<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dear Co-Chairs,</div><div><br></div><div>Hsving been involved with this sordid mess we call ICANN since (almost) before its foundation I am a firm believer that the reasonable people I knew before they got on the ICANN Board, turned into bodily orifices during their tenure.</div><div><br></div><div>I expressed this sentiment to Chris in the presence of another Board member at Chris' appointment.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris promised he would not. So did the other Board Member.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris, to his credit, has kept his promise. </div><div><br></div><div>The other one did not.</div><div><br></div><div>i also note, with concenr the high turnover of female Board Members in recent times.</div><div><br></div><div>And I also have commented already about the dysmal track record of CEO choices, which on occasion make me reminisce about the good old times under Paul Twoomey :-)-O</div><div><br></div><div>I on the other hand do not agree that CCWG Acvountability should offer up something that needs a Ph.D. to understand, which even the authors don't.</div><div><br></div><div>Note to self: Find Ph.D. advisor...</div><div><br></div><div>greetings, el</div><div><br>-- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13pt; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Sent from </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Dr Lisse's iPhone 6</span></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On May 30, 2015, at 02:15, Chris Disspain <<a href="mailto:ceo@auda.org.au">ceo@auda.org.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>[...]</div><div>I am always in two minds about whether to respond to comments like these especially as there are those who believe that as I am on the board I am a) incapable of commenting in any other capacity and b) have been subjected to some form of brainwashing by staff/other board members resulting in an inability to accept or understand any criticism or negative comment by community members. </div><div>[...]</div></div></blockquote><style><!--
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