Re: [atlarge-discuss] Question 2 for Jamie

[James Love <james.love@cptech.org>]

Joop Teernstra wrote:
> Dear Jamie,
> 
> I have already largely made up my mind about who I will vote for and who 
> will not get my vote. But before voting for James Love I have one more 
> question:
> 
> I apologize that it may seem unduly pointed, but integrity is an 
> important issue and there are a few things that need clearing up.
> 
> Let me go back to the Panel discussion of 31 May 
> http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-panel/0206/msg00109.html
> 
> You supported Sotiris to unilaterally change "icannmembers"  to 
> "members"  by importing Sotiris' masthead for the website without dialog 
> with the signed-up membership.
> This was followed by  Sotiris' highly personal attack on the invoice for 
> the website work done by imachination Ltd. and his bald proposal to make 
> him the new webmaster.
> 
> Jamie, you said here on this list [Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:55:43 -0400] that 
> the interim Panel ("full support") was behind a proposal from Vittorio 
> Bertola to have the keys to the website transferred to Vittorio and 
> Sotiris about 2 weeks before the election.
> This was at a time after Vittorio has expressed a preference for delayed 
> elections and after Sotiris' request ["everybody O.K. with that?"] that 
> the funding from InternetNZ be diverted to him personally.
> 
> I asked Vittorio the same question, but could you please point to the 
> record of the vote and the quorum of 5 that would evidence support of 
> the majority of the interim Panel for such a takeover?
> 
> If you can find it, I will apologize for what I am implying here.
>  If anywhere, it should be found in this thread:
> "Proposed Actions" from Vittorio , 
> http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-panel/0206/msg00134.html but this thread has 
> no follow-up at all.


     Joop,

1.   The interim panel did not authorize anyone to get paid for doing 
anything, and has no money in any case.   However, as I have indicated, if 
the NZ ISOC wants to make a donation to allow you to be paid for your past 
work, I think we should invoice the donation, and make sure you receive it, 
as I assume this the purpose of the donation.

2.   I don't think the web site should be run by the panel members.  But I 
also don't think that you have have sole control over the web site either. 
You have been asked on several occassions to share the control over the web 
site with the persons the panel selected to oversee the web page, and I have 
not followed this closely, and do not know if you have done this yet.   I am 
not in agreement with VB on many issues of substance regarding ICANN and 
democracy, but I have believe all of the panel members are honest people who 
can be trusted with things like this.  If it is the case that a single 
person controlls access to the web page, it is a needless distraction, IMO.

   Jamie


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