<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Warren,<div>As a preliminary point I suspect you have a reference in your request list wrong;</div><div>the Boston Consulting Group's recommendations in their Board Review Report were summarised as:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>Recommendation #8: Clarify the board’s accountabilities. Initiate a program of discussions that explore the following propositions:</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>(a)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Agree the accountability of ICANN’s board – to ICANN itself, the ICANN community and/or the Internet?</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>(b)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Affirm that ICANN directors owe their loyalty to the board and not to their sponsoring organisations.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>(c) Support proposals for a process to dismiss the board but ensure that the hurdle is quite high.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>(d)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Discuss possible conflict issues in the board's role overseeing the ICANN community where its members are appointed by those who are doing the work. Agree that a key role of the independent directors (via NomCom) is to ensure that the board continues to carries out its role without compromise.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>(e) Discuss the future work division between paid staff and volunteers and form a view as to what this will look like in five years time.</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11.3px/normal Arial; "><b>(f) Consider the proposition that the stakeholder groups get together to appoint a board acceptable to all of them – rather than directly appointing their own representatives to the board.</b></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>
<div style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>You may want to look at that before sending.</div><div><br></div><div>I think its a comprehensive list, which will generate some useful materials</div><div><br></div><div>The ombudsman has comprehensive data, and subject to the redaction point willl, I am sure make it available.</div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Peter </div><div><br></div><div>+64 4 4998959 (DDI)</div><div>+64 21499888 (mobile)</div><div>+64 4 4710672 (fax)</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Aug 20, 2010, at 9:36 AM, <<a href="mailto:wadelman@godaddy.com">wadelman@godaddy.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:wadelman@godaddy.com">wadelman@godaddy.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">ATRT members,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;" mce_style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;" mce_style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Attached is a draft request for information / materials from ICANN Staff and the Ombudsman. Please review and comment no later than EOD Monday. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;" mce_style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;" mce_style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;" mce_style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;" mce_style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Ideally I would like the ATRT Chair to submit this request with any modifications to ICANN and the Ombudsman by Tuesday.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;" mce_style="border-collapse: separate;color: #000000;font-family: Times;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: auto;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;" mce_style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 13px;text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">If anyone can direct Subteam#4 to answers to the proposed requests in publicly available material please let me know. There is a brief overview, for example, of the activities of the Office of Ombudsman in ICANN's 2009 Annual Report. T</span></span>he annual report refers to additional materials on the Ombudsman's website, located here:</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></span></span></div><div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.icann.org/ombudsman/program.html" mce_href="http://www.icann.org/ombudsman/program.html" style="color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline;" mce_style="color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">http://www.icann.org/ombudsman/program.html</span></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">In going through these materials, they seem out of date (2006-2007).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br style="clear: both; "></span></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Warren<br><br>Warren Adelman<br>President & COO<br><a target="_blank" href="http://GoDaddy.com/">GoDaddy.com</a><br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:warren@godaddy.com">warren@godaddy.com</a><br>twitter: <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/asocialcontract">http://twitter.com/asocialcontract</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; " mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.godaddy.com/">http://www.godaddy.com</a></span></span></div></span></div><span><Subteam 4 - RFI from ICANN Staff and Ombudsman Draft 1.doc></span>_______________________________________________<br>AT-Review mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT-Review@icann.org">AT-Review@icann.org</a><br>https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-review<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>