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===Public Comment===
The public comment period ran from November 16 to December 30, 2011, and elicited only two comments. ETSI expressed agreement with the report's recommendations.<ref>[https://forum.icann.org/lists/btrwg-final-report/pdf46JwQkwTx3.pdf TR-WG Listserv Archive - ETSI comments to the TR-WG's Final Report], December 21, 2011</ref> [[Marilyn Cade]] submitted a comment in the new year, noting her objection to scheduling a public comment period to close on the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve. "I did not post my comments during that period because we must be reasonable, and respectful of the true priorities of the community – not only the ICANN internal processes."<ref name="mcade">[https://forum.icann.org/lists/btrwg-final-report/pdfPmbLNIybrU.pdf TR-WG Listserv Archive - Marilyn Cade comments to the TR-WG's Final Report], January 3, 2012</ref> Cade argued strongly for reform, both within the TLG and in the broader issues facing the ICANN board's access to expertise:
<blockquote>My comments propose a different approach for the TLG, and of more significance, propose a major change in the role of all technical advisors/liaisons overall, focused initially on the TLG. Technical advisors/liaisons should be treated as independent experts, and afforded the critical, but limited role that this would entail. An exception is appropriate for the GAC Chair and possibly for the Root Server Advisory Group.<br />
ICANN’s Board [and community] deserve independent experts – whether in economic studies, where ICANN has not yet distinguished itself; legal advice, where ICANN’s Board needs a truly independent advisor on what its role is in acting in the public interest, and in technical areas that it 'affects' in its decisions. The Board is not a surrogate for retained, independent, accountable expertise. That should become a standard. The Board is not a surrogate for understanding the issues of the SOs/ACs/SGS, but should have routine and substantial access to the leadership from such organizations.<ref name="mcade" /> </blockquote>