<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Andrew,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Well said.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Bruce Tonkin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" target="_blank">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Agreed.<br>
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> On 18 Feb 2016, at 7:49 AM, Andrew Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 09:29:47PM +0100, Kavouss Arasteh wrote:<br>
>> of Incorporation isnot violated , the Board is Under the mercy of the SO/AC<br>
>> .<br>
>> That is a very shaky and uncertain situation since just those SO and AC may<br>
>> for any unjustified reasons get together and Spill over the Board<br>
>> That is what the community wants ?<br>
><br>
> I keep being surprised by others' surprise about the ability of the<br>
> SOs and ACs to get together and remove the board, given that for some<br>
> time we've been working on a system by which the SOs and ACs can get<br>
> together and spill the board.<br>
><br>
> Some earlier proposals appeared (to some) to be too fragile, because<br>
> they made that removal easy. But now there is the long engagement and<br>
> escalation process that requires a lot of work and, it is to be hoped,<br>
> impresses upon everyone precisely how serious a step they are taking.<br>
><br>
> Ultimately, though, accountability to the community means that the<br>
> community can remove you at any time. It also means that the<br>
> community needs to behave responsibly. We should have confidence that<br>
> the ICANN community -- of which, after all, we are all a part -- will<br>
> indeed behave that way.<br>
><br>
> In case it's useful, by way of comparison: my colleagues on the IAB<br>
> can remove me as chair at any time and for any reason (no explanation,<br>
> fulsome or otherwise, required); and with sufficient nomcom-eligible<br>
> IETF participants I can also be recalled at any time from the IAB.<br>
> The IETF has never exercised this procedure all the way through to the<br>
> end, because by the time things are that serious everyone realises<br>
> that it's time for discussion and compromise. I think the same thing<br>
> will happen here.<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> A<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Andrew Sullivan<br>
> <a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a><br>
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