Dear All, On behalf of the ALAC, Alan Greenberg have developed the first draft Statement in response to the Public Comment on Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 2nd Draft Report (Work Stream 1)<https://community.icann.org/x/a45CAw>. The draft, as well as pertinent resources for the Public Comment, can be found in its wiki workspace here: https://community.icann.org/x/a45CAw. All At-Large members are welcome to comment on this draft. Please take a moment to review this draft and if you have input, please submit it in the wiki workspace using the comment function by Thursday 3 September. You will need to log in to the wiki to use the comment function. If you don't have a login or have other issue using the wiki, kindly contact staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>. Inputs submitted in this mailing list will be transferred to the wiki workspace for the penholder(s) to keep track of the community comment and take them into consideration when finalizing the draft. Please note that this draft Statement was discussed during the IANA Issues & ICANN Accountability Working Group teleconference today (August 18, 2015)<https://community.icann.org/x/hJZCAw>. You may find the recordings of that teleconference on the wiki here: https://community.icann.org/x/hJZCAw. This draft Statement will also be discussed during the planned At-Large webinars/briefings on the IANA stewardship transition and ICANN Accountability issues (participation information will be announced later). Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>