Unfortunately, ICANN's Ombudsman continues to embarrass the organization and discredit its accountability mechanisms.  A few days ago, the Canadian Transportation Authority denied ICANN Ombudsman Frank Fowlie's request to remove his name from the Feb 2010 panel decision in which Fowlie was found to engage in "abusive and offensive" conduct  and manipulate evidence before the tribunal authority.

Not only is the public stuck with the $410,000 per year expense in the ICANN budget for Fowlie's war on free expression at ICANN in the name "civility", he doesn't think the public should be allowed to hear just how uncivil and manipulative he can be.

And the ombudsman is supposed to be some kind of pillar upon which accountability and transparency can depend at ICANN?  Yikes....

Robin

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