At 09:05 PM 3/14/99 -0800, 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?
We all have one real good and visible example of such conflict of interest.
Mike Roberts, the ICANN CEO. Instead of recusing himself, during the final
votes, of the IFWP Steering Committee, wrt the wrap-up meeting. He did his
best to sabotage it because his promised CEO slot would not have been worth
the powder it takes to blow it to hell, if the wrap-up meeting would have
happened. I intend for folks not to forget his perfidy. It is a lesson
begging to be learned. Too bad the learning doesn't seem to be taking hold.
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