* Dear All, The second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) had a webinar on May 15 2013. See wiki page at https://community.icann.org/x/2Bp-Ag This webinar focused on the importance of the RALOs to answer questions being asked by the ATRT2. The ATRT2 operates under the mandate of the Affirmation of Committments (AoC) which contains provisions for periodic review of key ICANN objectives by Review Teams. The ATRT2's is considering the extent to which assessments and actions undertaken by ICANN have been successful in ensuring that ICANN is acting transparently, is accountable for its decision-making, and acts in the public interest. See AoC (English) : http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30se... or AoC (Spanish) http://www.icann.org/es/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30se... To date, there have been three Review Teams which conducted their reviews and made recommendations to ICANN : 1) the first Accountability & Transparency Review Team (ATRT1) Final Report and Recommendations, dated 31 December 2010 : https://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/final-recommendations-31dec10... https://www.icann.org/es/about/aoc-review/atrt/final-recommendations-31dec10... 2) Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR RT) Final Report and Recommendations, dated 20 June 2012 http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/ssr/final-report-20jun12-en.pdf http://www.icann.org/es/about/aoc-review/ssr/final-report-20jun12-es.pdf<https://www.icann.org/es/about/aoc-review/ssr/final-report-20jun12-es.pdf> 3) WHOIS Policy Review Team (WHOIS RT) Final Report and Recommendations dated 11 May 2012 https://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/es/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-es.pdf The ATRT2 has prepared several questions for the ICANN community (including At-Large) to answer regarding : 1) the extent to which the ICANN Board and Staff has implemented the recommendations from the three Review Teams 2) whether those Review Team’s recommendations and ICANN’s implementation have resulted in the desired improvements to ICANN's Accountability and Transparency. 3) any other issues related to ATRT2 's scope that the ATRT2 should focus on during its review. You can read the questions at http://www.icann.org/about/aoc-review/atrt/community-questions-02apr13-en.pd... http://www.icann.org/es/about/aoc-review/atrt/community-questions-02apr13-es... It is important for At-Large to answer the ATRT2’s questions by May 31 2013 to guide the ATRT2’s work and activities for this year. We can decide not to answer all questions if we have no suggestions. I will suggest that the LACRALO secretariat create an appropriate page on the LACRALO wiki to collect answers from LACRALO members if LACRALO wants to submit answers to the ATRT2’s questions. The At-Large wiki page on this topic can be found at https://community.icann.org/x/5wF-Ag More information about the ATRT2 (including previous conference calls, documents, etc) can be found at https://community.icann.org/x/mQllAg Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh *