I join those suggesting that Marc reconsider resigning.​

This is ICANN, where there is effectively no such thing as conflict of interest so long as you declare. Were ICANN institutionally to have real concerns about CofI, many PDPs would be nearly barren of membership and the RAAs would look ... very different. As a minimum.

It is with the acceptance of this reality in mind that I pause to consider why the Board chooses this as the place to make a stand about “Was this decision taken without conflict of interest?”. That says more about the Board's attitude to this WG than the interests of our membership.

- Evan