Agree but the point of accountability mechanisms is to ensure the board continues to play the role we seek them to play.

From: accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Rudolph Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:38 PM
To: Eric Brunner-Williams
Cc: Accountability Cross Community
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] got some lawyerly answers on membership structure

I would think, and  certainly it has been suggested elsewhere that public accountably be less of the shareholder kind and more of the ethical variety.
RD

On Jan 27, 2015 3:04 PM, "Eric Brunner-Williams" <ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net> wrote:

All,

I would not like to see the Board's duty as stewards of the public trust -- exercising reasonable care, inquisitive,  ... the strictest standard of duty of care in American law -- reduced to the pursuit of quarterly profits maximization prevalent in for-profit Boards.

ICANN’s Board of Directors would become accountable to the community, in much the same way that the Boards of publicly-traded companies are ultimately accountable to their shareholders.

I suggest our standards are, by initial design, higher than the likeness proposed.

Eric Brunner-Williams
Eugene, Oregon

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