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<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Dear RALO Leaders,
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<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The 2nd Draft Report of the Cross </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Community</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> (CCWG Accountability) is now seeking comments. Its <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/a45CAw" target="_blank">Public Comment period</a> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">will end in 30 days (15 September 2015). <div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">T</div></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">he 2nd Draft Report<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"> is available</div> in two forms: 1) </span><font style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Full version: </font><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-draft-2-proposal-work-stream-1-recs-03aug15-en.pdf" target="_blank" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-draft-2-proposal-work-stream-1-recs-03aug15-en.pdf</a>; 2) s<font style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ection by section: </font><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/pKs0Aw" target="_blank" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://community.icann.org/x/pKs0Aw</a>. </font></pre>
<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This Public Comment is of pivotal importance and the ALAC will</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"> be</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">submitting</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"></div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> a Statement</span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;">To ensure that we engage as widely as possible as the Statement is drafted,</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> the ALAC is eager to hear from ALSes and </span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"></div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">individual</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"></div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> members across the five RALOs to gather input. </span></font></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Calibri"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To </span><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;">facilitate </div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">that, we encourage you to incorporate the CCWG Accountability 2nd Draft Report as an agenda item in your RALO’s upcoming monthly teleconference in August. </span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Alan Greenberg, Leon Sanchez, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, and/or other At-Large members/participants in the CCWG will be happy to </span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"> briefly </div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">present</span><div class="gmail_default" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"> and answer any questions</div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This effort will not only facilitate your members' understanding of this public comment, but also help the ALAC incorporate regional views in its Statement. <b>RALO Leaders</b>:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> If you’d like to have a presentation on the 2nd Draft Report in your next RALO call, please contact At-Large Staff ASAP and we will help coordinate the speakers and presentations. </span></font></pre>
<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><pre><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">RALO</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;">s</div><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, ALSes and Unaffiliated Members may</span></div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> wish</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"></div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> to submit</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"> separate</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> comments </span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;">or provide specific text for inclusion or appendix to the ALAC Statement, and you are encouraged to do so</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"> I</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">f you </span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;">wish </div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">the ALAC to incorporate your </span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"></div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Regional</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;"> or Member</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> view</span></font><div class="gmail_default" style="white-space: pre-wrap; display: inline;">s</div><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the ALAC Statement, please</span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> send your written input to At-Large Staff by </span></font><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">21 August 2015 at 23:59 UTC. </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">W</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">e will also send this message with EN and ES translation across the RALOs to solicit input widely. </span></font></pre><div style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Calibri">Lastly, <div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">please note that </div>an FAQ document on the 2nd Draft Report will be published this week and it will be distributed across RALOs to facilitate engagement in this Public Comment process. </font></pre></div></pre>
<pre style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Regards,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org" target="_blank">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/icann</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge" target="_blank">atlarge</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge" target="_blank">ICANNAtLarge</a></div></div></font></div></pre>
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