Re: [council] Re: Eligibility for Board Candidates/White

["Ken Stubbs" <kstubbs@corenic.org>]

i am in complete support of joe's position here

ken stubbs
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Sims <Joe_Sims@jonesday.com>
To: <council@dnso.org>
Cc: Chair <Chair@jonesday.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 8:49 AM
Subject: [council] Re: Eligibility for Board Candidates/White


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> The question has been raised whether rick White is eligible for election
to
> the Board because he has not to date been active in the DNSO.  The bylaws
> do not speak to this at all, and therefore I see no basis for concluding
> that the DNSO or any SO cannot select anyone they wish for the Board seats
> that they are responsible for.  The Board member, after all, is required
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> Article V Section 8, and by general fiduciary duty concepts, to represent
> the interests of the Corporation, not the SO.  Thus, what the SO's (and
> presumably the At Large Council as well if it is formed) are responsible
> for doing is selecting Board members to represent the Corporation who the
> selecting body is comfortable with.  There is no logical reason why the
> pool of such people needs to be limited to "members" of the SO, which
would
> be very hard to define in any event.  With Mr. Bildt, it was his
> governmental responsibility that was in conflict with the bylaws, not his
> lack of involvement with the SO.  As I think we have seen with the ICANN
> Board, the introduction of people who have not been closely involved with
> the ongoing fights has many benefits; in any event, it is certainly not
> precluded by the bylaws.
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