Re: [ICANN-EU] Thank you

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Giorgio,

Griffini Giorgio wrote:
> 
...
> 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 ?

I think this is a fair question to ask. I do not know why the nom com
nominated me, you have too ask them, but one reason is probably that I
meet some of their well published criteria.

Yes, I am a ccTLD manager right now. I have not been a ccTLD manager all
my life, and I will probably not stay as one for the rest of my life.
Things change. I would have understood your conserns better if I have
had economical interests in the Norwegian ccTLD. I have no such
interests. UNINETT FAS is a non-commercial company and the goal for the
ccTLD part of it is "in understanding with the local Internet community,
protect the .no domain." By doing that I have to look at the problems
also from the user's point of view, and I think I can do something good
for the AT-Large community.

> 
> > 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
> 

Agree completely. The person elected by the At Large should be able to
protect the interests of the individual, and be able to vote in the
Board not influenced by his employer or any other special interest
groups.

> Best regards
> Giorgio Griffini

Best regards,
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