<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I have attempted to combine Milton and Karen's comments with my concerns. </DIV><DIV>does this work?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>we need, if at all possible to reach closure tonight if we want this statement to be</DIV><DIV>included for consideration.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>almost last call folks.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>a.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>----</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Political Oversight</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>62b: We recognize that the time has come for a change in the political</DIV><DIV>oversight of the logical Internet infrastructure. We do not recommend</DIV><DIV>the creation of a new inter-governmental oversight organization for</DIV><DIV>domain names and IP addresses. However, we do recommend the</DIV><DIV>following changes with regard to ICANN be implemented in a reasonable</DIV><DIV>time frame:</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>1. The US Government recommits to handing over its pre-eminent role of</DIV><DIV>stewardship in relation to ICANN and the DNS root.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>2. ICANN must ensure full and equal multi-stakeholder participation on</DIV><DIV>its Board and throughout its organizational structure of the community</DIV><DIV>of Internet users, national governments, civil society, the technical community, </DIV><DIV>business associations, non profit organizations and non-business </DIV><DIV>organizations.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>3. ICANN must ensure that it establishes clear, transparent rules and</DIV><DIV>procedures commensurate with international norms and principles for</DIV><DIV>fair administrative decision-making to provide for predictable policy</DIV><DIV>outcomes.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>4. There should be a process for extraordinary appeal of ICANN'S</DIV><DIV>decisions in the form of an independent multi-stakeholder review</DIV><DIV>commission invoked on a case-by-case basis. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"> <I>Note: Just to be clear, we are not calling for an inter-governmental </I></SPAN></DIV><DIV><I> oversight structure, and we don't see an independent review </I></DIV><DIV><I> process as a path towards that direction.</I></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>5. ICANN will negotiate an appropriate host country agreement to</DIV><DIV>replace its California Incorporation, being careful to retain those</DIV><DIV>aspects of its California Incorporation that enhance its accountability</DIV><DIV>to the global Internet user community.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">6. ICANN's decisions, and any host country agreement must be</DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">required to comply with public policy requirements negotiated through</DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">international treaties in regard to, inter alia, human rights treaties,</DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">privacy rights, and trade rules. Governments, individuals, and </DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">international organizations, including NGOs, would have the right </DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">and responsibility of bringing violations of these requirements </DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">to the attention of ICANN and if satisfactory resolution cannot be reached </DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">using ICANN internal processes, should have the right to invoke a binding </DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;">appeals process.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>7. Once all of the above conditions are met, the US Government</DIV><DIV>shall transfer the IANA function to ICANN.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>8. It is expected that the International multistakeholder community </DIV><DIV>will take part in the process through participation in the ICANN process. </DIV><DIV>It is also expected that the multistakeholder community will observe and </DIV><DIV>comment on the progress made in this process through the proposed Forum.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>