[At-Large] Board solicitation of input on how it should receive input and advice

[Carlton Samuels]

Karl:
I'm pleased to know that where this is concerned, I'm in your ball park.

Respectfully.

- Carlton

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On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> wrote:

> On 10/03/2012 12:19 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>
>  The Board deliberations is like the Curia choosing the next Pope. Well,
>> almost. At least we get that smoke signal thing from that Vatican chimney.
>>
>
> Nice analogy...
>
> Or as I put it back in 2001:
>
>      ICANN, despite its claims to the contrary, is extremely secretive.
>> We know more about how the College of Cardinals in Rome elects a Pope
>> than we do about how ICANN makes its decisions. As a member of the
>> ICANN board I have been surprised at how often I learn of ICANN actions
>> from outside third parties. And I have perceived a very strong
>> resistance on the part of ICANN's staff to opening its activities, even
>> to members of ICANN's Board of Directors.
>>
>
>  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/**CHRG-107shrg87255/html/CHRG-**
>> 107shrg87255.htm<http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-107shrg87255/html/CHRG-107shrg87255.htm>
>>
>
>         --karl--
>
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>