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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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>
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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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