Re: [ga] Extension of the Interim Board Directors

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Thomas and all,

Thomas Roessler wrote:

> On 2000-11-05 15:12:05 +0100, Jefsey Morfin wrote:
>
> > IMHO this petty, poor and boring comedy should be simply
> > addressed in having a petition signed during the MDR meeting to
> > sue the ICANN, demanding the respect of the CA law regarding the
> > Members. ie that every person sharing into the process of
> > electing a Board Director is a Member. A non profit organization
> > without Member and a permanent "interim" board, changing the very
> > nature of the Board at unexpected will, is pure joke.
>
> > As Esther Dyson says, it has no legitimacy.
>
> Don't mix up legitimacy (which is certainly problematic) and
> legality (which is just an open question).
>
> Some even say that the "At Large Members trick" in the bylaws -
> basically, don't put elections into the bylaws, but do a board
> decision instead - may be a nice and effective way to work around
> the California law's provisions.  One comment I heared was: "if that
> law really looks like this, it's just inviting work-arounds".

  Indeed it does.

>
>
> > We need members (@large plus representative entities) as an ICANN
> > GA, the by laws changes to be approved by the ICANN GA, as
> > anywhere else in the world. Such an action could be carried
> > through a Political Action Comity or equivalent (I propose ICAPAC
> > for a name easy to recall and make press), with a Membership fee
> > of $100 to pay for the costs. I am ready to subscribe.
>
> I do agree with you that the current process for bylaw changes is
> inappropriate, and should be changed in a way which makes it much
> harder for the board to change the rules of the game.

Yes.  And this is exactly why we [INEGroup] suggested almost 2 years
ago that the Stakeholders/@large members must approve by majority
vote any by-law changes.  This is a practice that most public
corporations
must adhere to in the US, why not ICANN.

>
>
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> Thomas Roessler                         <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
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Regards,

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