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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:
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Commitments: Candidates for the Accountability and Transparency Review Team</span></h2>
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0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">16
March 2010</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN received 25
candidatures following the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm">Call
for Applicants</a> for volunteer Review Team Members on the Accountability and
Transparency review. All applicants indicate the SO/AC they seek to represent. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SO/ACs will inform ICANN of
the candidatures they wish to endorse by March 17th. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ICANN <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">now publishes <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/review-1-applications-en.htm">all
candidatures received</a></span></strong>, pending SO/AC’s endorsement
decision. The names of endorsed candidates and of selected Review Team Members
will be communicated as soon as available. </span></p>
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