An additional 5 seats are held for non-voting liaisons. These liaisons are given access to the same materials and are a part of the board's debates; they represent various specialty and advisory organizations and provide valuable input and reactions to ICANN deliberations. The seats are determined as follows:
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* One liaison is to be appointed by the [[GAC|Governmental Advisory Committee]]
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* One liaison is to be appointed by the [[RSSAC|Root Server System Advisory Committee]]
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* One liaison is to be appointed by the [[SSAC|Security and Stability Advisory Committe]]
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* One liaison is to be appointed by the [[Technical Liaison Group]]
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* One liaison is to be appointed by the [[IETF|Internet Engineering Task Force]]