~o de ALS. A informa?a~o sobre sua organiza?a~o sera'
> compartilhada com a comunidade Em-Grande para permitir os indivi'duos
> interessados em atividades do seu grupo contata'-lo, e incentivar a
> coopera?a~o com outros grupos interessados em atividades de ICANN em
> sua regia~o geogra'fica. Termine por favor e email o formula'rio no
> fundo desta nota a staff@alac.icann.org.
>
> - Web site relacionados Em-Grandes: Ha' alguns Web site que voc? deve
> estar ciente de:
>
> o ? o Web site ' oficial ' de ICANN para a comunidade Em-Grande esta'
> em http://www.alac.icann.org. Este local sera' substitui'do com um
> local muito mais moderno e mais moderno mas no i'nterim ? uma fonte
> boa da informa?a~o e tem as liga?o~es a todo o URLs relacionado
> Em-Grande e as liga?o~es a outras partes de icann.org.
>
> ? O ALAC Que Trabalha Wiki: Muito do trabalho da coordena?a~o
> administrativo e de poli'tica do desenvolvimento ? feito disponi'vel
> e desenvolvido nos wikis da comunidade. As agendas da reunia~o,
> grava?o~es das reunio~es, minutos, e todos os tipos de originais
> importantes para a comunidade inteira devem ser encontrados para
> ajudar-lhe come?ar ' at? a velocidade ' com o estado do
> desenvolvimento de posi?o~es da comunidade em edi?o~es que voc? se
> importa aproximadamente. Sensa?a~o livre a juntar dentro; o lugar a
> come?ar esta' em
> https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_policy_working_groups.
>
> Web site Regionais Em-Grandes Do ?. Os Web pages regionais foram
> criados tamb?m para distribuir a informa?a~o (que inclui em li'nguas
> locais) em atividades, em eventos e em introdu?o~es do interesse
> particular povoar em cada regia~o. Sa~o:Regia~o Africana: http://www.afralo.org/
>
> - WiKi Regional: Cada um na regia~o grande tem um Wiki que permita que
> a regia~o collaborate e todo o ALSes ? bem-vindo ter editar
> privil?gios ajudar fornecer a informa?a~o em suas atividades. Estes
> wikis cri'am os Web site regionais mostrados acima. A equipe de
> funciona'rios criara' clientes no local de AFRALO para seus contatos
> designados uma vez que voc? lhes emitiu essa informa?a~o.
>
> No's olhamos para a frente a trabalhar com membros voc? e da sua
> organiza?a~o para avan?ar interesses dos usua'rios individuais do
> Internet dentro de ICANN. Se voc? tiver quaisquer perguntas, ou
> necessite a informa?a~o adicional, contate-nos por favor
> em alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
>
>
> Olhares,
>
> Nick Ashton-Hart Director, em -Largo ICANN Tal: + 33 (450) 40.46.88
> Telefone dos EUA: (202) 657-5460 fax +1: mo'bil +41 (22) 595 85 44:
> email +41 (79) 595 54 68: vito'ria IM de nick.ashton-hart@icann.org:
> ashtonhart@hotmail.com/AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com/Skype:
> nashtonhart em linha bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart
>
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>
>
> Tuesday, 5 February 2008
>
> TO : SchoolNet Afrique
>
> FROM : ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
> OBJET : A`-Grande Certification De Structure
>
> Le A`-Grand Comit? Consultatif d'ICANN's (ALAC) est heureux de
> vous informer au nom de la A`-Grande communaut? dans ICANN que
> SchoolNet Afrique a ?t? certifi? comme A`-Grande structure (ALS).
> L'ALAC appr?cie consid?rablement l'int?r?t de vos groupes en
> faisant participer diff?rents utilisateurs dans ICANN et attend avec
> int?r?t  de travailler avec vous et vos coll?gues.
>
> Le but de la certification d'ALS est d'identifier que votre
> organisation rencontre les crit?res n?cessaires pour faire
> participer diff?rents utilisateurs d'Internet au niveau de gens du
> pays ou d'issue dans des activit?s d'ICANN, et que votre organisation
> soutiendra la participation inform?e de ses diff?rents membres aux
> efforts d'ICANN qui affectent des utilisateurs.
>
> L'ALAC est d?sireux de favoriser des relations de travail productives
> entre votre organisation, tout autre ALSes, et l'ALAC (et ICANN en
> g?n?ral), et votre entr?e sur la fa?on dont nous pouvons faire
> ceci que un succ?s serait consid?rablement appr?ci?.
>
> Nous voudrions offrir quelques outils initiaux pour aider votre
> subsistance d'organisation ses membres inform?s (au sujet des
> nouvelles significatives d'ICANN et de l'information sur des efforts
> de politique-d?veloppement d'ICANN) et occup?s dans les activit?s
> d'int?r?t :
>
> - point de contact pour votre organisation : Veuillez envoyer un email
> ? staff@alac.icann.org identifiant les noms et des adresses d'email
