Well, if they didn't do their job properly, then executive management should deal with it. If they do not provide proper summaries, that is poor execution of their job, and they should be dealt with accordingly. Of course, you think that the problem starts or reaches to the management and executive levels, so that the general way that things should work isn't what happens in ICANN. In that case, if the executive management and senior management are misleading the Board by doctoring the reports given to the Board, that's a major issue, esp for a california non-profit, isn't it? Jacqueline A. Morris Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, Invisible and Free. (after Chris Lehmann ) On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
But it's interesting that you think that Board members should control staff. Isn't staff management an executive function? Should ICANN have an executive Board?
Hey, I didn't say manage the staff, I said control the staff. Like, say, telling the staff that when they summarize comments, they should summarize what they actually say rather than what the staff wished they said.
The lack of control starts at the top, viz a prior president who couldn't be bothered to live on the same continent where he works, and the current one who's building an unneccsary million dollar new headquarters so he can be closer to his friends in Silicon Valley.
Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly