Thanks Jean-Jacques,

Perhaps it is my natural aversion to hierarchies and the often-imposed requirement to traverse them, but in my mind, this is a staff issue and rightfully should be directed at the President and CEO. If the perceived confusion was not associated with someone who reports to the CEO, I would have directed the letter even lower in the organization. I copied the Board, and in particular our Director and the Chair, and I presume it will be more widely distributed, but in my mind, asking for action from the Board is exactly what should not be needed if things are working well.

If the letter yield either no results or what we deem to be insufficient action, then we could escalate.

Alan


At 03/12/2015 07:32 AM, Subrenat, Jean-Jacques wrote:

Thank you Alan for this
well drafted letter.

One point, if I may: the letter is addressed to the CEO. But while
serving on the ALAC, on several occasions I remarked that the
"natural" interlocutor for the Chair of the ALAC is/should be
the Chair of the Board, on the grounds that an Advisory body is not
directly connected with the operational head of ICANN, but with its
policy- and decision-making entity, which is the Board.

Best regards,
Jean-Jacques.