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On Jun 15, 2015 11:39 PM, "James Gannon" <<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hey Avri,<br>
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> My preference would be that the CEO of PTI be in a non-voting seat yes</p>
<p dir="ltr">The CEO should be allowed to break a tie in case of a deadlock at the board.<br>
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> Yes would like to see how other similar orgs handle these questions.<br>
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> -James<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Avri Doria<br>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 9:19 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [CWG-Stewardship] [client com] PTI Board Composition: IANA Managing Director<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> A clarification, saying ex official means saying it is because of another role held.<br>
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> Do you also mean that this should be a non voting seat?<br>
> I think you do, but want to make sure.<br>
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> I would note that ICANN has a voting CEO on its Board.<br>
> Does ISOC? How about the RIRs?<br>
> Just curious.<br>
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> avri<br>
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> On 15-Jun-15 16:07, James Gannon wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Greg,<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > With regards to questions 3, 4 and 6:<br>
> ><br>
> > As a matter of good governance practice I would have serious concerns<br>
> > about an employee of PTI sitting on the board of PTI with the<br>
> > exception of the CEO ex officio.<br>
> ><br>
> > I would appreciate input from others but certainly in Ireland and<br>
> > France where I've sat on boards it's would not be considered an<br>
> > acceptable practice. And I agree I haven't seen this issue discussed<br>
> > and any advice on best practice given to date.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > -James<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > *From:*<a href="mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org">cwg-client-bounces@icann.org</a><br>
> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:cwg-client-bounces@icann.org">cwg-client-bounces@icann.org</a>] *On Behalf Of *Greg Shatan<br>
> > *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2015 8:15 PM<br>
> > *To:* <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>; Client<br>
> > *Subject:* [client com] PTI Board Composition: IANA Managing Director<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > All:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > In the course of discussing the composition of the "inside"<br>
> > (controlled) PTI Board, I believe we have stated that three seats<br>
> > would be appointed by ICANN, with two being unspecified ICANN<br>
> > employees and one being the "IANA Managing Director." I've been asked<br>
> > to clarify who this IANA Managing Director is (since this title does<br>
> > not currently exist). Specifically:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 1. Will the IANA Managing Director be an employee of ICANN or of PTI?<br>
> ><br>
> > 2. Is this intended to be the person in the role currently held by<br>
> > Elise Gerich (currently a VP of ICANN for IANA and Technical<br>
> > Operations)?<br>
> ><br>
> > 3. If this person is an employee of PTI and not ICANN, does that<br>
> > still qualify for purposes of making it an inside board (keeping in<br>
> > mind that ICANN does not "own" PTI, and that the only reason this<br>
> > person is controlled by ICANN is because ICANN controls PTI (which<br>
> > creates a circularity of reasoning))?<br>
> ><br>
> > 4. Can this person be an employee of ICANN _and_ PTI (at least so<br>
> > that question 3 is resolved)?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Some next level questions:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 5. Why are we calling this person a "Managing Director," which is not<br>
> > commonly used in US non-profit corporations to my experience? (The<br>
> > typical senior board-appointed offices are President, Vice President,<br>
> > Secretary and Treasurer. Managing Director seems to show up primarily<br>
> > in investment banks and other financial services entities. If this<br>
> > person is intended to be at the helm of PTI, we should use the term<br>
> > President.)<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > 6. How will the board handle matters related to this person<br>
> > (compensation, etc.)? If she recuses herself, there will only be 4<br>
> > directors voting.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I look forward to clarification and apologize if this is clear<br>
> > somewhere and I missed it.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Greg<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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