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<li> Reduce the frequency and increase the length of board meetings.</li>
<li> Reduce the frequency and increase the length of board meetings.</li>
<li> Consolidate board committees and be judicious in the formation of new committees.</li>
<li> Consolidate board committees and be judicious in the formation of new committees.</li>
The most impactful recommendation was #1, regarding board size and composition. At the time of the review, the ICANN Board had twenty-one members.<ref name="finalrep" /> BCG believed that to be too large, and presented findings that indicated that the ICANN board, org, and community agreed:
<blockquote>Our interviews in the course of this project as well as the responses to our questionnaire also indicate a widespread view that the board size is an issue. Only one third of board members and less than 15 percent of management agreed that the board size (21 members) works satisfactorily (Proposition B2). In the Supporting Organisation survey, only 5 percent of respondents agreed that the current board structure and membership rules are the best way to protect the public trust.<ref name="finalrep" /></blockquote>
The report provided two possible routes for reducing the number of board members. Option 1 suggested a reduction to fifteen members, converting "liaison" seats to a group of experts separate from and available to the board and directors for reference, eliminating the GAC seat and replacing it with a board observer (and, optionally, an observer representing the technical community), reducing [[NomCom]] seats from 6 to 8, and creating one or two ALAC nominated seats. Option 2 went further, proposing a reduction to nine members: one seat from each of the SO/ACs (including, optionally, a seat for ALAC); four from the NomCom, and the [[ICANN President]]; with observers from the GAC and technical community. This option suggested considering a majority of NomCom appointees (five instead of four), which could be implemented by either not instituting an ALAC seat or removing one of the other SO/AC seats.<ref name="finalrep" />
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<li> Strengthen the strategic purpose of the board.</li>
<li> Clarify the board's accountabilities.</li>
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