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Background:

Following an initial conversation between the co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on Naming Related Functions (CWG-Stewardship) and the co-Chairs of the Drafting Team for the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability), both agreed that there was a clear linkage between the work of the two groups. Based on this conversation, the co-chairs of both groups agreed that it would be valuable for the CWG-Stewardship to provide the CCWG-Accountability with a list of issues it identified during its deliberations where the work of both group may overlap. 

Since this discussion, the two groups have been regularly liaising and co-ordinating their work.

1) 10 December 2014 -- Letter from CWG-Stewardship

On 10 December 2014, the CWG-Stewardship co-Chairs delivered a letter to the co-Chairs of the CCWG-Accountability containing three elements that may be specifically relevant to the work of the CCWG-Accountability as follows:

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If this solution were to go forward it would likely require significant changes to ICANN’s accountability mechanisms and therefore the ICANN Bylaws to ensure that e.g. the ICANN Board could not overrule the MRT in matters related to the performance of IANA Functions or at the very least can be effectively sanctioned for doing so.

2) 19 December 2014 -- Response to CWG-Stewardship

As an initial response to this letter, on 19 December 2014, the co-Chairs of the CCWG thanked the CWG for their comments and assured that the points made were shared with the group and a preliminary response would be returned in the second half of January.

3) 8 January 2015 -- High Level Statements -- Response to CWG-Stewardship

On 8 January 2015, the CCWG-Accountability co-Chairs delivered a high level statement to the co-Chairs of the CWG-Stewardship:

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