hi,

I can tell we have a gulf between us.  I seem to be on side of the
issue, while the rest of you seem to be on the other.

I personally do not understand how anyone can deny the stakeholder
nature of staff.  Not only are the logically part of the general user
community, they are as affected as anyone by what ICANN does.  The Board
can decide to give itself a salary and a raise, but we cannot let a
worker participate in giving advice on accountability solutions?  Why
does going to work for ICANN mean they give up their rights as part of
the global internet community, especially among groups of other
stakeholders who, for the most part, are primarily concerned with how to
maximize profits.

It is almost as if we want to say that employees should never have seats
on the board of a company they work in.  And yet in labor relations this
is considered an achievement, because the worker, the staff member, has
rights too - sometimes rights that can only be explained properly by
another staff members.

I do not see how one staff person in a coordination group of 18 having a
controlling vote in any way.  I worry more about the ones behind the
scene that I can't see or hear.

avri