[NA-Discuss] approval of Ombudsman?

[Annette Muehlberg]

hi john,
what a funny story - all these foolish inquisitionary discussions with someone who never got appointed? what a lot of work 2 years ago, and one of the reasons you left the alac. too bad. 
all the best to you
annette

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Edward Hasbrouck" <edward at hasbrouck.org>
> Gesendet: 24.02.09 21:21:48
> An: na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> Betreff: [NA-Discuss] approval of Ombudsman?


> A mysterious item has appeared on the Board meeting page in the agenda for 
> the 6 March 2009 Board meeting in Mexico City: "Approval of Ombudsman". 
> 
> I suspect this means that ICANN has finally noticed from my recent 
> comments on the abolition of the Reconsideration Committee that they have 
> never appointed an Ombudsman, and have thus been in violation of their 
> Bylaws. I don't know why they have finally noticed or decided to act:
> 
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/recon-bylaws-revision/msg00001.html
> 
> There is no formal proposal yet posted for the appointment of an 
> Ombudsman.
> 
> In any event, the (illegal) "incumbent" is clearly disqualified:
> 
> http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001196.html
> 
> It's apparently now time for the community, or would-be candidates 
> themselves, to put forward nominations for the position of ICANN Ombudsman 
> -- if you can figure out the correct point of contact for such 
> nominations.  It would seem that the choice of Ombudsman would be 
> especially important to individual Internet users, and thus to ALS's and 
> ALAC.  
> 
> I pointed out the failure to have a properly appointed Ombudsman in 2007:
> 
> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/msg06893.html
> 
> I have more comments on this at ICANNwatch:
> 
> http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/24/0023205
> 
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