<html><head><base href="x-msg://145/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[liaison6c] Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review: Independent Expert - Request for Proposals</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">July 3, 2013 7:09:59 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">liaison6c <<a href="mailto:liaison6c@gnso.icann.org">liaison6c@gnso.icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02jul13-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02jul13-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review: Independent Expert – Request for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="date-display-single"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">2 July 2013</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="floatcenter" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Deadline: 15 July 2013</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The Affirmation of Commitments (AOC) signed by ICANN establishes ongoing reviews of ICANN's Accountability and Transparency -</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/aoc/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">. Review of ICANN's execution of core tasks is undertaken by "review teams." The second Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT2) is examining ICANN's activities to ensure they are accountable, transparent, and undertaken consistent with the public interest.</span><a name="note1"></a><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02jul13-en.htm#foot1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ATRT2's activities are focused on paragraph 9.1 of the AoC where ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and be accountable to all stakeholders. The ATRT2 will make recommendations, as needed, to the ICANN Board for improvements by December 31, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">As part of its review effort, the ATRT 2 now issues a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/atrt2-01jul13-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">Request for Proposals</span></a></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[PDF, 91 KB] (RfP) in order to appoint an independent expert. The purpose of this assignment is to assess the effectiveness of ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Policy Development Process (PDP) and whether the current GNSO PDP process satisfies the needs of the multi stakeholder model and Internet users.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Interested parties are invited to provide relevant background material, written methodology for execution of this task, views on the tentative timeline, a proposed budget, resumes, references and financial information about the party by 15 July 2013 -23:59 UTC to Alice E. Jansen, ICANN, Strategic Initiatives Manager at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">alice.jansen@icann.org</span></a></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The ATRT 2 will conduct conference calls with candidates on 22-23 July and expects to make its final selection of the independent expert on 26 July 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">In its examination of ICANN's activities, the ATRT 2 recently published Questions to the Community for Public Comment. The questions and the responses are available at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/atrt2-02apr13-en.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/atrt2-02apr13-en.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><hr size="3" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><a name="foot1"></a><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02jul13-en.htm#note1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">1</span></sup></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For information on the membership of ATRT and its activities including meeting schedules, agendas, minutes, etc. see</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/mQllAg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/x/mQllAg</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://gnso.icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>