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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">Imran and other colleagues in IGC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">ICANN is asking for people to volunteer to be on one of its own working groups, the ATRT.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">I do not think IGC should form a separate working group; it could, instead, put forward people from this group who would serve on the ATRT.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">The specific topics of this team will be the Reconsideration and Independent Review Process (IRP).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">These are two alleged accountability mechanisms in ICANN that are known to be weak.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">I participated in the Independent Review Process (IRP) during .xxx’s challenge to the Board decision trying to reject .xxx.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">I therefore have experience with the IRP and its strengths and weaknesses, and have written analytical work on ICANN’s accountability issues, and thus I could be considered
an “independent expert” of the sort requested. Therefore if there is support from IGC I would be willing to volunteer for it. If there are other people the IGC thinks qualified to put on it that would be good, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Imran Ahmed Shah<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [governance] Fw: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest for Review of Accountability Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We can particiapte to review Accountability Mechanisms, however, can an organization or a WG take this role to review?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If possible, I suggest IGC CS to establish a WG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>From:</b> ICANN News Alert <<a href="mailto:communications@icann.org">communications@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ias_pk@yahoo.com">ias_pk@yahoo.com</a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 11 March 2012, 23:55<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest for Review of Accountability Mechanisms</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ICANN News Alert<br>
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<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11mar12-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11mar12-en.htm</a><br>
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ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest for Review of Accountability Mechanisms<br>
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11 March 2012<br>
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking expressions of interest to serve on a committee of independent experts to review ICANN's Accountability Mechanisms.<br>
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The Accountability and Transparency Review Team (ATRT), organized under the Affirmation of Commitments, recommended that ICANN convene a group of experts to review ICANN's Reconsideration and Independent Review Processes, such as the costs and spectrum of Board
decisions subject to review. The ATRT also suggested that the group of experts review additional proposed mechanisms suggested in 2009 by ICANN's President's Strategy Committee. Finally, the ATRT called for a review of the standards for bringing a Request
for Reconsideration.<br>
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Based on the nature of review mechanisms, as well as the separate ATRT recommendations relating to the Ombudsman's office and its interaction with the Board, it is understood that this group of independent experts shall focus on a review of the Reconsideration
process and the Independent Review process.<br>
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Further information on the accountability mechanisms subject to review and proposed qualifications for service on the group of independent experts is available here
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/mechanisms-experts-eoi-11mar12-en.htm" target="_blank">
http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/mechanisms-experts-eoi-11mar12-en.htm</a>.<br>
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