I'd always thought all councillors ranked equally in all regards... Cheers Keith On 23/04/2015 8:40 p.m., Nigel Roberts wrote:
I am reluctiant to imitate too much the ccNSO's inconvenient conscience; nontheless, asking "through the Chair" . . .
. . . it very recently has come to my attention that there appear to be two classes of Councillors in the ccNSO ..
That is, there appears to be a difference in the rights, obligations and privileges of those Councillors seated by the NomCom (i.e. from outside the ccTLD community) and those of us, like me, who are elected from within the community.
In particular, I understand that NomCom appointed councillors are not permitted to be subscribed to the general mailing lists, and I am not sure what other differences there may be.
My understanding of the by-laws is that Supporting Organisations' Council Members serve in an individual capacity once seated, and must serve the interests of both their SO, and (while not subject to the fiduciary duties of ICANN Board members) must also serve the Corporation and the wider public, multi-stake holder, interest.
In other words, once appointed, Councillors are equal.
I have not yet found anywhere in the by-laws which might support differentials, but this may, (as is often the case) be due to my haste in reading.
Perhaps someone could assist me in this, please?