What about putting some accountability obligation on the Board members. I am not seeing speedbumps that will weed out potential bad board members ie -limit the number of other Boards they sit on - require complete disclosure to the community when the Board member is proposed which would censure behaviours like Crocker who after the fact when it was close to a vote disclosed a 'conflict' of interest but not prior -a board member who exceeds the number of determined Boards they can sit on must step down not continue -maybe require Board members to post a bond or carry insurance as a step to mitigate abuse of position and to help weed out people who are serious. someone who doesnt have the money can crowdfund to bond but must disclose all parties, anonymous donor not acceptable -all foreign affiliations/investors must be disclosed at all times it happens looking at the Crocker situation Sincerely Carrie Devorah www.centerforcopyrightintegrity.com On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Chris LaHatte <chris.lahatte@icann.org> wrote:

To add to the complexity, as the Ombudsman I have no jurisdiction on issues in relation to membership of the Board-See Bylaw V Section 3 (2) which says-“ the Ombudsman shall have no authority to act in any way with respect to internal administrative matters, personnel matters, issues relating to membership on the Board…”. So the original intent of the bylaws, as cited by Bruce Tonkin (with whom I agree on this issue) was to protect the directors from possible political action.

By insulating the board in membership issues from the Ombudsman investigation process does this prevent for example me investigating diversity issues, which are a membership issue? Would I have a role if the community wanted a board member investigated for issues or decisions? I have had a small number of complaints about board members over the years. Is this something the community wants me to continue?

I am anxious to ensure any changes to my mandate do have community support.

Regards

Chris LaHatte

Ombudsman

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