<p dir="ltr">I would think, and certainly it has been suggested elsewhere that public accountably be less of the shareholder kind and more of the ethical variety.<br>
RD</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 27, 2015 3:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>All,<br>
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I would not like to see the Board's duty as stewards of the public
trust -- exercising reasonable care, inquisitive, ... the
strictest standard of duty of care in American law -- reduced to
the pursuit of quarterly profits maximization prevalent in
for-profit Boards.<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ICANN’s
Board of Directors would become accountable to the community,
in much the same way that the Boards of publicly-traded
companies are ultimately accountable to their shareholders.</span></blockquote>
<br>
I suggest our standards are, by initial design, higher than the
likeness proposed.<br>
<br>
Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
Eugene, Oregon<br>
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