On October 16 2006 ICANN asked the community for their input on improving accountability and transparency within ICANN. This was the first phase of consultation in the development of a set of Management Operating Principles with a request for comment by 31 December 2006. The attached is a summary of the responses received. Thank you to everyone who contributed. These comments will be used to develop a draft set of Management Operating Principles. It is anticipated that this draft will be available before ICANN's Lisbon meeting with a consultation to take place at the meeting.
As advised at the Sao Paolo meeting in December 2006, ICANN is working with One World Trust (http://www.oneworldtrust.org) to benchmark ICANN's accountability and transparency against other organisations and to assist in the development of a plan for addressing any issues identified. Terms of reference for the work with One World Trust are being developed and will be posted for comment.