Dear Council members, Please see the attached letter sent on behalf of community and constituency leaders to ICANN's chair, Stephen Crocker, and president, Fadi Chehade, requesting additional time to review the proposal and FAQs contained in ICANN's announcement on August 14, 2014 titled Enhancing Accountability: Process and Next Steps. As the issue of ICANN accountability is an important one for the ccNSO community, I am one of the signatories to the letter. The timelines identified by ICANN for review of these documents do not allow for sufficient time to adequately engage our community in a meaningful review of these documents. This letter was drafted and sent on very short notice, but represents the opinion of the leaders of the Supporting Organisations, Advisory Committees, Stakeholder Groups, and Constituency Chairs on the fact that ICANN is moving forward at a pace that is not acceptable to the broad community. We received a response from ICANN's leadership today, also attached. While the response acknowledges our request for more time to review the documents, it does not address it. I look forward to discussing our next steps with you. Sincerely, Byron ccNSO Chair