[ICANN-EU] how much time is a candidate-director willing to commit

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 06:46 28/08/00 +0200, Alf Hansen wrote:

>
>You will never find a Board Member who will do that. If ICANN had been a
>"World Gvernment", yes. But it is not. 
>
I have heard this assurance often, Alf.
Yes, I know it will be tough to find a candidate- director  who promises
100% commitment. 
But, you know about the nature of bureaucratic empires, especially when
they are given the power to tax. The Board members who are to supervise
that will need ample resources of time. 

>> Ideally the ICANN members should vote for a director who is willing and
>> able to give all his professional time to the task.
>> There is already the fear that the Board will continue to be driven by
>> "ICANN staff"  and by the policy advice from the Names Council, without
>> being able to independently study and absorb the issues.
>
>Of cource, the staff must be doing the day-today work. The Board Members
>should be Board Members. Not Ministers.
>
"ICANN staff" has been doing a lot more than the day-to-day work.  Witness
the bills. I'm especially thinking of Bylaw changes and the structuring of
ICANN itself.
If the Board members are content with just meeting 4 times a year plus a
few teleconfs the supervision and independent judgement will be insufficient.
The Members will not get the representation they need.
ICANN will not be a "membership organization".




--Joop Teernstra LL.M.--  
the Cyberspace Association and 
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
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