+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 >>>> >>> >>> >> *********************************************** William J. Drake International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, ICANN, www.ncuc.org [log in to unmask] (direct), [log in to unmask] (lists), www.williamdrake.org ***********************************************