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repeat;">Although it is obviously good to have Brian selected as one of the
four 'wise men' (albeit gender balanced men) this list is
disappointing. All of those selected are inside the IG bubble. We're
trying to create accountability and governance rules for a private
corporation and we have two government types, a decent academic whose
background is in social science and Brian, the only person selected with any
experience running any sort of organisation.</div>
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repeat;">As predicted, ICANN seems to have first selected the individuals
and then selected the categories from which they were to be selected. Not
one of these individuals has any acknowledged expertise in governance or
accountability outside of the IG bubble. All are from Europe or the United
States. </div>
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repeat;">Top down internet governance. I'm far from impressed. These are
not the people I'd select to help create an accountability structure for
a California public benefits corporation. But what do I know? I'm only
the bottom of a bottom up structure that apparently no longer exists.</div>
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repeat;">( Do we even know who specifically selected these people? Do we
know the criteria that was used? Do we know what criteria these selectees
are supposed to use in selecting CG members?)</div>
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BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">-----Original
Message-----<br />
From: Avri Doria <avri@ACM.ORG><br />
To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br />
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:36:49 -0400<br />
Subject: Fwd: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance Public
Experts Group Members Announced<br />
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for those not on any of the IANA whatever lists.<br />
<br />
avri<br />
<br />
-------- Original Message --------<br />
Subject: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance
Public<br />
Experts Group Members Announced<br />
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:08:05 +0000<br />
From: Grace Abuhamad <<a
href="mailto:grace.abuhamad%40icann.org">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>><br
/>
To: <a href="mailto:ianatransition%40icann.org">
ianatransition@icann.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ianatransition%40icann.org">
ianatransition@icann.org</a>><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Please see original announcement<br />
at <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en"
target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en</a><br
/>
<br />
<br />
ICANN Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members
Announced<br />
<br />
<br />
As described in the 14 August 2014 posting of<br />
the Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps<br />
<<a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en"
target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en</a>
>, four<br />
respected individuals with backgrounds in academia, governmental<br />
relations, global insight, and the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC),<br />
will form the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group.<br />
<br />
Selected by ICANN's President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, members of
the<br />
Public Experts Group will be responsible for the *selection of up to<br />
seven Advisors to sit on the Coordination Group* to assure that best<br />
practices are brought from the larger global community. Once selected by<br
/>
the Public Experts Group, these Advisors will contribute research and<br />
advice, as well as bring perspectives on global best practices to enrich<br
/>
the discussion, all while engaging with a broader network of<br />
accountability experts from around the world.<br />
<br />
The members of the Public Experts Group are:<br />
<br />
* *Brian Cute*<br />
<br />
CEO of The Public Interest Registry and Chair of ICANN's
first and<br />
second Accountability and Transparency Review Teams<br />
<<a
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/accountability-2012-02-25-en"
target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/accountability-2012-02-25-en</a>
><br />
(ATRT).^1<br />
<<a
href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#foot1"
target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#foot1</a>><br />
<br />
* *Jeanette Hofmann*<br />
<br />
Director, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and
Society,<br />
in Berlin, Germany. She also conducts research at the Social
Science<br />
Research Center Berlin. She represented the academic community
as<br />
one of four co-chairs of the NETmundial Global
Multistakeholder<br />
Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in São
Paulo, Brazil,<br />
in April 2014.<br />
<br />
* *Ambassador Janis Karklins*<br />
<br />
Latvian Ambassador. Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory
Group<br />
(MAG); former Chairman of the Governmental Advisory<br />
Committee, GAC Liaison to the ICANN Board and co-selector of
the ATRT1.<br />
<br />
* *Lawrence E. Strickling*<br />
<br />
NTIA Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Communication
and<br />
Information of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and member of
both<br />
ATRT1 and ATRT2.<br />
<br />
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/>
<br />
^1 <<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#note1"
target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#note1</a>><br />
Mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), the ATRT is a team
of<br />
community representatives responsible for reviewing ICANN's<br />
accountability, transparency and pursuit of the interests of global<br />
Internet users on a recurring basis.<br />
<br />
<br />
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