Re: [ICANN-EU] Thank you

["Griffini Giorgio" <grunz@tin.it>]

Alf wrote:
> > 
> > I have big doubts someone who is an executive or official at a ccTLD could
> > be "independent". I have even bigger doubts such a person should represent
> > *users*.
> > 
> As you all know I am a manager of a ccTLD. I can understand that some
> people may agree with Marc, but I stress again that a Board member has
> to be loyal to ICANN when carrying out his (her) ICANN duties. An
> elected Board member is personal responsible and represent nobody but
> himself, but he is elected by the electorate (in this case the European
> At-Large membership). 
> 
I agree with you on director duty which is requested to act in ICANN interest 
only but it is unclear to me, why a ccTLD manager would like to run in a 
@large election when he may reach the same position (with the same 'duty' 
of ICANN loyalty) by running inside the SO is more familiar to.
In your specific case you are also a Nom-Com nominated candidate so this 
is even more strange respect, for example, to a ccTLD manager who was 
running for being 'member nominated'. (which happened anyway)
Please note I'm not trying to lower the right of any one of running where it 
feels better to. I'm just talking if this may be viewed as appropriate or not.
In short the question is: 

For @large election don't you think that candidates who have more affinity to 
any SO constituency is grabbing (improperly) places to other people with 
maybe different (and unrepresented) background ? 

> From time to time ANY Board member will experience on a case by case
> basis that conflict of interes may occur, and then ICANN's own conflict
> of interest policy (see http://www.icann.org/general/coi-policy.htm)
> must be followed.
> 
Ok but I think this must be considered a way out only and not the tool we 
should primarily count on for having a representative and 'unbiased'  Board

Best regards
Giorgio Griffini