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

[Jonathan Zuck]

Hmmm. I guess “we” is the community that have reached a fairly solid consensus that new accountability mechanisms need to be put in place at ICANN. And the role “we” seek them to play is exactly what EBW outlined below as aspirational. The issue is structural reform that empowers the community to hold the board of ICANN accountable going forward. Likening it to “shareholder” accountability is not about turning ICANN into a commercial organization, merely addressing concerns surrounding liability. What nuance am I missing here?

From: Rudolph Daniel [mailto:rudi.daniel at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:55 PM
To: Jonathan Zuck
Cc: Accountability Cross Community; Eric Brunner-Williams
Subject: RE: [CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership structure


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<mailto: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.

From: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org> [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org<mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>] On Behalf Of Rudolph Daniel
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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
On Jan 27, 2015 3:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net<mailto:ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net>> wrote:
All,

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.
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.

I suggest our standards are, by initial design, higher than the likeness proposed.

Eric Brunner-Williams
Eugene, Oregon

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