Sally Costerton serving as ICANN SVP while actively soliciting and servicing unknown clients

[Wisdom Donkor]

Point well made.
Cheers,

On Saturday, October 21, 2017, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <
sala at pasifikanexus.nu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> 1)In relation to the matter, Human Resources and the Directors would have
> ensured that there is no conflict of interest with ICANN's Mission and
> objectives.
> 2) The fact that they are elected or appointed as Board members, makes it
> reasonable to infer that Directors are comptetent in safeguarding ICANN's
> interests.
> 3)I agree that we should caution against assuming there is a conflict and
> underhand dealings.
> 4)Afterall, there are many in ICANN who wear several hats.
> 5)If this is the case, 98% of the community within ICANN would probably be
> disqualified.
> 6) In this instance, Human Resources and declaration of conflict of
> interests would not doubt be canvassed.
> 7)We have to draw the line somewhere.
> 8)Nothing in this email is intended to insinuate that accountability and
> transparency should be weakened or compromised in anyway.
> 9)I am just saying that we should be cautious and exercise care before we
> insinuate sinister behaviour on the part of Ms Sally Costerton.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Sala
>
>
>
> On 21 Oct 2017 09:15, "Ayden Férdeline" <icann at ferdeline.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','icann at ferdeline.com');>> wrote:
>
> Hi, all-
>
> I was reviewing the correspondence which ICANN has received, and noticed
> that the editor of DomainMondo has been repeatedly writing to ICANN
> regarding the unusual remuneration arrangements of the Senior Vice
> President of Global Stakeholder Engagement, Sally Costerton. It is my
> opinion (and judging by repeated follow-up enquiries, I think it is safe to
> say, the view of the author too) that ICANN is not being sufficiently
> transparent here.
>
> I want to draw your attention to this disturbing comment in a recent
> letter
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/poole-to-calvez-13oct17-en.pdf>:
> "Costerton has, apparently, since 2012, with the blessing of ICANN’s Board
> of Directors and top management, been simultaneously serving as ICANN
> Senior Vice President while also actively soliciting and servicing unknown
> clients and customers of her corporation “Sally Costerton Advisory
> Limited.”"
>
> Troubling, to say the least.
>
> —Ayden
>
>
>

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