[CCWG-ACCT] Personal thoughts on membership

[Nigel Roberts]

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.
>