[ncdnhc-discuss] resolution on election process for ICANN board

[Norbert Klein]

OK - how will this procedure be set in motion?

Norbert

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James Lowe wrote:

> I have asked the GA to vote on this.  I will also ask the NCC to consider
> this, and to vote on this as a NCC resolution. Jamie
> 
> ---------
> Whereas the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
> was
> created with an understanding that its board of directors would be elected
> by a combination of supporting organizations and direct elections from an
> atlarge membership, and
> 
> Whereas the Committee on ICANN Reform and Evolution and members of the
> ICANN
> board of directors are considering new methods of electing the ICANN board
> of directors, and
> 
> Whereas some members of the ICANN board of directors are proposing a
> system
> whereby the board of directors would elect itself, and
> 
> Whereas a self perpetuating board of directors is both inappropriate and
> unacceptable for ICANN,
> 
> The General Assembly of the DNSO expresses the following views,
> 
> 1.    Every member of the ICANN board of directors should be elected  by
> bodies that are wholly independent from the ICANN board itself.
> 
> 2.    If the ICANN board creates a new system for board representation
> that
> is different from the system contemplated in the White Paper, it should
> repopulate the board with new board members, who are elected by bodies
> that
> are wholly independent from the existing board, and such action is
> necessary
> to demonstrate the board's confidence in the fairness of the new system.


-- 
Norbert Klein
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