Re: [ga] Fuzz about Froomkin

[Andy Gardner <andy@navigator.co.nz>]

At 5:36 pm -0500 10/31/00, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
>I'm prepared to second Harald's motion in this form, if he makes it.

Not if I beat you to it. :^)

>
>On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>
>> the more interesting point is what we should propose to replace them.
>> I think a motion that calls for Frank Fitzsimmons, Hans Kraaijenbrink, Jun
>> Murai, and Linda Wilson to resign from the board and leave the chairs empty
>> until the rest of the board has decided upon a procedure to fill the 4
>> seats would be more complete than a proposal to just have them resign.
>>
>> The spectre of four empty seats was the excuse for leaving them on in the
>> first place. That this is worrying is something I don't understand.
>>
>
>Me neither.

Becuase with 4 seats empty, the elected board members - the only ones that
deserve to be there - have a higher percentage of the vote.
>
>> Oh well - I might understand more after Los Angeles.
>>
>
>Well, if you mean you'll see the old guard hanging on to control as long
>as possible to deny the elected directors input into the gTLD decisions,
>then maybe...

Since the elected board members don't get ushered in until after the AGM
(when the big decisions have already been rubber stamped), can we have the
squatters booted BEFORE the AGM, then have 4 of the 5 elected members
replace them until after the AGM, when they take their own seats?

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