Although it is obviously good to have Brian selected as one of the four
'wise men' (albeit gender balanced men) this list is disappointing. All of
those selected are inside the IG bubble. We're trying to create
accountability and governance rules for a private corporation and we have
two government types, a decent academic whose background is in social
science and Brian, the only person selected with any experience running any
sort of organisation.
As predicted, ICANN seems to have first selected the individuals and then
selected the categories from which they were to be selected. Not one of
these individuals has any acknowledged expertise in governance or
accountability outside of the IG bubble. All are from Europe or the United
States.
Top down internet governance. I'm far from impressed. These are not the
people I'd select to help create an accountability structure for a
California public benefits corporation. But what do I know? I'm only the
bottom of a bottom up structure that apparently no longer exists.
( Do we even know who specifically selected these people? Do we know the
criteria that was used? Do we know what criteria these selectees are
supposed to use in selecting CG members?)
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:36:49 -0400
Subject: Fwd: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance Public
Experts Group Members Announced
for those not on any of the IANA whatever lists.
avri
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ianatransition] ICANN Accountability & Governance Public
Experts Group Members Announced
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:08:05 +0000
From: Grace Abuhamad <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Please see original announcement
at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en
ICANN Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group Members Announced
As described in the 14 August 2014 posting of
the Enhancing ICANN Accountability: Process and Next Steps
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-08-14-en>,
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.
Selected by ICANN's President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, members of the
Public Experts Group will be responsible for the *selection of up to
seven Advisors to sit on the Coordination Group* 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.
The members of the Public Experts Group are:
* *Brian Cute*
CEO of The Public Interest Registry and Chair of ICANN's first and
second Accountability and Transparency Review Teams
<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/accountability-2012-02-25-en>
(ATRT).^1
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#foot1>
* *Jeanette Hofmann*
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.
* *Ambassador Janis Karklins*
Latvian Ambassador. Chair of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group
(MAG); former Chairman of the Governmental Advisory
Committee, GAC Liaison to the ICANN Board and co-selector of the ATRT1.
* *Lawrence E. Strickling*
NTIA Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Communication and
Information of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and member of both
ATRT1 and ATRT2.
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^1 <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en#note1>
Mandated by the Affirmation of Commitments (AoC), the ATRT is a team of
community representatives responsible for reviewing ICANN's
accountability, transparency and pursuit of the interests of global
Internet users on a recurring basis.
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