I think sometimes people, including Board members, get confused about their fiduciary responsibility to the corporation. Having seen some of the "advice" ICANN Legal neuters...umm, gives them...it is no surprise. Having a special relationship with the group that appointed you is not prohibited by any fiduciary responsibility a Board member may have to the corporation. Along the lines of what Tapani has suggested - why should the NCPH appoint anyone at all - I'd be interested in what Board members think their responsibility is.

 

Ed Morris

 

 

 

From: "Tapani Tarvainen" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 7:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ICANN Copenhagen, questions from and to the Board [comments inline]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 08:33:13PM +0000, Mueller, Milton L ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > > NCPH is in the process of selecting its Board member.
> > > What advice would you give us in what to look for in a candidate?
>
> You could probably get more mileage out of this by asking more
> specifically about how non-contracted stakeholders can balance and
> improve board decisions and deliberations.

Good point. Making it more specific would make it harder for them
to reply with something trivial.

> If I know ICANN, they may revert to their old line that board
> members don't represent any specific interest group but must set all
> that aside and take a vow of allegiance to ICANN the corporation.

Yes. As Farzi noted, George Sadowsky brought that up in Reykjavík
(not surprisingly).

> However, if that's the case why have NCPH appoint its own board
> member? Might be interesting to see how they handle that...

Yeah... perhaps we should phrase the question around that,
what's the purpose in having NCPH appoint its own board member.

On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 08:43:12AM +0900, Rafik Dammak ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure that is a good idea to ask the board on that matter. the
> board already gives input to the nomcom about the skills set they are
> "suggesting" for board members and what they think is needed to fill a gap
> e.g. experience on finance etc (Bill and Brenden can provide more
> information). I would expect they will give the same input, in addition to
> the comment of a board member doesn't represent a specific group. so I am
> wondering they should give advice or suggestion on how we selected a board
> member for NCPH seat.

You may be right. It would take some care to phrase the question so it
could get something new out of them. Maybe along the lines Milton
suggested.

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Tapani Tarvainen