Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!

2000-03-12 Thread Michael Sondow
Jay Fenello wrote: > > According to a recent Wired article: > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34891,00.html > the folks at Common Cause seem happy, > and the CDT people seem cautious. See http://www.cdt.org/. It looks like CDT isn't going to blow the whistle on the Nominating Commi

Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!

2000-03-12 Thread Jay Fenello
At 02:18 PM 3/12/00 , Michael Sondow wrote: >Ellen Rony wrote: > > > > Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An > > ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda > > or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desi

Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!

2000-03-12 Thread !Dr. Joe Baptista
very perceptive observation Ellen and quite right. On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Ellen Rony wrote: > I currently serve as chair the Nominating Committee for the Environmental > Forum of Marin, a 27 year-old organization. In our situation, the > Nominating Committee wields enormous power because it scree

Re: [IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!

2000-03-12 Thread Jeff Williams
Ellen and all, I agree that the ICANN @Large seems to be a very weak process. This is of course indicative of the ICANN board. It has been very weak on process, thus producing very poor substance in many instances. The UDRP and the "Accreditation Policy" is just two past examples. Nominees

[IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!

2000-03-12 Thread Michael Sondow
Ellen Rony wrote: > > Where are the checks and balances in the ICANN @Large nominating plan? An > ICANN board can appoint a Nominating Committee that has a particular agenda > or perspective and may screen out candidates who do not fit the desired > mold. That is obviously exactly what they int

[IFWP] Re: ICANN Board to Nominate "At-large" Directors!!!

2000-03-12 Thread Ellen Rony
I currently serve as chair the Nominating Committee for the Environmental Forum of Marin, a 27 year-old organization. In our situation, the Nominating Committee wields enormous power because it screens potential candidates and presents a proposed slate to the Board of Directors which is then appr