[IFWP] Re: [ga] Re: Third election. - Jonathan Cohen

[Jeff Williams]

Mikael and all,

Mikael Pawlo wrote:

superflous spam claim purposfully deleted for obvious reasons

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:
> > Yes, you do.
> > Is he charged with anything? If so - what? How will such an allegation
> > affect his work for ICANN?
>   No he has yet to be charged with any specific charges to date.  But
> there is an open investigation.  I think it is quite clear as to how this
> would
> and could affect anyone's work for ICANN.  It is amazing to me that you
> could even ask such a question. :(

I have just one quick comment: whatever happened to "innocent until proven
guilty"?

  You obviously did not read my post very closely if you must ask this
question.  (See below)

 

You continue:
>   Understand I am not saying that he is guilty of anything, but the suspicion
> alone is sufficient to disqualify him as a ICANN BoD member.  It is up
> to a court of law to determine his guilt of innocence at some point in time.

You say that he's under suspicion and therefore should not be able to
run for ICANN. I beg to differ. I have no understanding for pedophiles
whatsoever, I might even consider severe punishment not even available in
Sweden for such creatures.

  ALthough there may not be any punishment for, as you put it, "Such Creatures"
in Sweden, that does not justify or exonerate Jonathan Cohen in any
way what so ever.

However, I think we'll create quite an
impossible situation if the shadow of a doubt or a suspicion would
automatically disqualify board members.

  Shadow of doubt, goes to motive in this instance, as it should for
anyone in a position of serious and broad responsibility.  Remember
Kirt Waldhime?  Well I do, and this situation is not much different.

If a board member is charged or
convicted he should probably be removed due to lack of confidence.

  I disagree in such matters of importance such as this.  Even suspicion
is grounds enough for dismissal or lack of proper qualification for such
a position.

Since
ICANN board participation is an assignment where confidence is important,
a charge against a board member probably should be sufficient for removal,
but a suspicion only should not be enough. If so - we could probably not
elect any board member.

  BS.  There are plenty of more qualified individuals such as Peter, for
instance that are not under this shadow of suspicion.

 

I won't argue my point further - you either see it or not.

  I am sure you won't, as you have no reasonable agreement to
begin with.

 

Regards,

Mikael

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