Byron appears to be on holiday, so I’m passing this along. ICANN has posted some FAQs on the accountability review, which seem to address some of the community concerns. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/enhancing-accountability-faqs-2014-08-... * It looks like there will be more interaction between the Cross Community Group and the Coordination Group, and that to the extent the Coordination Group is charged with building solution requirements, it will do so with input from the Cross Community Group. * ICANN has clarified that the advisors will be advisory. * The advisors “are not limited to engaging with the Coordination Group.” Not sure what that means. * The FAQs now provide that the two groups are to prepare their own charters, which will be reviewed by the Board “for scope.” There will be a dialogue with respect to any concerns that the charters exceed the scope of the process. * Both groups will operate by consensus. * Before deciding not to implement any portion of the recommendations, the Board must engage in dialogue with the Coordination Group and community. * If the Board elects not to implement any portion of the recommendations, it must provide a detailed rationale for that decision. It does not adjust the process for selecting the Advisors, who will be appointed by the Public Experts Group. I have asked Brian Cute whether the Experts Group might be willing to consult with SO/AC heads on the appointments – no response yet. Under the proposal, the GNSO gets 4 seats on the Coordination Group, and all other SO/ACs get one seat. * The SO/AC appointed participants in the Coordination Group are intended to have expertise in one or more of the areas identified by ICANN * Each SO/AC is supposed to send the names of its “expert candidates" to the Cross Community Group for confirmation. The Cross Community Group is supposed to identify a process for this in a virtual meeting on 15 September. * SO/ACs are encouraged to identify Coordination Group participants as soon as possible, but in any case the SO/ACs should attempt to engage with the Cross Community Group during the 15 September meeting. * First meeting of the Coordination Group will be in LA during ICANN 51 * Both Cross Community and Coordination Groups will operate primarily through virtual methods. J. Beckwith Burr Neustar, Inc. / Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer 1775 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006 Office: + 1.202.533.2932 Mobile: +1.202.352.6367 / becky.burr@neustar.biz<mailto:becky.burr@neustar.biz> / www.neustar.biz From: Byron Holland <byron.holland@cira.ca<mailto:byron.holland@cira.ca>> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 9:12 AM To: Keith Davidson <keith@internetnz.net.nz<mailto:keith@internetnz.net.nz>>, Becky Burr <becky.burr@neustar.biz<mailto:becky.burr@neustar.biz>>, Katrina Sataki <katrina@nic.lv<mailto:katrina@nic.lv>> Subject: Current model on icann accountability Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the TELUS network.