<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div><br></div><div><br>On 25 Sep 2015, at 03:58, Jordan Carter <<a href="mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">I was sad to see the selective quote, which could see people thinking I think that a membership model ends fiduciary duties on board members, or that membership isn't the right approach. I don't think either of those things for the record.<div></div></blockquote><br><div>Jordan, </div><div><br></div><div>You are not the only person this article quotes out of context to suggest they meant the opposite of what they intended. </div><div><br></div><div>The article quotes Ester Dyson as saying</div><div><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"... At least the USG (US government) offers some accountability. ICANN's primary active stakeholders are businesses making money off the DNS; most users are too busy elsewhere to pay much attention..."--comment of <a href="https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/13042816" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Esther Dyson</a>, ICANN's founding Chairman, in The Guardian, Sept 22, 2015</i></div><div><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></i></div><div>Her actual comment was</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Hold tightly to the hand of nurse, for fear of finding something worse. At least the USG offers some accountability. ICANN's primary active stakeholders are businesses making money off the DNS; most users are too busy elsewhere to pay much attention. Thanks for writing this, Emily."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This was attached as a comment to an article written by Emily Taylor supportive of the CCWG proposal. In the article that Ester thanked Emily for writing, Emily wrote:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"If Icann’s board can override the consensus of its own community, it casts doubt on the viability of the entire <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/icann" data-link-name="auto-linked-tag" data-component="auto-linked-tag" class=" u-underline" style="cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); -webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; text-decoration: none !important;">Icann</a> model, and exposes the flakiness of the way essential internet resources are governed."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">and</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Guardian Text Egyptian Web', Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">"</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The community’s solution is for Icann to become a membership organisation. I agree that this is the <a href="https://ourinternet-files.s3.amazonaws.com/publications/gcig_paper_no9.pdf" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="in-body-link" class=" u-underline" style="cursor: pointer; border-bottom-width: 0.0625rem; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); -webkit-transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out; text-decoration: none !important;">only outcome likely to deliver accountability</a>. It’s feasible, it gives backstop power to the community and is a well understood model common to many non-profits."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div>Not that you'd realise this from reading Mr Poole's article. </div><div><br></div></body></html>