Colleagues - Attached and copied below, please find a Motion for consideration during our special session on 14 JAN to consider the Recommendations contained in the Third Draft CCWG-Accountability report. The small sub team reviewing comments submitted by SGs and Cs met today, and finalization of the findings/comments contained in the motion will be completed between now and our meeting. Please note that on todays call we also raised the possibility that a GNSO response might be more informal (e.g., letter) rather than a formal motion. This will also be part of our discussion on the 14th, but I wanted to have the motion submitted to the list in the event that we choose this approach. Thanks— J. ________________________________ Motion on GNSO Joint Position on CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal Whereas, 1. The GNSO Council, together with other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, chartered the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) on 13 November 2014 ‘to deliver proposals that would enhance ICANN’s accountability towards all stakeholders. 2. The CCWG-Accountability published its third draft proposal for public comment on 30 November 2015 (see https://www.icann.org/public-comments/draft-ccwg-accountability-proposal-201...). 3. All GNSO Stakeholder Groups (SGs) and/or Constituencies (Cs) submitted their input on the third draft proposal and its 12 recommendations. 4. A GNSO Council sub-team was formed to review the input submitted by the GNSO SG/Cs and make a recommendation to the GNSO Council concerning a possible joint GNSO position on the third draft proposal . 5. The GNSO Council has reviewed the input provided by the sub-team on the CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal. Resolved, 1. The GNSO Council views on the recommendations contained in the CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal are as follows: Recommendation #1 Establishing An Empowered Community For Enforcing Community Powers for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #2 Empowering The Community Through Consensus: Engage, Escalate, Enforce for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #3 Redefining ICANN’s Bylaws As ‘Standard Bylaws’ And ‘Fundamental Bylaws’ for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #4 Ensuring Community Involvement In ICANN Decision-Making: Seven New Community Powers for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #5 Changing Aspects Of ICANN's Mission, Commitments And Core Values for more information) GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #6 Reaffirming ICANN's Commitment to Respect Internationally Recognized Human Rights as it Carries Out Its Mission for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #7 Strengthening ICANN's Independent Review Process for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #8 Improving ICANN's Request For Reconsideration Process for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #9 Incorporation of the Affirmation of Commitments for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #10 Enhancing the Accountability of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees for more information GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #11 Board obligations regarding GAC Advice GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments Recommendation #12 Committing to further accountability work in Work Stream 2 GNSO Council Support General Support / Limited Support with some opposition / No support Comments 2. The GNSO Council instructs the GNSO Secretariat to share this GNSO Council input on the CCWG-Accountability Third Draft Proposal with the Chairs of the CCWG-Accountability as soon as possible. 3. Although this GNSO input is submitted after the close of the public comment period, the GNSO Council expects the CCWG-Accountability to give this input due consideration as it is the aggregation of the individual GNSO SG/C positions that were submitted before the deadline. 4. The GNSO Council appreciates all the efforts of the CCWG-Accountability to deliver its final proposal to the Chartering Organizations in a timely manner and looks forward to considering the final proposal in due time.