[ga] FYI: Karl Auerbach stays on the Transition Board

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=1055&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0#10312

KarlAuerbach writes:
>Most of the items I mentioned in my prior comments on ICANNWatch balance 
>out - each pressure towards "yes" is roughly balanced by a pressure 
>towards "no". That is, except for three things.
>
>The first is the principle that a body such as ICANN obtains its long term 
>legitimately and success by the degree to which it transforms itself from 
>the realm of personalities and arbitrariness to the realm of rules/laws 
>and predictability.
>
>I was elected for a given term. By opting to extend my stay, I feel that 
>I'd be elevating the principle of personality and ad hoc decision making 
>over the principle of having stable, predictable rules applied to all and 
>applied without bias.
>
>The second is the fact that ICANN unlawfully curtailed my rights as a 
>Director. When I ran for the board seat I pointed out that an important part 
>of my job would be to use my Directors rights to inquire into the all too 
>common dark corners of ICANN. For 18 months ICANN blocked access to materials 
>that I have an absolute right to see. I brought a successful legal action 
>that resulted in a court order obligating ICANN to open its records. Over 
>the last few months I have tried to catch up. Doing so is an enormous task 
>and I have much work yet to do. It is my feeling that opting to continue my 
>term, at least for a short period while I pursue my review of ICANN's records, 
>would provide a partial cure to the damage that ICANN unlawfully inflicted 
>on my term.
>
>The third is that the private and public communications sent to me have been 
>universally in support of me going onto the transition board. 
>
>So here is the decision: I will opt to continue onto the transition board.

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So here is the (final) Transition Board which will
serve until the "New Board" is seated (in several
months time):

 Vinton G. Cerf (Chairman)
 Alejandro Pisanty (Vice-Chairman)
 M. Stuart Lynn (President/CEO)
 Amadeu Abril i Abril
 Karl Auerbach
 Ivan Moura Campos
 Lyman Chapin
 Jonathan Cohen
 Mouhamet Diop
 Masanobu Katoh
 Hans Kraaijenbrink
 Sang-Hyon Kyong
 Andy Mueller-Maguhn
 Jun Murai
 Nii Quaynor
 Helmut Schink
 Francisco A. Jesus Silva
 Linda S. Wilson

Best regards,
/// Alexander  

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