[CCWG-ACCT] A modest proposal to start the week

[Malcolm Hutty]

On 2015-06-01 15:24, Avri Doria wrote:
> Or my belief that by creating these membership organizations we do not
> solve the accountability problem but compartmentalize it, so that we
> need to insure the accountabilty of all of the independent UAs instead
> of ICANN as an overall entity.  Membership moves the problem from
> accountabity of one ICANN to the accountabilty of the many UA.

Avri,

What is it you fear that these "unaccountable UA" might do?

As I understand it, their only power is that they have standing to sue
ICANN for failing to comply with its own bylaws. Is there anything else
that they can do?

Presumably, if the complaint is ill-founded, it will fail. If it is well
founded, it deserves to succeed. I don't see how accountability for the
decision to raise the issue even arises.

Perhaps you could clarify where you believe the harm lies?

Malcolm.


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