This is very disturbing.

I read the salient parts of the judgment ( page 59 onwards ) and there is
damning culpability on the part of the Board. The panel held that the Board
" *failed to exercise due diligence and care...and failed to fulfil its
transparency obligations..." ( ibid page 60, section 152).* This is a very
serious indictment and the Board must be held accountable.

I have not had the opportunity to read the entire judgment but at Section
52 the ICANN staff were not implicated - "*no implicit foundation or hint
one way or another of regarding the substance of the decisions of ICANN
Staff"*. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)

The panel placed the onus on the Board who have oversight of ICANN staff.
ICANN's staff actions/omissions thus have to be checked by the Board in the
Board's review process and they failed miserably to conduct that exercise.

Even though ICANN staff seems to have "dodged a bullet" it nonetheless
supports a critical investigation on the actions of ICANN staff AND the
review process by the Board AND the incestous relationship between  ICANN
staff and the Board ( AND whether it renders nugatory any proper
independent review process).

Such strong findings by the Panel cannot merely be ignored! It merits
further action on the part of the Community(ies) who are invested in
ICANN's proper operation. Moreover someone needs to explain how and why the
Board fumbled so miserably and dropped the ball wrt its fiduciary duties.

This case underscores the critical importance of WS2 accountability and in
particular Transparency and the review of operation of the Staff and the
Board who are at the helm of the organisation.

regards

Karel DOUGLAS

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Stephanie Perrin <
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> I agree.  Did you have in mind a letter from NCSG to the Board?
>
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> On 2016-08-08 14:23, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues:
> I wrote this blog in response to the latest ICANN scandal. http://www.internetgovernance.org/2016/08/07/icann-board-must-act-in-response-to-dot-registry-scandal/
> It's my opinion that we can't stand by and let nothing happen, we need to press for some responsibility among ICANN senior staff. What do you think?
>
> Dr. Milton L Mueller
> Professor, School of Public Policy
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> Internet Governance Project http://internetgovernance.org/
>
>
>