[CWG-Stewardship] [client com] PTI Board Composition: IANA Managing Director

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

A clarification, saying ex official means saying it is because of
another role held.

Do you also mean that this should be a non voting seat? 
I think you do, but want to make sure.

I would note that ICANN has a voting CEO on its Board. 
Does ISOC? How about the RIRs?
Just curious.

avri

On 15-Jun-15 16:07, James Gannon wrote:
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> Greg,
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> With regards to questions 3, 4 and 6:
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> As a matter of good governance practice I would have serious concerns
> about an employee of PTI sitting on the board of PTI with the
> exception of the CEO ex officio.
>
> I would appreciate input from others but certainly in Ireland and
> France where I’ve sat on boards it’s would not be considered an
> acceptable practice. And I agree I haven’t seen this issue discussed
> and any advice on best practice given to date.
>
>  
>
> -James
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> *From:*cwg-client-bounces at icann.org
> [mailto:cwg-client-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Greg Shatan
> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2015 8:15 PM
> *To:* cwg-stewardship at icann.org; Client
> *Subject:* [client com] PTI Board Composition: IANA Managing Director
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> All:
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> In the course of discussing the composition of the "inside"
> (controlled) PTI Board, I believe we have stated that three seats
> would be appointed by ICANN, with two being unspecified ICANN
> employees and one being the "IANA Managing Director."  I've been asked
> to clarify who this IANA Managing Director is (since this title does
> not currently exist).  Specifically:
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> 1. Will the IANA Managing Director be an employee of ICANN or of PTI?  
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> 2. Is this intended to be the person in the role currently held by
> Elise Gerich (currently a VP of ICANN for IANA and Technical
> Operations)?  
>
> 3.  If this person is an employee of PTI and not ICANN, does that
> still qualify for purposes of making it an inside board (keeping in
> mind that ICANN does not "own" PTI, and that the only reason this
> person is controlled by ICANN is because ICANN controls PTI (which
> creates a circularity of reasoning))?
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> 4.  Can this person be an employee of ICANN _and_ PTI (at least so
> that question 3 is resolved)?
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> Some next level questions:
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> 5.  Why are we calling this person a "Managing Director," which is not
> commonly used in US non-profit corporations to my experience?  (The
> typical senior board-appointed offices are President, Vice President,
> Secretary and Treasurer.  Managing Director seems to show up primarily
> in investment banks and other financial services entities.  If this
> person is intended to be at the helm of PTI, we should use the term
> President.)
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> 6.  How will the board handle matters related to this person
> (compensation, etc.)? If she recuses herself, there will only be 4
> directors voting.
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> I look forward to clarification and apologize if this is clear
> somewhere and I missed it.
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> Greg
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