<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear team,<br><font size="2"><br></font><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica">NB: The Public Comment will span
from 04 May through 23:59 UTC 03 June 2015.</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica"></span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(251,0,7)"> </span></b></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">The public comment page is here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ccwg-accountability-draft-proposal-2015-05-04-en</span></a></span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> </span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><br></span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span>•<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">As noted on the front page, the draft is not
presented as the consensus of the CCWG-Accountability. The group has engaged in
healthy and prosperous dialogue over the past weeks and months and has decided
that at this point in their recommendation development process <u>they want
more input from the community</u>.</span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span>◦<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">This public comment will be <b>VITAL</b> to
the development and finalization of the proposal that will eventually go to
NTIA as a part of the IANA Stewardship Transition Enhancing ICANN
Accountability process.</span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">———</span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> </span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Secondly, coinciding with the public comment,
the CCWG-Accountability has announced two Webinars on their draft proposal for <b>next
Monday, 11 May 2015</b>:</span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span>•<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">11 May from 11:00-12:30 UTC (time zone converter
<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T11&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">here</span></a>)</span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica"><span>•<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">11 May from 19:00-20:30 UTC (time zone
converter <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CCWG-Accountability+Webinar&iso=20150511T19&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">here</span></a>)</span></font></p><div style="text-align:left"><font size="2">
</font></div><p style="text-align:left" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">The full announcement is here: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-05-04-en</span></a></span></font></p>
<br><br></div><div><font color="rgb(0, 0, 233)"><font size="2"><font face="Helvetica">Regards<br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="rgb(0, 0, 233)"><font size="2"><font face="Helvetica"><font color="rgb(0, 0, 233)">Bob.</font><br></font></font></font></div></div>