> de un ou deux individus qui seront le point de contact pour
> information et correspondance concernant ICANN A`-Grand. Si ceci
> change, veuillez faites-nous savoir.
>
> - A` de Grandes Listes D'Exp?dition. Il y a beaucoup ? de grandes
> listes d'email, pour chaque r?gion ; vous pouvez signup pour elles et
> contr?ler vos abonnements ? :
> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/facteur/listinfo les points des
> contacts que vous identifiez sera automatiquement ajout? ? :
>
> ? liste de la discussion de votre r?gion ;
>
> ? la A`-Grande liste mondiale de discussion.
>
> Vous naturellement ?tes invit? ? joindre d'autres comme vous
> souhaitez (sauf ceux fin - personnel).
>
> - l'information d'ALS. Des informations sur votre organisation seront
> partag?es avec la A`-Grande communaut? pour permettre des individus
> int?ress?s aux activit?s de votre groupe vous contacter, et
> encourager la coop?ration avec d'autres groupes int?ress?s aux
> activit?s d'ICANN dans votre r?gion g?ographique. Accomplissez svp
> et email la forme au fond de cette note ? staff@alac.icann.org.
>
> - A`-Grands sites Web relatifs : Il y a quelques sites Web que vous
> devriez vous rendre compte de :
>
> le ? le site Web 'officiel 'd'ICANN pour la A`-Grande communaut? est
> ? http://www.alac.icann.org. Cet emplacement sera remplac? avec un
> emplacement beaucoup plus ? jour et plus moderne mais en attendant
> c'est une bonne source d'information et a des liens ? tout l'A`-Grand
> URLs relatif et des liens ? d'autres parties d'icann.org.
>
> ? L'ALAC Fonctionnant Wiki : Une grande partie du travail de
> coordination administratif et de politique de d?veloppement est rendu
> disponible et d?velopp? sur les wikis de la communaut?. Des ordres
> du jour de r?union, les enregistrements des r?unions, le compte
> rendu, et toutes sortes de documents importants pour la communaut?
> enti?re doivent s'av?rer vous aider ? obtenir 'jusqu'? la vitesse
> 'avec l'?tat de d?veloppement des positions de la communaut? sur
> des questions que vous vous inqui?tez environ. Sensation librement ?
> joindre dedans ; l'endroit ? commencer est ?
> https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_policy_working_groups.
>
> A`-Grands Sites Web R?gionaux De ?. Des pages Web r?gionales
> ?galement ont ?t? cr??es pour distribuer l'information (y compris
> dans des langues locales) sur des activit?s, des ?v?nements et des
> questions d'int?r?t particulier de peuple dans chaque r?gion. Elles
> sont :R?gion Africaine : http://www.afralo.org/
> Asia/Australia/Pacific R?gion : http://www.apralo.org/
>
> European R?gion : http://www.euralo.org/
>
> Latin l'Am?rique/Caribbean R?gion : http://www.lacralo.org/
>
> North American R?gion : http://www.naralo.org/
> - WiKi R?gional : Chacun ? la grande r?gion a un Wiki qui permet ?
> la r?gion de collaborer et tout l'aLSes sont bienvenu pour avoir pour
> ?diter des privil?ges d'aider ? fournir des informations sur leurs
> activit?s. Ces wikis cr?ent les sites Web r?gionaux montr?s
> ci-dessus. Le personnel cr?era des comptes sur l'emplacement d'AFRALO
> pour vos contacts indiqu?s une fois que vous leur avez envoy? cette
> information.
>
> Nous attendons avec int?r?t  de travailler avec des membres vous et
> de votre organisation pour avancer les int?r?ts des diff?rents
> utilisateurs d'Internet dans ICANN. Si vous avez n'importe quelles
> questions, ou ayez besoin d'information additionnelle, svp
> contactez-nous
> at alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
>
>
> -- Regards,
>
> Nick Ashton-Hart Directeur, At-Large ICANN Tel : + 33 (450) 40.46.88
> T?l?phone des Etats-Unis : 657-5460 fax +1 (202) : mobile +41 (22)
> 595 85 44 : email +41 (79) 595 54 68 : victoire IM de
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:21:56 +0100
From: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart@icann.org>
Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Remote Participation in New Delhi At-Large
       Meetings
To: Europe Discuss <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>,      NA Discuss
       <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>,   Asia-Pacific Discuss
       <apac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide
       <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Africa Discuss
       <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, LAC Discuss
       <lac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Message-ID: <8F24BE28-8563-4637-BFD4-BD7AD5D6FEF6@icann.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes

