[CCWG-ACCT] ALAC Statement on proposed accountability models

[Guru Acharya]

>From the above statement, it is apparent that Alan has made this statement
under the fear that the transition will fail if the board does not accept
the CCWG proposal citing fiduciary responsibility. Please let me assure you
this kind of fear mongering is a tactical technique used by Alan that has
demonstrated much success earlier as well. In the CWG-Stewardship, he
similarly fear mongered that the transition will fail because NTIA would
reject the Contract Co model. That time too everybody else blinked.

I really hope the community doesn't blink this time.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> Correct, the CCWG proposal is not dependant on a supermajorty of the Board
> supporting it, or in fact any Board support, since it is not one of the
> CCWG's chartering organizations.
>
> But that is not what I said. At the point when our recommended changes are
> to be implemented, the current Bylaws must be amended. Under the current
> Bylaws, the "Bylaws of ICANN may be altered, amended, or repealed and new
> Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws adopted only upon action by a
> two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of the Board".
>
> Under their fiduciary duty, each Board member may only vote to adopt new
> Bylaws if he/she believes it is in the interest of ICANN and its mission
> and core values to do so. It was THAT action that I was referring to.
>
> Alan
>
>
> At 18/10/2015 09:53 AM, Chartier, Mike S wrote:
>
>> The CCWG proposal is not dependent on support "by a supermajority of
>> Board directors".
>> The requirement is that there is not a determination that it is not in
>> the global public interest by a 2/3 majority of the Board.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
>> accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan
>> Greenberg
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:42 AM
>> To: CCWG Accountability
>> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] ALAC Statement on proposed accountability models
>>
>> In its formal response to the CCWG-Accountability proposal issued in
>> August 2015, the ALAC said that it could support the model being proposed,
>> but preferred something far less complex and lighter-weight, and that we
>> saw no need for the level of enforceability that the proposal provided.
>> Moreover, the ALAC had specific concerns with the budget veto and the
>> apparent lack of participation of perhaps a majority of AC/SOs.
>>
>> In light of the reconsideration of a designator model by the CCWG, along
>> with the recommendations of the Saturday morning break-out sessions, the
>> ALAC felt that a revised statement was in order.
>> Accordingly we decided, by a unanimous vote of the 14 ALAC members
>> present (with 1 not present), to withdraw support for the Membership model.
>>
>> I want to make it clear that this is not a "red line" decision.
>> Should a Membership model become one that is generally advocated by the
>> CCWG, and supported by a supermajority of Board directors (who ultimately
>> MUST support any changes that they will be called upon to approve, else
>> they would be in violation of their fiduciary duty), then the ALAC reserves
>> its right to support such a model.
>>
>> Alan Greenberg
>> Chair, At-Large Advisory Committee
>>
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