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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>During my CIRA Chair days, we
developed a conflict of interest policy, with the assistance of one of the
country's leading legal firms. Ross, would CIRA be willing to share its policy
with the Council?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Maureen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marilynscade@hotmail.com
href="mailto:marilynscade@hotmail.com">Marilyn Cade</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=MCubberley@gov.mb.ca
href="mailto:MCubberley@gov.mb.ca">'Cubberley, Maureen (CHT)'</A> ; <A
title=ross@tucows.com href="mailto:ross@tucows.com">ross@tucows.com</A> ; <A
title=Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au
href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">'Bruce Tonkin'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=council@gnso.icann.org
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 20, 2006 3:38
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [council] Conflicts of
Interest</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'm also interested in supporting the development of an
effective Interest<BR>Statement, and a discussion of what creates a conflict
that requires a<BR>recusement, versus a disclosure. Also, we should examine
how we implement<BR>such a program. <BR><BR>Grant has shared with the BC the
way that InternetNZ addresses, and perhaps<BR>there are other useful models
also about to quickly get a sense of. <BR><BR>Marilyn<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</A>
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On<BR>Behalf Of Cubberley, Maureen
(CHT)<BR>Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:04 AM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:ross@tucows.com">ross@tucows.com</A>; Bruce Tonkin<BR>Cc: <A
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A><BR>Subject:
RE: [council] Conflicts of Interest<BR><BR>Bruce and Ross,<BR><BR>Thanks Bruce
for bringing this proposal forward. I too think this is an<BR>excellent
idea, and Ross, I agree with your further analysis. In<BR>particular, I agree
that the GNSO council should move ahead with a<BR>conflict of interest policy,
and an appropriate process to accompany it.<BR><BR>As you know, this is an
issue that I brought up at the meeting in<BR>Vancouver, at which time I cited
the Board conflict of interest policy<BR>and asked for clarification as to
whether or not it applied to the<BR>Council.<BR>Now that we have our
clarification, we should move ahead.<BR><BR>I like your" light weight"
approach and also the concept of a design<BR>committee. <BR><BR>I support the
idea of adding this to the next agenda, so Bruce, if that<BR>is acceptable and
if the Council as a whole agrees to proceed, I would<BR>be pleased to
volunteer to work with fellow Councillors on the proposed<BR>"design
committee" or with whatever development approach is
decided<BR>upon.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Maureen<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</A>
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]<BR>On Behalf Of Ross Rader<BR>Sent:
Friday, January 20, 2006 8:57 AM<BR>To: Bruce Tonkin<BR>Cc: <A
href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</A><BR>Subject:
Re: [council] Conflicts of Interest<BR><BR>Bruce Tonkin wrote:<BR><BR>> I
see this being a voluntary initiative as there doesn't seem to
be<BR>any<BR>> explicit bylaw requirements.<BR><BR>Bruce -<BR><BR>I think
this is an excellent proposal. As you know, the registrar <BR>constituency has
had similar practices embodied in its bylaws for a <BR>number of
years.<BR><BR>However, simply because the bylaws is silent on a specific set
of <BR>behaviors, doesn't mean that we can't officially adopt these behaviors
<BR>through other means.<BR><BR>I also believe that it is time for the Council
of the GNSO to adopt some<BR><BR>explicit conflict of interest management
processes - but I believe they <BR>should be mandatory. At first, we should
proceed cautiously with these. <BR>A light-weight approach would seem to be
most prudent. Over time, we <BR>could improve and expand upon the approach in
ways that make it more <BR>useful for our purposes.<BR><BR>My preference would
not be to create a "design committee" to come up <BR>with a comprehensive
proposal at this time. As a first step, I think <BR>your proposal makes
eminent sense, and I would like to discuss whether <BR>or not the rest of the
council would be willing to undertake a vote to <BR>make these requirements
mandatory. Is this something that we could add <BR>to the agenda of our next
meeting?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance for your
consideration.<BR><BR>-ross<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>