[WP1] Removal of selected Board members - The CEO?

[Greg Shatan]

Since he's serving "by reason of his office" ("ex officio") I don't think
we could remove the CEO as a board member even if we wanted to.

Greg

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>
wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> We had discussions about this in Istanbul and my recollection is that :
> - our group was not inclined to be able to remove the CEO (it's the
> Board's role)
> - we were aware of the need to organize a caretaker Board and flagged it
> as needing further elaboration
>
> Mathieu
>
>
> Le 08/07/2015 17:56, Alan Greenberg a écrit :
>
>> Now that I raised the issue, a few thoughts.
>>
>> I don't think we have contemplated the community having the ability to
>> dismiss the President/CEO, and without that, I don't think we can remove an
>> ex-officio member. Which raised the possibility of the President/CEO being
>> the only Board member. We may need a new provision to ensure that in such a
>> case, the P/CEO cannot act unilaterally as the entire Board. The ability to
>> remove selected Board members already requires that we consider whether
>> those left behind after some dismissals have sufficient critical mass to
>> govern.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> At 08/07/2015 11:22 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>>
>>> A comment that Fadi made during the current US Congress Energy and
>>> Commerce Committee hearing raises an issue. Is the President/CEO, and
>>> Ex-Officio member of the Board, a Board member who can be selectively
>>> removed?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
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