Esther Dyson wrote:
>FWIW, it is well-known (and published on our site)
>that Hans Kraaijenbrink is affiliated wtih ETNO. To quote from his bio on
>our site: "Hans Kraaijenbrink is Chairman of the Executive Board of ETNO,
>the European Telecommunications Network Operators association, located
>in Brussels. He is also Manager, European Policy and Regulation with
>Royal KPV N.V., the Netherlands where he is responsible for European and
>international
> regulatory strategic affairs."
>
>FWIW, I see no problem with such ties as long as they are disclosed....
Chiming in late on this, sorry. And I disagree. To avoid any complaints
of impropriety, **mere disclosure is not enough**. If there are hints of
conflict of interest, board members must *recuse* themselves from voting on
any issues that conceivably could impact their professional (non-ICANN)
sphere of involvement. How could you justify any other approach?
>Eugenio Triana had a personal emergency, and had to cancel suddenly; Linda
>Wilson was planning to attend by phone but was caught in the middle of
>meetings/financial planning etc. at Radcliffe.
So only five people (plus one by telephone), who have no accountability to
any membership because it is not yet in place, and who profess to have
little prior experience with the DNS, sat in closed session to determine
the activities and policies that will affect the future administration of
this system. I'd be laughing at this absurdity if the situation weren't so
truly troubling.
Ellen Rony Co-author
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