Thanks for the information, Milton. I must confess I've not been following this particular implementation process closely - does anyone know how the panel was solicited, shortlisted and selected? If not, may I suggest that our SG leaders ask, particularly given that the composition of the three-person panel does not include any women or minorities? Cheers Mary Mary W S Wong Professor of Law Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP Chair, Graduate IP Programs UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL OF LAW Two White Street Concord, NH 03301 USA Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 1-603-513-5143 Webpage: http://www.law.unh.edu/marywong/index.php Selected writings available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=437584 >>> From: Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 9/14/2012 5:09 PM Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] FW: ICANN Launches Accountability Structures Expert Panel, Seeks Community Input None of these "experts" knows a thing about Internet governance, ICANN's history, ICANN or the political dimension of accountability. This is a typical ICANN approach to a sensitive issue, hand-pick a bunch of on-paper "experts" through who-knows-what kind of a vetting process who will do a whitewash report that is guaranteed not to rock the boat http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11sep12-en.htm ICANN Launches Accountability Structures Expert Panel, Seeks Community Input 11 September 2012 In fulfillment of ATRT Recommendations 23 and 25, calling for a review of ICANN's Accountability Structures, ICANN has identified an international panel of experts to serve on the Accountability Structures Expert Panel (ASEP). Biographies of the experts are available at http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/accountability/asep. The ASEP is interested in hearing from the ICANN community regarding your thoughts on ICANN's accountability structures, particularly the Reconsideration process and the Independent Review process, and whether they can or should be modified. Your comments and inputs can be submitted to [log in to unmask] and comments can be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/asep/. Please provide your input by 1 October 2012. The ASEP will be posting updates regarding its work, with a detailed project plan expected by mid-September. All information regarding the ASEP will be accessible from the ASEP page at http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/accountability/asep.