Dear All:

Since the 31st International ICANN meeting is now just around the
corner - the first At-Large meetings start next Sunday - I wanted to
take a moment to remind everyone who will not be there in person of
the remote participation options that exist for you.

Firstly - At-Large meetings will allow you to hear, and be heard, via
telephony as per usual. You can see all the details associated with
each meeting from the main At-Large meeting page at: https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?new_delhi_meeting

There are several ways for you to get connected. We have made a number
of improvements to the remote participation services, thanks in large
part to a new vendor for teleconference services for At-Large:

1) Use a freephone number local to you - see https://st.icann.org/asiapac/index.cgi/AdigoITFS_112807.jpg?action=attachments_download;page_name=6_february_2008_tr;id=20080121175223-0-13569
for a current list.

2) If no freephone number is available in your country, you can have
the service dial out to you via a simple web form at: http://go.adigo.com/go/outlink.php?sid=7298
. *IMPORTANT NOTE: The dialling system will only work if you preface
your country code with 011 instead of 00.*

For those who are participating this way, if for some reason you're
connection drops, you can use the form above to get re-connected. You
can also contact the conference operator at the AOL/AIM ID: d4500.

The Access Code for all calls is: 1638.

More broadly, ICANN has many other public participation options for
remote participation. These include:

* Streaming audio for many sessions - it is anticipated that the audio
streams will be in multiple languages for the first time as well;
* Chat with other remote participants and the meeting participants in
New Delhi - including asking questions for panellists which will be
brought to the meeting by meeting moderators;
* Forums on various hot topics where you can electronically debate
with others.

The place to start for all of this is at http://public.icann.org.

I hope that many of you will join us remotely in New Delhi!

--
Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
Director, At-Large
ICANN
Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88
USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460
Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44
Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68
email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org
Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com /
Skype: nashtonhart
Online Bio:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:05:47 +0530
From: Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart@icann.org>
Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] ICANN / USG JPA Review - Additional Spanish
       and     French Documents
To: LAC Discuss <lac-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>,  Africa Discuss
       <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Message-ID: <FACF3D19-3381-42CC-9EA9-F635A44C5D31@icann.org>
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Dear All:

I'm happy to inform you that translations into english and spanish are
now available of the announcement and solicitation of comments from
the US government's Department of Commerce on the USG's Joint
Partnership Agreement (JPA) with ICANN.

The spanish version can be found at: http://www.icann.org/jpa/notice-of-inquiry-es_MX.html
The french version can be found at: http://www.icann.org/jpa/notice-of-inquiry-fr_FR.html

Much more information is available on this subject from http://www.icann.org/jpa/
complete with multilingual versions of ICANN's submissions to the
USG on the JPA.
--
Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
Director, At-Large
ICANN
Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88
USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460
Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44
mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68
email: nick.ashton-hart@icann.org
Win IM: ashtonhart@hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart@mac.com /
Skype: nashtonhart
Online Bio:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:38:08 +0530
From: "Jacqueline A.Morris" <jam@jacquelinemorris.com>
Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] [Fwd: Re: [ALAC-Internal] Proposed
       ALAC-statement  regarding JPA]
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Dear All,
Please see the draft below of a proposed At Large statement on the JPA.
Time is short - the deadline is tomorrow, but as much participation as
possible is the At Large way, so please do what you can re comments.

Jacqueline

>>  Annette Muehlberg wrote:
>>  Hi all,
>>
>> i think by replacing the last paragraph we could, wihtout dismissing other
>> positions, reach a consensus. please have a look at the last alternative
>> paragraph.
>>
>> warm greetings
>>
>> annette
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Proposed ALAC-statement regarding JPA:
>>
>> As the JPA (between the US Government and ICANN) is under Review, ALAC
>> wishes to underline the unique opportunity the occasion offers to realize
>> the original goals that led to the formation of ICANN. These include, inter
>> alia, acknowledgement of the international nature of ICANN, support of the
>> multi-stakeholder bottom-up approach to the management of ICANN, and the
>> provision of viable and stable channels for the involvement of individual
>> Internet users in the ICANN policy formation process. Measures must be
>> implemented to ensure non-discriminatory availability of ICANN/IANA services
>> as well as the opportunity for the involvement of global individual users in
>> the ICANN process.
>>
>> In its role as the voice of the individual Internet users, ALAC firmly
>> believes that the current multi-stakeholder framework at ICANN should be
>> further strengthened to allow more proactive involvement of end-users. The
>> process to full participation of individual users through the ALAC/RALO
>> (Regional At-Large Organization) mechanism is being undertaken at this
>> moment. There is, however, a lack of incentives for the participants,
>> especially a lack of direct involvement at the decision-making levels of
>> ICANN. Therefore, we think that ICANN should find ways to implement adequate
>> representation of individual users at the decision-making levels of ICANN so
>> that a real multi-stakeholder framework is achieved.
>>
>> In addition, we believe that no government should have a pre-eminent role in
>> DNS management and exercise power over database changes and root-server
>> data. We suggest that an institutional form should be found as soon as
>> possible so that ICANN does not lie under the authority of any single
>> national legislation. We also strongly advocate transparency and openness in
>> the process of making any structural change in the ICANN framework for the
>> coming transition.
>>
>> However, at this mid-term review phase, we do not believe the organization
>> is ready to function without a similar accountability mechanism to the JPA
>> in place.
>>
>>
>> Alternative replacing the last paragraph:
>>
>> We are concerned that the successor oversight framework is still not clear
>> and ICANN needs to clarify the transitional arrangements with regard to
>> accountability and transparency as well as to allow further definition and
>> evolution of the multi-stakeholder model of governance under which it
>> operates.
>>
>>
>>
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