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<div>Hi Rudolph,</div>
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<div>In this context, ICANN's "shareholders" or "members" would be the elected or appointed Chairs of the existing ICANN community's bottom-up, consensus-based, multi-stakeholder structures. If those Chairs aren't ethical, then they could and should be replaced
by their respective groups. I believe this would give us a built-in and permanent accountability loop rooted in the multi-stakeholder system, which is precisely what NTIA has asked for. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Keith</div>
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On Jan 27, 2015, at 6:50 PM, "Rudolph Daniel" <<a href="mailto:rudi.daniel@gmail.com">rudi.daniel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">No nuance missing Jonathan. :)<br>
Likening to shareholders reminded me that shareholders are not always ethical in their pursuit of accountability.<br>
RD<br>
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<p dir="ltr">On Jan 27, 2015 6:58 PM, "Jonathan Zuck" <<a href="mailto:JZuck@actonline.org">JZuck@actonline.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hmmm. I guess “we” is the community that have reached a fairly solid consensus that new accountability mechanisms need to be put in place at ICANN. And the role “we” seek them to play is exactly what EBW outlined below as aspirational. The issue is structural
reform that empowers the community to hold the board of ICANN accountable going forward. Likening it to “shareholder” accountability is not about turning ICANN into a commercial organization, merely addressing concerns surrounding liability. What nuance am
I missing here?<br>
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> From: Rudolph Daniel [mailto:<a href="mailto:rudi.daniel@gmail.com">rudi.daniel@gmail.com</a>]
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> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:55 PM<br>
> To: Jonathan Zuck<br>
> Cc: Accountability Cross Community; Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
> Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership structure<br>
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> Not sure I get who 'we' is and 'seek them to play' ? <br>
> RD<br>
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> On Jan 27, 2015 6:44 PM, "Jonathan Zuck" <<a href="mailto:JZuck@actonline.org">JZuck@actonline.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Agree but the point of accountability mechanisms is to ensure the board continues to play the role we seek them to play.<br>
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>> From: <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org">accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org</a>] On
Behalf Of Rudolph Daniel<br>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:38 PM<br>
>> To: Eric Brunner-Williams<br>
>> Cc: Accountability Cross Community<br>
>> Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership structure<br>
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>> 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<br>
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>> On Jan 27, 2015 3:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> 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>
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>>>> 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.<br>
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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<br>
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