[At-Large] ICANN Board Nomination

[Vanda UOL]

Hi Franck
I am not sure if I understood - are you saying there is an special rule in
California that allows not for profit organization to pay their board
members let's say  2 minimum local salaries, as something else not
considered real compensation of these members? Since I am not English native
is that correct?
Thanks for explain 
best

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-large-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Franck Martin
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:07 PM
To: At-Large Worldwide
Subject: Re: [At-Large] ICANN Board Nomination

Rules like x times minimum wage in California, allows to make the pay simple
and not escalating by self serving board members.

Also, he does not stop anyone on the board to refuse the compensation, for
various reason.

I support the idea of the board to be compensated for their work, if it
allows the ability to bring more candidates to the positions.

Don't forget, at the moment, if I'm correct the board members are reimbursed
their costs to be on the board (trip+hotel+meal).

----- Original Message -----
From: "John R. Levine" <johnl at iecc.com>
To: "At-Large Worldwide" <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Sent: Thursday, 26 August, 2010 12:56:21 PM
Subject: Re: [At-Large] ICANN Board Nomination

> The problem is legal before anything else. To allow the compensation (not
> salary) to the chair we did a formal legal move, consulting the court, and
> this was allowed because there is, really, much more burden to the chair
out
> of the internal tasks, not demanded to the members of the board.

Hmmn.  I see why Karl says that board members need their own lawyers. 
Anyone who told you that it was difficult to pay the directors of a 
California non-profit was at best misinformed.

The California not-for-profit law makes it quite clear that directors can 
be paid.  The main rules are that the full board, not just a committee, 
must set the compensation (Section 5212(a)(3)), and that the compensation 
be reasonable (Section 5235(a)), which considering how large ICANN is, and 
how much work it expects of its directors, would never be a problem for 
any plausible amount of pay.

R's,
John
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