[CCWG-ACCT] [WP1] updated paper: Recall of the ICANN Board

Seun Ojedeji seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 18:28:43 UTC 2015


I agree with this as well, although I thought there was clear direction on
this subject in Paris.

Regards

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On 23 Jul 2015 7:23 pm, "Cherine Chalaby" <cherine.chalaby at icann.org> wrote:

> I agree. It does not make sense to ask NomCom to nominate alternates.
> Cherine
>
> On 23 Jul 2015, at 15:23, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree with not asking the NomCom to put up alternates. Spilling the
> Board should be so exceptional and a smaller exe board should be able to
> then launch a process, which could result in both elections and in
> appointments.
> M
>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:13:13 +0100
> > From: malcolm at linx.net
> > To: jordan at internetnz.net.nz; wp1 at icann.org;
> accountability-cross-community at icann.org
> > Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] [WP1] updated paper: Recall of the ICANN Board
> >
> >
> > On 23/07/2015 11:18, Jordan Carter wrote:
> > > See my edits in the files beginning with 2015-07-23.
> >
> > One comment: I thought the general view in Paris was that NomCom would
> > not nominate members of an interim Board. I doubt the practicality of
> > requiring it to do so.
> >
> > That seems to have changed; perhaps I missed some discussion. Or
> > misperceived the general view.
> >
> > Requiring NomCom to put up alternates at the AGM creates the "people
> > standing in the shadows waiting for a chance" that were mentioned as a
> > prospect to be avoided, and was accepted as a reason for not requiring
> > SOs and ACs to nominate alternates with every appointment.
> >
> > Moreover, how will NomCom find people willing to commit to drop
> > everything and become an interim director in the unlikely event of a
> > Board spill, knowing that it is highly unlikely this will ever come to
> > pass?
> >
> > It is surely much easier to ask someone "Will you agree to serve as a
> > director now?" than "Will you agree to serve as a director in an
> > unspecified number of months, should some very unlikely event come to
> > pass?".
> >
> > For these reasons, I think that excusing NomCom from nominating interim
> > directors is a better choice.
> >
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