[CCWG-ACCT] Posting in my individual capacity only ....

[Rudolph Daniel]

Welcome George. I think we are all wanting the same outcome...for icann....

to be an effective institution in fulfilling its mandate, achieving its
goals, and truly operating in the global public interest.

RD
On Jul 6, 2015 3:17 PM, "George Sadowsky" <george.sadowsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am posting to the list in my individual capacity, without any connection
> to my membership in the ICANN board.
>
> First, I'd like to express my regrets for what may have been  an
> intervention that was improper use of time at the Wednesday afternoon CCWG
> meeting in Buenos Aires.  Someone then suggested  that it would be
> appropriate to post my remarks on a CCWG list. If this is not the correct
> list, please let me know. Otherwise I'll begin to post a series of
> interventions following this note.
>
> However, I would like to explain why I believe the intervention at the
> time, as well as this intervention, to be necessary. You'll recall that
> when the accountability activity started, there was quite a bit of tension
> between the organization and members of the community regarding how it
> should be performed. As an individual board member, I reacted to this by
> not wanting to interfere at all with the process, even though I consider
> myself a member of the community first and a board member second.
>
> Subsequently, while watching the outputs of the CC WG working group, I
> felt that it was important to express my opinion also. I realize that my
> interventions are well behind the apparent progress that has been made by
> the group since it started, and so my thoughts might seem out of
> synchronization with what is occurring now. Nevertheless I'm going to offer
> them in the hope that they can add value, and perhaps even new ideas, to
> the discussion. This accountability exercises is important, and I want  --
> just as much as  the rest of you  --  to make sure that we do it right and
> we get a result that we can not only live with but that will allow ICANN to
> be an effective institution in fulfilling its mandate, achieving its goals,
> and truly operating in the global public interest.
>
> George
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