Just to reiterate my comments. (1) Obeying the law - the Board must obey the law - whether it is national laws or our bylaws - we have an IRP process for the community to use if we break our bylaws - the outcome of the IRP will be binding, and will be enforceable in court - which again comes back to obeying the law (2) Decision making - we have a shared decision making process in the bylaws - the SOs and cross-community working groups make policy recommendations to the Board - the board can make a decision by 2/3 majority to reject such recommendations - which hasn't happened since ICANN started 16 years ago - for bylaws changes and separation etc - both the Board and the community must decide - if you don't think the Board makes good decisions then - elect/appoint better directors - every year you have the opportunity to replace 1/3 of directors - with both the designator and member models you can remove individual board members and the whole board at any time Regards, Bruce Tonkin