Thanks Wolf-Ulrich, That's useful insight. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of WUKnoben Sent: 25 February 2013 12:02 To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] Composition of the Accountability & Transparency Review Team All, In regards to the recent ATRT appointments the CSG (and the RrSG) asked the selectors for a rationale why only two endorsed candidates from the GNSO have been appointed, especially given that in the past there had been 4 appointments made. Steve Crocker as chairman of the board and being one of the selectors gave the following reasons: "...We had to make some tough decisions because there were quite a few well qualified candidates. We did place a bit of emphasis on choosing people with experience in governance and/or experience with governments. This wasn't our exclusive focus, but we did weight our selection a bit in that direction. We felt this was consistent with the focus on accountability and transparency. We expect each member of the team to look at the full range of issues and not to be solely pursuing the issues of a particular constituency. We also expect the people from the GNSO, Brian Cute and Avri Doria, will be reasonably familiar with the full range of GNSO issues and not solely within their particular stakeholder groups. Finally, we recognize that the people who applied to be on the team, including both endorsed and those who were not endorsed, almost certainly have some useful and relevant thoughts to share. The team is not yet in operation and has not yet set its agenda, but we have suggested the team might usefully listen to the candidates who were not included. The initial reaction from the team members seems positive, and so it seems likely they will choose to do this..." Best regards Wolf-Ulrich