Dear All, The Accountability and Transparency Review Team<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-1-en.htm> (ATRT) is opening a 45-day public comment, from 18th May through 1 July 2010, on "Questions to the Community on Accountability and Transparency within ICANN<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18may10-en.htm>" and invites community comments and responses to these questions. Explanation/Background: In the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and be accountable to all stakeholders. The AoC Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT) is in the process of analyzing stakeholder and community input that has been submitted on these topics prior to the AoC (i.e. comments on Improving Institutional Confidence, submissions to the NTIA NOI on expiration of the JPA, etc.). However, the ATRT would also like to understand if there are new inputs or changes in stakeholder views since the establishment of the AoC. The Process Going Forward: At the end of this Public Comment period, the ATRT will review the comments submitted and prepare a summary analysis of the various submissions. The ATRT will use them as both benchmarking of post AoC community view and to inform the specific methodologies and processes the ATRT will be conducting between now and December 2010 How to Submit Comments: The formal Public Comment Forum Box is located here: http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007-en.htm#atrt Please feel free to address any questions on this public comment to the At-Large Community Representative, Cheryl Langdon-Orr<https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_accountability_and_transparency...> (langdonorr@gmail.com<mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com>). The At-Large Accountability and Transparency Review Team Workspace<https://st.icann.org/alac/index.cgi?at_large_workspace_on_the_accountability...> is the At-Large portal for all updates, documents, and work related to the Accountability and Transparency Review Team. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon, Kristina Nordström ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff[at]atlarge.icann.org website: www.atlarge.icann.org<http://www.atlarge.icann.org>