<p dir="ltr">Not sure I get who 'we' is and 'seek them to play' ? <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Agree but the point of accountability mechanisms is to ensure the board continues to play the role we seek them to play.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rudolph Daniel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Accountability Cross Community<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership structure<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jan 27, 2015 3:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net" target="_blank">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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I suggest our standards are, by initial design, higher than the likeness proposed.<br>
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Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
Eugene, Oregon<u></u><u></u></p>
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