<div dir="ltr">For the information of CWG members, Working Party 1 of the Accountability CCWG (dealing with community empowerment) will be considering the removal both of individual board members and of the entire Board as part of its work.<div><br></div><div>JTC</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 February 2015 at 09:50, Steve Crocker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve.crocker@icann.org" target="_blank">steve.crocker@icann.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Kieren,<div><span class=""><br><div><div>On Feb 10, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Kieren McCarthy <<a href="mailto:kierenmccarthy@gmail.com" target="_blank">kierenmccarthy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">It should also be possible to get rid of smaller numbers of board members seeing as most are supposed to be representative of a particular community.</span></blockquote><br></div></span><div>This is exactly wrong. Board members are obligated to do what’s best for the entire community, not just their particular consistency. They bring the perspective of their constituency as part of their background and knowledge, but they are not supposed to be the representative of their constituency in the sense of a congress or parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>You might argue we should change the role of the Board or create a different body, but the idea that specific Board members are responsible the outcome relevant to their body is contrary to the actual obligation currently in force.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div><br></font></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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