| No. | Recommendation | Recipient | Thematic Group Source | Assignees | Status |
| 5 | ICANN should examine how best to ensure that end-users remain at the heart of the accountability process in all aspects pertaining to the transition of stewardship of the IANA function. | ICANN Board; ICANN Staff; ICANN Community | TG1 |
| ON HOLD - Pending External Process Pending CCWG-Accountability outcome |
Notes:
- Could feed into ICANN accountability process and the work of At-Large IANA issues WG.
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- It is a very important recommendation. Are we pushing enough to strengthen the position of the end users (this concerns the question of civil society and the role of ALAC/At-Large)? It seems that we haven't pushed CCWG-Accountability to fully address those questions and consider the position of end users.
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- The ALAC/At-Large have been advocating for end users to balance the power of other interested parties, and will continue to do so.
- We are not in the position to say that the end user rights are more important than other rights.
- Should the ALAC advocate that the end users' concerns trump other concerns? Yes, in some cases, users should take dominance; but not all the time.
- The needs of users may not be so much different from the needs of other parties. For example, regarding IANA stewardship transition, there is almost 100% overlap between the interests of registries and the interests of users in terms of the operational aspect of IANA functions.
- Assignees shall evaluate the implementation of this recommendation pending the outcome (i.e. final report) of the CCWG-Accountability.
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- We cannot say that the recommendation has already been implemented.
- End users are at the heart of the accountability process, but have limited knowledge and influence in the process.
