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Dear Colleagues, <br>
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Browsing through the legal memos that discussed the role of the
Board, I can suggest a statement that better defines the Board's
role as such :<br>
"The Icann Board represents the executive entity, in charge of
managing and directing the affairs of the corporation."<br>
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Mathieu<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 22/06/2015 23:07, Drazek, Keith a
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<div>Thanks Marilyn. I also support Bruce's statement. I think
your suggestion has merit, but, in the context of the transition
timeline outlined by Fadi this morning, such structural change
is probably a Work Stream 2 issue -- one that can be deferred
provided we are assured the Board can be compelled to accept
those future community consensus recommendations.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Keith<br>
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On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Marilyn Cade <<a
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<div dir="ltr">I would like to both support Bruce Tonkin's
statement, and ask that also those of us from the community
who have experience in how the SOs elect/select their Board
members, perhaps consider that we should be thinking about
more of the Board being elected -- e.g. a return to 3 per
SO, with then a minority appointed. This may also be a step
forward toward accountability, as the nature of the Board is
more grounded in the communities also responsible for key
roles within ICANN, and with deep roots in the various SOs.
This still leaves a significant number of Board seats for
Nominating Committee appointment, but it strengthens
<div>the ties to accountability from the Stakeholders. </div>
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<div>This is somewhat a new proposal, but I am surprised it
has not surfaced before.</div>
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:40:17 +0000<br>
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Presentation from Joint
Townhall at ICANN53<br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Just
looking at page 15 of the presentation.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">“The
ICANN Board represents the executive entity the
community may act against, as appropriate”</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">I
recognize that this is in the context of the new
community powers – but I would like to see a
little more positive an broader description of the
role of the ICANN Board.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Perhaps
something more along the lines of:</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">“The
entity appointed by the community to oversee the
organization on the community’s behalf”</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Ie
the Board comes from the community – it is not
really an executive branch of the staff. In
fact it is a comprised of non-executives apart
from the CEO.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">The
board’s role is also to hold the staff accountable
to deliver on the commitments agreed with the
community in the strategic and operating planning
process.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">While
the CCWG is looking at additional accountability
mechanisms – I think it should also be recognized
that the Board itself is one of the existing
mechanisms, however imperfect it may be. It is
as much tied to the community through its
selection process as the AC and SO councils.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Regards,</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Bruce
Tonkin</span><span
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