All,
Ellen Rony wrote:
> 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?
Very good question that Ellen poses here. This would also certainly
apply to Mike Roberts most especially. I would also agree with Ellen's
suggested resolution as well at a minimum. A more proper approach
to this COI concern would be for them to volunteer to step down
from the board all together.
>
>
> >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.
Good point here Ellen. Most of the ICANN Interim Board members
are terribly lacking in experience to make any decisions, and really these
decisions should be made by the Membership, not by the ICANN
Interim Board anyway. This has been systemic poor direction of the
ICANN Interim Board, and is as you indicate Ellen, is in stark contrast
the the requirements of the White Paper. Using the term "Troubling"
is a gross understatement.
>
>
> Ellen Rony Co-author
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