[CCWG-ACCT] FW: Chairman Thune and Senator Schatz letter to Steve Crocker ahead of ICANN 54

[Nigel Roberts]

Varying legal requirements aside, the legitimacy of any corporate body 
surely derives from membership. The Board (or Council or however it is 
named) is the executive instantiation of the larger corporate membership.

ICANN made a mis-step in 1998 in not having members at the outset and we 
are paying the price.

And lest we forget, ICANN isn't quite a FIFA, and the purpose of the 
Accountbility WG is to ensure the entrenchment of constitutional 
safeguards that prevent it ever becoming one.



On 16/10/15 07:30, william currie wrote:
> If ICANN were incorporated in Delaware, it would be required to have
> members, and the whole debate of SMM vs MEM would be moot.
>
> On Friday, October 16, 2015, Nigel Roberts <nigel at channelisles.net
> <mailto:nigel at channelisles.net>> wrote:
>
>     Well, if there IS a staring contest going on between the Board and
>     the Community to see who will blink first, it seems the Community
>     just woke up to realise that it includes a couple of members
>     possessing the glare of a basilisk . . .
>
>
>     On 16/10/15 00:25, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:
>
>         Colleagues
>
>         Good morning in Dublin.
>
>         The attached letter from Senators Thune and Schatz to the Chair
>         of the
>         ICANN Board will be of interest to many of you.
>
>         I wish you good fortune in the meetings
>
>         Regards
>
>         Paul
>
>         Paul Rosenzweig
>
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