+1 Yes we could have had another process about a process to do a process rather than a top down pick, and demographically one would wish for more geodiversity, but it is indeed a trustworthy group of good people.  Especially in light of all the controversy, I would be very surprised if they picked experts with an eye to stacking the deck and undermining the purpose of having external voices.

Bill

On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:57 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a transcript from the ICANN morning forum?  Several of the
> PEGgies gave rather good answers. I could not do them justice, so won't try.
> 
> I tend to trust the PEGie foursome more than most anyone else involved
> in this whole process. They are smart, informed, experts in their own
> right, experts at picking people as well as capable of acting in an
> impartial and balanced manner.  Recommend the best people you know and
> they will do their best to create a good mix, which for me is good
> enough.  Got to trust some people sometimes*. These people I trust.
> 
> avri
> 
> * I know this is the NCSG and we don't need to trust anyone.
> 
> 
> On 09-Sep-14 14:04, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
>> Hello Adam,
>> 
>> Those are general headings, which I earlier saw. I am asking more about the
>> required experience such as level of ICANN community plus other community
>> experience, RIR experience,  required qualification, region diversity,
>> nationality etc.
>> 
>> Generally asking what would the review team will lookout for to categorise
>> an individual as being an expert on this particular topic of ICANN
>> accountability.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> sent from Google nexus 4
>> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>> On 9 Sep 2014 18:52, "Adam" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 10, 2014, at 2:16 AM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello Edward,
>>>> 
>>>> If I may ask, what is the expected/required characteristics of these so
>>> called "experts"?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Sean,
>>> 
>>> areas of expertise are on the webpage Ed gave the link to <
>>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-28-en>   They are:
>>> 
>>> "The areas identified for expertise include:
>>> 
>>>        • Internet Technical Operations
>>>        • International Organizational Reviews
>>>        • Global Accountability Tools and Metrics
>>>        • Jurisprudence / Accountability Mechanisms
>>>        • Internet Consumer Protection (including privacy, human rights
>>> and property rights concerns)
>>>        • Economics (Marketplace and Competition)
>>>        • Global Ethics Frameworks
>>>        • Operational, Finance and Process
>>>        • Board Governance
>>>        • Transparency
>>>        • Risk Management
>>>        • Governmental Engagement and Relations
>>>        • Multistakeholder Governance"
>>> 
>>> Adam
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the effort
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> sent from Google nexus 4
>>>> kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>>>> 
>>>> On 9 Sep 2014 17:23, "Edward Morris" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> While ICANN takes public comments on their top down Accountability plan,
>>> the plan itself moves forward. To their credit, the Public Experts Group
>>> will be announcing in the next day or so that the deadline for nominations
>>> of  “experts” for the ICANN Accountability & Governance Coordination Group
>>> will be extended from tomorrow to at least the end of the month, if not a
>>> few days longer.
>>>> 
>>>> As a reminder, the Call for Candidates can be found here:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-28-en
>>>> 
>>>> In a top down process that largely is horrid this Call is an opportunity
>>> for those of us on the bottom of the bottom up process to be heard. I’ve
>>> been reaching out to people, collecting c.v.’s and trying to put together
>>> some candidates that would reflect the views of the noncommercial
>>> community. You’ll be surprised at how many respected professionals have no
>>> idea what ICANN is or that there even is a field of knowledge called
>>> internet governance. I’m finding that once educated, though, people are
>>> generally willing to consider serving.
>>>> 
>>>> A special call out to NCSG members in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
>>> The members of the Public Experts Group are all from the United States and
>>> northern Europe. It would be particularly useful if you could come up with
>>> potential “experts” in the delineated categories from your regions and
>>> submit those names to ICANN.  It would be great to have a bit more
>>> geographic diversity in the candidate pool.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for considering.
>>>> 
>>>> Ed
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 

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