[NA-Discuss] ALAC Review Draft is published

[Bret Fausett]

On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> The NomComm, like the people it selects, are accountable to nothing  
> but
> an abstract notion of what is "good for ICANN".

This is, in fact, the very guide that everyone uses when assuming an  
official role within an organization, profit or non-profit. Officers  
and Directors have a fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests  
of the corporation.

I suppose I'm having difficulty understanding what different  
accountability mechanism you are recommending, because from my  
perspective, everyone in an official ICANN position, from your  
position as NARALO Chair all the way to the CEO and Chairman of the  
Board, has an obligation to act for the "good of ICANN." That  
obligation necessarily trumps any other obligation to any other body,  
including one's employer, constituency, or ALS.

That said, we can, and should in a healthy ICANN, have differing views  
about what is "good for ICANN."

       Bret