[At-Large] FW: Respectful Online Communication and Behavior

[Karl Auerbach]

Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> Karl,
> 
>> In conclusion, I am once again stunned that ICANN permitted money to 
>> be spent in the creation of this document.
> 
> I don't think that the ICANN Board should go into details like what document
> the Ombudsman should or should not develop and publish.
> I am convinced that the actual system, that gives the Ombudsman latitude in
> the way he/she will use her/his budget is appropriate.

Were it the case, which it most definitely is not, that the community of 
internet users had sufficient voting representation on ICANN's board of 
directors to decide whether this is in-scope for the ombudsman than I 
might agree with you.

However, given that it is the case that the community of internet users 
has virtually no say in how ICANN spends the money that ICANN takes from 
those internet users then I do not agree that ICANN's ombudsman ought to 
have the authority to spend what is in effect our money on frivolous 
purposes, into which category squarely falls that most recent bit of 
politically correct fluff.

ICANN is now hiring a new president on the basis of he/she having run a 
$100,000,000 (US$) corporation.  That's $100,000,000!  There seems to be 
no sense within ICANN that money is to be spent wisely.  Rather there 
seems to exist a corporate lifestyle of lavish and unbridled expenditure.

What's next?  Ombudsman luggage tags?  Oh, that has already happened.

I agree with John Levine that ICANN's org chart needs a good pruning and 
that the ombudsman is a good place to make the first small cut.

		--karl--