Evaluation Panels Selection Process

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ICANN's review and selection process of independent evaluators had 3 phases:

General criteria scoring to identify a short list of candidates per panel
Oral presentations with short-listed candidates
Presentation of recommended candidates to Board

Date of Publication	Subject	Deadline	Details
26 October 2011	Evaluation Panel Firms announced	n/a	Preparing Evaluators for the New gTLD Application Process
23 March 2010	Update on Phase 2 of selection process	n/a	Phase 2 of the selection process has been completed. ICANN met the candidate's leadership and core team members to evaluate in detail the candidate's approach, experience, technical competency, commitment, and proposed costing model. The next and final phase will select the Evaluation Panelists providers and notify the Board of final selections. The retention of the Evaluation Panelist is expected to occur in 2011 and names of the selected evaluation panelists will be published at that time.
11 December 2009	Update on Phase 1 of selection process	n/a	ICANN Continues Reporting on the Selection Process of Independent Evaluators for the New gTLD Program
25 October 2009	Panels Selection Process	n/a	List of Respondents
8 August 2009	Respondents' Conference Call Original Transcript		Respondents' Conference Call Q&A Transcript [72 KB] The Question & Answer session [152 KB]
31 July 2009	EOI Re-opened: New gTLD Program: Update on Independent Evaluators Search	15 September 2009 - 23:59 UTC	(Please note: new Costs Template Exhibit A, is attached at the back of the original EOI) Applicant Evaluation Teams (Technical and Financial Evaluation) [172 KB] Geographic Name Evaluation [184 KB] String Similarity Examiners [176 KB] Community Priority Evaluation Panel — formerly the Comparative Evaluation Panel [176 KB] Q&A Previous call for expressions of interest open submissions period: http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/ announcement-2-02apr09-en.htm and http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/ announcement-25feb09-en.htm
22 April 2009	EOI Extended: Deadline for Independent Evaluator Applications Extended	11 June 2009 - 23:59 UTC	Applicant Evaluation Teams (Technical and Financial Evaluation) Geographic Name Evaluation String Similarity Examiners Comparative Evaluation Panel
25 February 2009	EOI: New gTLDs: Call for Applicant Evaluation Panel Expressions of Interest	13 April 2009 - 23:59 UTC	Applicant Evaluation Panel - Financial or Technical [72 KB] Geographic Names Panel [76 KB] String Similarity Examiners [76 KB] Comparative Evaluation Panel [80 KB]