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
>