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The advisors, selected by the Public Experts Group, will bring external, independent voices to this process to assure that best practices are brought in from outside of the ICANN community. The role of the advisors is to provide advice to the discussions of the Coordination Group. The Coordination Group should make recommendations based on consensus taking into account advice of the advisors. The advisors are not limited to engaging with the Coordination Group.
The Public Experts Group was announced on 19 August 2014. They are Mr. Brian Cute, Ms. Jeanette Hofmann, Amb. Janis Karklins, and Hon. Lawrence E. Strickling.
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Community members are selected by the respective SO/ACs (the GNSO may appoint one per Stakeholder Group). Additionally, the liaison to the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group, and the past participant from the ATRT are expected to be a community member. The appointment of up to 7 seven advisors is conducted by the four individuals noted above, known to the community The ICANN Board appoints 1 one liaison and 1 one ICANN staff serves on the group to provide information on ICANN’s current governance structures and accountability mechanisms. It’s expected that the Coordination Group operate by consensus, and in an open and transparent manner. Public and community observers are welcome.
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While the process had the Board develop a charter for both the Cross Community Group and the Coordination Group, the Groups should prepare their own charters that will be reviewed by the Board for scope. If it’s felt there is a concern that the charters exceed the scope of this process, there will be a dialogue between the Board and the respective group.
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The process notes that any decision by the Board to not implement a recommendation (or portion of a recommendation) will be accompanied by a detailed rationale. The detailed rationale Any decision to not implement a recommendation would be preceded by a dialogue with the Coordination Group and community.
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