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I tend to agree with much of what Avri said. <br><br>
Board members are selected by SOs and At-Large to represent them,
but presumably because there is a belief that the prospective Board
member shares a common set of values with the selecting organization. If
the org comes to the beleif that they were mistaken, there is no doubt in
my mind that they should be able to undo the selection. It will rarely if
ever be used, but the possibility should ensure that Board members stay
more in touch with the organization that selected them than is not
sometimes the case. The removal needs to be unilateral and without a
public rationale or opportunity for appeal.<br><br>
Removal of one or more Board members by the overall community is a more
difficult one. It should certainly require a strong consensus. Removal of
all of the Board is frought with all sorts of problems not the least of
which who acts as the interim Board until a new one is selected.<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
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At 05/02/2015 03:33 AM, Avri Doria wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font color="#330033">On
04-Feb-15 19:07, Roelof Meijer wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Is the "the ability of the
community to recall recalcitrant board members” also subject to the
condition of the board not being unanimously or in super majority against
such a recall? If it is, I think it will be useless. </blockquote><br>
I would assume that removing a single board members would require some
process by those who (s)elected the Board member and could be for any
reason those (s)electors decided warranted such removal.<br><br>
It could, for example, be because the Board member never consulted with
those who (s)elected them. It could be becasue they weren't doing
their job. It could be because they were vile, vicious and
vindictive. I think the commuity that (s)elects a Board member
should be able to remove them as they decide it is needed. If their
idea of what is good for ICANN is radically diffferent from the
(s)electors then they should be removed. We would need to develop
processes within each f the ACSO that (s)elect, and would need to develop
a nomcom removal process.<br><br>
As for removal of the chair or of the entire Board, that is a different
issue, and I am not sure that I support the removal of the entire board,
though removal of the chair by a community wide consensus might make
sense.<br><br>
avri<br><br>
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