<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div>To view the original post, please see: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-12-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-12-en</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Public Experts Group (PEG) continues its deliberations on Advisors for the Enhancing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; ">ICANN</abbr>Accountability Cross Community Working Group (CCWG). The PEG expects to deliver the names of up to seven Advisors by the end of November.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The PEG acknowledges the <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-05-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; ">distribution</a> of the Enhancing <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; ">ICANN</abbr> Accountability CCWG <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/49359098/Enhancing%20ICANN%20Accountability%20FINAL%20-%20Clean%20-%20Charter%20-%20updated%203%20November%202014.docx?api=v2" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; ">proposed charter</a>[DOCX, 67 KB] on 3 November 2014 and is conscious of the timeline for community adoption of the charter and the expected beginning of deliberations the CCWG in late November or early December.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The PEG last issued a <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-10-16-en" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; ">statement</a> on 14 October 2014, after meeting during the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="box-sizing: border-box; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; cursor: help; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s; ">ICANN</abbr> 51 meeting. The PEG members, Jeanette Hofmann, Janis Karklins, Larry Strickling and Brian Cute, discussed and agreed to the areas of expertise and evaluation criteria they would use in the selection process. The areas of expertise are as follows:</p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; ">Board Governance and Corporate Management (for example operational, finance, risk management)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; ">Global Accountability and Transparency – theoretical, practical, tools and metrics</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; ">Global Ethics Frameworks and Human Rights (for example consumer protection)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; ">Governmental Engagement and Relations and Multistakeholder Governance</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; ">International Law/ Jurisprudence (for example choice of law)</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4rem; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The PEG is also considering the need for diversity (for example, geographic, gender) in the Advisors when evaluating candidates.</p></div></div></body></html>