<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Tijani made the proposal below and I wanted to draw it into a separate thread in case people missed it.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 July 2015 at 10:25, Tijani BEN JEMAA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn" target="_blank">tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span lang="EN-US">Do you have a concrete suggestion
as to how you would see the exercise of such a power being done by "a
process that is broadly distributed in the community" as an alternative
for us to consider, and seek legal advice on?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">This
is a proposals for exercising the power of recalling Board directors by a</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">process that is well distributed in the
community consisting in recalling the board directors (from 1 to 15) by the
community and not a single SO or AC:<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">The
decision is taken by at least 4 SOs and/or ACs including at list 1 SO and
1 AC.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">All
the directors have the same treatment (selected by their constituencies or by
the nomcom)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">The
SOs and ACs and the NomCom select the board directors and their interim
simultaneously (the GNSO selects 2 acting directors and 2 interim ones and the
ALAC selects 1 acting director and 1 interim one, etc.). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">All
acting directors sign before taking their position as Board Director a
commitment to step down in case a community decision to recall them is taken <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">Those
interim directors will fully replace the removed directors if the number of
recalled directors is less than 8. In case the number reaches 8 or more, the
resulting board (non recalled directors plus the interim of the recalled ones) will
act as a caretaker till the selection of new directors to replace the recalled
ones. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">This
is to replace the 2 powers: stilling the whole board and recalling individual
board directors. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">This
has the merit to; <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">Fulfill
the requirement of having the power to remove the whole Board and to remove
individual board members<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">make
the change smaller and simpler by having a single mechanism to recall the board
directors instead of 2<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">not
having to find a way for the nomcom to remove their appointed directors<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">avoid
a period where ICANN run without board in place<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#365f91"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">avoid
the risk of having an SO or AC recalling their selected director because of the
SO or AC interest and not the global public interest<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>I have a couple of queries / concerns with this:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- if you s/elect "alternative" directors at the same time as the genuine article, is there an incentive on those people to undermine the ordinary directors?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- is it legally achievable - i.e. will the springing resignation letters provide enough cover for a different group than appointed, to enact the removal?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">- could the community council be the decision body for doing this on the community's part?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">cheers</div><div class="gmail_extra">Jordan</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div>
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