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Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:08 PM<br>Subject: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced<br>To: "<a href="mailto:ianatransition@icann.org">ianatransition@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ianatransition@icann.org">ianatransition@icann.org</a>><br>
<br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Please see original announcement 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></div>
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<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr> Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced</h1>
<div><br></div><div><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">As described in the 14 August 2014 posting of the <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en" style="color:rgb(33,123,192);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Enhancing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr> Accountability: Process and Next Steps</a>, four respected individuals with backgrounds in academia, governmental relations, global insight, and the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), will form the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group.</p>
<p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Selected by <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr>'s President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, members of the Public Experts Group will be responsible for the <strong>selection of up to seven Advisors to sit on the Coordination Group</strong> to assure that best practices are brought from the larger global community. Once selected by the Public Experts Group, these Advisors will contribute research and advice, as well as bring perspectives on global best practices to enrich the discussion, all while engaging with a broader network of accountability experts from around the world.</p>
<p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The members of the Public Experts Group are:</p><ul style="padding:0px;line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem 20px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><strong>Brian Cute</strong><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">CEO of The Public Interest <abbr title="Registry" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">Registry</abbr> and Chair of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr>'s first and second <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/accountability-2012-02-25-en" style="color:rgb(33,123,192);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Accountability and Transparency Review Teams</a> (ATRT).<sup style="font-size:12px;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#foot1" name="147efe38c04df2cd_note1" style="color:rgb(33,123,192);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">1</a></sup></p>
</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><strong>Jeanette Hofmann</strong><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">Director, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, in Berlin, Germany. She also conducts research at the Social Science Research Center Berlin. She represented the academic community as one of four co-chairs of the NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance in São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2014.</p>
</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><strong>Ambassador Janis Karklins</strong><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">Latvian Ambassador. Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG); former Chairman of the Governmental Advisory Committee, <abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">GAC</abbr> Liaison to the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr> Board and co-selector of the ATRT1.</p>
</li><li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><strong>Lawrence E. Strickling</strong><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem"><abbr title="US National Telecommunications and Information Agency" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">NTIA</abbr> Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Communication and Information of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and member of both ATRT1 and ATRT2.</p>
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<p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><sup style="font-size:12px;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#note1" name="147efe38c04df2cd_foot1" style="color:rgb(33,123,192);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">1</a></sup> Mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), the ATRT is a team of community representatives responsible for reviewing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted">ICANN</abbr>'s accountability, transparency and pursuit of the interests of global Internet users on a recurring basis.</p>
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