<p dir="ltr">Hi,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Honestly I am not sure I have good clarity yet on what ICANN staff would have done differently (well except for the Ombudsman's response). I think staff tries to provide information and facts as much as possible while leaving it to the community to decide(which is the right thing to do in this situation). </p>
<p dir="ltr">We probably would have had issues as well if staff used veto over the decision of LACRALO leadership, as certain level of independence is required.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Overall, I think this is a very delicate situation and we need to be careful on how we handle this without giving the impression that we as a community cannot resolve our challenges internally without relying on staff. I think bullet point 2 of the document shared by Dave is a critical thing we need to look at. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I am particularly concerned that this issue has lingered thus far. I encourage the ALAC Chair to give this issue full priority(just incase this hasn't happen), it's also something the ALT can take-up formerly pending review of ALAC process.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 19 Feb 2016 12:53 a.m., "Bill Silverstein" <<a href="mailto:icann-list@sorehands.com">icann-list@sorehands.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">How about a class action against ICANN for the damage they caused by<br>
overloading all our irony detectors?<br>
<br>
I am confused. How is can a organization founded upon lack of<br>
accountability and lack of transparency discuss standards for<br>
accountability and transparency?<br>
<br>
On Thu, February 18, 2016 2:25 pm, John R. Levine wrote:<br>
>>> 1. ....I am<br>
>>> afraid that this is currently been carried out within ICANN staff and I<br>
>>> cannot provide further details other than to say something is<br>
>>> happening.<br>
>><br>
>> Does anyone other than myself find it ironic that a discussion of<br>
>> accountability and transparency is, itself, subject to a lack of both<br>
>> accountability and transparency?<br>
><br>
> This is ICANN. Our irony-o-meters burned out years ago.<br>
><br>
> R's,<br>
> John<br>
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