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In December, 2010, the [[Accountability and Transparency Review Team]] recommended that the ICANN Board "expeditiously implement the compensation scheme for voting  
 
In December, 2010, the [[Accountability and Transparency Review Team]] recommended that the ICANN Board "expeditiously implement the compensation scheme for voting  
 
Directors as recommended by the Boston Consulting Group adjusted as necessary to address international payment issues, if any".<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/atrt-final-recommendations-31dec10-en.pdf ATRT Final Recommendations]</ref> At the March, 2011 meeting in San Francisco, the board voted to adopt the ATRT's recommendations, including the compensation proposition. However, the issue continues to be controversial with ICANN legal staff recommending against the measure.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/icann-advised-against-director-salaries/ ICANN Advised Against Director Salaries, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
 
Directors as recommended by the Boston Consulting Group adjusted as necessary to address international payment issues, if any".<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/atrt-final-recommendations-31dec10-en.pdf ATRT Final Recommendations]</ref> At the March, 2011 meeting in San Francisco, the board voted to adopt the ATRT's recommendations, including the compensation proposition. However, the issue continues to be controversial with ICANN legal staff recommending against the measure.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/icann-advised-against-director-salaries/ ICANN Advised Against Director Salaries, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
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Following the quick move of ICANN board Chairman [[Peter Dengate Thrush]], to a new [[gTLD]] consultancy, [[Minds + Machines]],  weeks after he voted to approve new gTLDs, issues with the board's compensation and their checks against conflicts of interest were once again raised.  In one of six non-papers written by the [[European Commission]], in August, 2011, they suggest compensating board members as part of a larger package to ensure that future conflicts of interest are not allowed or encouraged.<ref>[http://blog.internetgovernance.org/pdf/ECPaper3-4.pdf EC Papers 3-4, internetgovernance.org]</ref>
    
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