This is a Consensus Call for ALAC Members. As you know, the Charter for the Accountability CCWG is under review and is expected to be ratified (with or without modification) by most ACs and SOs in the coming few weeks (see https://community.icann.org/x/JjDxAg). Accordingly we will need to select Members for this CCWG as representatives of the ALAC. Following a discussion with the ALT, I would like to suggest the following that I hope you will all agree with. - We are allowed five Members on the CCWG and as per our standard practice, we will attempt to select one per region. - Members of the Accountability CCWG will need to be familiar with ICANN and its various current accountability mechanisms (all well documented) or as per the CCWG Charter, must otherwise have expertise in related areas (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-faqs-2014-08-...). - Also according to the Charter, Members must be willing "Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG-Accountability on an ongoing and longterm basis". - To ensure that the ALAC representatives meet these criteria, there will be a call for Expressions of Interest (EoI) issued which will then be evaluated. - Olivier has agreed to lead the selection process as he has for several other recent selections. He will convene a group based on the one that made the previous selections, but in consultation with the RALOs, may replace those members who: - are no longer willing to serve; - previously volunteered but did not meet their commitments - plan to submit an EoI to be a Member in the Accountability CCWG NOTE that participation in the CCWG is open to all, and the only difference between Members and other Participants is that Members may take part in polls (if any) to guide the CCWG and Members may need to interact with the ALAC or other At-Large groups and potentially take direction from them. To start, the CCWG will be populated with Participants who indicated an interest in the defunct Accountability Cross Community group (https://community.icann.org/x/TwHxAg). Do we have agreement that this process should be followed to select the Accountability CCWG Members representing the ALAC? Please respond by 23:59 UTC on Monday, 10 November 2014. Alan