[CCWG-ACCT] Personal thoughts on membership
Nigel Roberts
nigel at channelisles.net
Sat Oct 3 10:17:59 UTC 2015
I'm not sure I agree with this exactly as phrased by Bruce.
ICANN's Directors owe a fiduciary duty to the corporation. This is
undeniable.
ICANN (the corporation) is established to lessen the burden of
government and promote the global public interest in the operational
stability of the Internet (Art 3).
ICANN operates for the benefit of the Internet Community as a whole (Art 4).
Whilst ICANN certainly owes a duty or obligation of some form "to the
Internet community as a whole" (as per Art 4, above), I am not convinced
that it is that of a fiduciary, or even the lesser standard of the tort
duty of care: see as a starting
point:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary
Please convince me.
> ICANN owes a fiduciary duty to the Internet community as a whole.
>
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