[lac-discuss-en] R: [IANA-issues] Fwd: Re: CCWG Statement v07 as requested.
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Wed Sep 9 21:58:44 UTC 2015
Roberto, as I understand the proposal, there is
no prohibition about a removed director being
immediately re-appointed to the same seat or any
other seat. Of course, it would make little sense
for an SO/AC to remove their director and
immediately reappoint the same person. But they
could be reappointed by another SO/AC or the NomCom.
For removal of the entire Board, the proposal
explicitly and clearly says that there is no
prohibition regarding a particular director being
re-appointed. I do not see a problem with this.
In particular, an individual SO/AC my not have
supported the recall, and may want their directors back.
Alan
At 09/09/2015 04:16 PM, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
>I have a question.
>In case a Director is removed by some mechanism,
>can the appointing body re-appoint him/her?
>- If no, does this not looks as a
>prevarication of the rights of one appointing
>body (SO or AC or NomCom) by the majority of
>other appointing bodies? i.e. does this not
>imply that each and every appointing body have
>to appoint people that are not disliked by the
>majority of other bodies? Does not this sound *really* bad?
>- If yes, does this not look *really*
>useless, because at the end of the day the
>appointing body is the only one who has the
>power of removing, regardless what the other appointing bodies think about?
>In either case, the removal clause “as is” does not look really useful.
>To me personally – but I acknowledge the fact
>that being out of tune I am not fit for singing
>in a choir – it looks seriously silly.
>Cheers,
>R.
>
>
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>A: Alan Greenberg
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>Oggetto: Re: [IANA-issues] Fwd: Re: CCWG Statement v07 as requested.
>
>Alan, Carlton:
>
>1. Regarding the removal of Directors, (a) SOs
>and ACs _appointed_ their Directors in the first
>place. So, who is responsible for the Directors that they have got?
>(b) NomCom appoints _independent_ Directors. My
>comments on this have already been posted. The
>whole point of having independent Directors is
>to create a check and balance in the Board.
>If any SO can initiate (even threaten to
>initiate) removal, what hope for the internal checks and balances?
>
>2. Regarding Competition and other
>Regulatory matters, I read somewhere in section
>3 that competition would rely on market
>mechanisms. That is ludicrous in this market.
>The whole point of regulatory responsibilities
>for competition is to address issues which are
>NOT resolved by market mechanisms, and there ARE some.
>
>Of course there are other regulatory issues that
>ICANN has failed to address recently. e.g. .XYZ, .SUCKS, .VIN etc.)
>
>Regards
>
>CW
>
>PS: I find it increasingly difficult to
>handle the volume of all this stuff. How to
>cross reference the CWG report, the CCWG report
>the At Large report, the Board and Jones Day. Impossible.
>
>PPS: I read the Sidley proposals for
>Fundamental Bylaws. Those would make it
>impossible for the Board to demur from the SOs
>in the event of GAC contrary advice. I believe that to be deliberate.
> I note that several GAC
> members have already perceived that game being played behind their backs.
>
>On 05 Sep 2015, at 19:17, Carlton Samuels
><<mailto:carlton.samuels at gmail.com>carlton.samuels at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Language really does matter.
>
>So, I agree with most of the edits. But I so too
>would have liked to see more forceful language
>use in the ALAC's responses, especially in
>regard to the Section 3: Principles. And then,
>I also have philosophical differences with
>elements that the ALAC seems to be endorsing.
>
>Regarding Para 154 et. al., we should be bold
>and write the language we would have liked to
>see. I have learned from experience that you
>must always take care to write your own self
>explicitly in organisational principles. For
>Luddites and fellow travelers are forever with
>us and they tend to dumb down on principles.
>
>Regarding Para 199, again, let's rubbish this
>exercise in sophistry. Sweet bleeding Christ,
>what chutzpah! The writer here actually says
>that decisions about the DNS have ALWAYS and
>must remain 'neutral and judgment free'!. In
>what universe? Call it what it is, a squalid lie.
>
>Para 218 again is a deviant operation lurking in
>plain sight, party to a neo-liberal political
>economy that enables a standing bit of ICANN tom
>foolery; ICANN is not a regulator. Its like the
>cuckoo; lay your eggs in some other poor bird's
>nest and let 'em feed and groom your big ass
>chick, they dumb enough not to recognize a
>bastard. ICANN really wants to remain care-free
>from what happens in the market it created,
>that it imposes obligations for to all of us,
>sustains in many ways yet wishes to remove
>itself from the duty of care from the aftermath.
>This position must be rejected for cause.
>
>As it relates to Section 7, this is where I
>differ philosophically from the trending ALAC
>position. However, you might wish to revisit
>this business of having directors lockboxing
>certain rights in lieu of appointment.
>
>We still have the law - and the case law - of
>the State of California to contend with. Now,
>for a corporate entity domiciled in California
>and subject to California and U.S laws, libel,
>slander and defamation are not the same in law
>as say the UK or even Jamaica. But certainly the
>question of how much of 'coercive' you can get
>done before you impinge on a constitutional
>right is now live. The thing is one cannot sign
>away a constitutional right, even if you're
>ignorant. Plus we are still a long way away
>from figuring out what is the makeup of
>'statutory and fiduciary responsibilities'
>imposed by California law on directors. The law
>there does not suppose they be lapdogs.
>
>Finally, while I generally support Sebastien's
>Minority Statement, his alternative proposal to
>removal of only 7 members of the Board during a
>given year is also not much more desirable.
>
>Quite apart from the prospect of reducing
>directors to lapdogs, I do not think you can
>edit out the tenets of natural justice to which
>each director is born much less to coerce one to
>give up one's constitutional rights in lieu of a
>Board seat. There is something malodorous about
>that concept so I would reject that on principle.
>
>It is far better to have a framework with a
>third of the Board is subject to natural renewal
>at a frequency less than the natural appointment
>duration of each board member - say every 2
>years - than invoke a process that might actually take more years to complete.
>
>Best,
>-Carlton
>
>
>
>
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>On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Alan Greenberg
><<mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
>Sebastien has sent in the following
>comments. If anyone has any support or
>concerns, please let us know, preferably on the wiki.
>
>Alan
>
>Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 20:30:27 +0200
>Subject: Re: CCWG Statement v07 as requested.
>From: Sébastien Bachollet
><<mailto:sebastien at bachollet.com>sebastien at bachollet.com>
>To: Alan Greenberg <<mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>
>
>Thanks Alan,
>Please find attached the V7-Clean with my comments, questions, proposals
>and changes.
>If you have any questionS
>All the best
>Sébastien Bachollet
><tel:%2B33%206%2007%2066%2089%2033>+33 6 07 66 89 33
>Blog: <http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/>http://sebastien.bachollet.fr/
>Mail: Sébastien Bachollet
><<mailto:sebastien at bachollet.com>sebastien at bachollet.com>
>
>
>
>
>Le 04/09/2015 18:54, « Alan Greenberg »
><<mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> a écrit
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