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