[CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership structure

[Rudolph Daniel]

Not sure I get who 'we' is and  'seek them to play'  ?
RD
On Jan 27, 2015 6:44 PM, "Jonathan Zuck" <JZuck at actonline.org> wrote:

>  Agree but the point of accountability mechanisms is to ensure the board
> continues to play the role we seek them to play.
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> *From:* accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
> accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Rudolph
> Daniel
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:38 PM
> *To:* Eric Brunner-Williams
> *Cc:* Accountability Cross Community
> *Subject:* Re: [CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership
> structure
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> I would think, and  certainly it has been suggested elsewhere that public
> accountably be less of the shareholder kind and more of the ethical variety.
> RD
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> On Jan 27, 2015 3:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net>
> wrote:
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>  All,
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> I would not like to see the Board's duty as stewards of the public trust
> -- exercising reasonable care, inquisitive,  ... the strictest standard of
> duty of care in American law -- reduced to the pursuit of quarterly profits
> maximization prevalent in for-profit Boards.
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>  ICANN’s Board of Directors would become accountable to the community, in
> much the same way that the Boards of publicly-traded companies are
> ultimately accountable to their shareholders.
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> I suggest our standards are, by initial design, higher than the likeness
> proposed.
>
> Eric Brunner-Williams
> Eugene, Oregon
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