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    The fact that ICANN can announce a team of experts to guide what
    should be a process of democratic global governance which consists
    of two members from the US and two from EU, in this time and age is
    close to sick... <br>
    <br>
    But then they are able to do so because those who should ask
    questions have forgotten how to ask questions from those who wield
    power, and seem more busy cosying up to them from whatever reasons.<br>
    <br>
    Civil society groups in the IG space really need to sit back and
    think what they have been doing and what they have achieved in all
    these years. <br>
    <br>
    I would not even participate in a discussion on an ICANN
    accountability process which starts on this note, which is such a
    big affront to such a big part of the world.<br>
    <br>
    parminder <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday 20 August 2014 02:00 AM,
      Carolina Rossini wrote:<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
          From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Grace Abuhamad</b> <span
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              href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>></span><br>
          Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:08 PM<br>
          Subject: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability &
          Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced<br>
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            <div>Please see original announcement at <a
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                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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            <h1
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1rem;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><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>
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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)">As

                described in the 14 August 2014 posting of the <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
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 Expsible 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>
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                <li style="line-height:1.4rem;margin:0px 0px 15px 20px"><strong>Brian

                    Cute</strong>erts Group. 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 respon
                  <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"
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                    first and second <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/accountability-2012-02-25-en"
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                      initial" target="_blank">Accountability and
                      Transparency Review Teams</a> (ATRT).<sup
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                        href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#foot1"
                        name="147efe38c04df2cd_note1"
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                        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>
                </li>
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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
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                    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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