Excellent question asked at ICANN Public Forum on 25 October 2018

[varsha sewlal]

Interesting read relating to this issue:


https://domainnamewire.com/2018/10/29/u-s-government-follows-up-on-cooling-off-period-idea-for-icann-employees/


https://domainnamewire.com/2018/10/29/u-s-government-follows-up-on-cooling-off-period-idea-for-icann-employees/



Yours Sincerely 

Kind Regards

Ms. Varsha Sewlal
+27 83 6889964
Pretoria 
South Africa

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> On 30 Oct 2018, at 18:32, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Sorry sent in a hurry.. There has to be some cooling off period for sure and I think we should follow up on this 
> 
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:32 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think what Marilyn is raising is very valid and we need to have safeguards to prevent it from happening. There has to be some C
>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:14 PM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> A colleague from the Business Constituency asked an excellent question at the Public Forum last Thursday. I have copied and pasted the dialogue below, including the rather unsatisfactory response:
>>> 
>>> MARILYN CADE: My name is Marilyn Cade. Recently, a senior executive with extremely deep knowledge and even, perhaps, operational knowledge, of ICANN's contracted parties and competitive information and details left ICANN to become the CEO of a company that only a day before he left, he was overseeing, as ICANN is a surrogate for a regulatory system through its contractual relationships with the contracted parties. I have no doubt he was  excellent at his job, which means he holds in his mind much information that is about  competition issues and operational issues about ICANN org. 
>>> 
>>> Everyone has a right to work, and I ask the Board not to respond that California is a right-to-work state in the United States. I'm quite aware of this.
>>> 
>>> Having an agreement with high-level executives about how competition-related issues and what is called corporate secrets or proprietary or confidential information about the organization is customary in most countries when it comes to at least executive-level employees. It is routinely put into the employment contracts with senior executives. And lobbying contacts and reviewing and contacting staff they have employed, whether it is up the chain or down the chain, and the Board is typically barred for at least a year. ICANN org and  the ICANN Board should understand that many in the community are concerned about the  concept called a revolving door. There should be some kind of a cooling-off period and a requirement that there is no contact on behalf of the new employer with those staff that have  been supervised or with the Board that may be misunderstood. Perceptions that don't reflect reality can still harm ICANN's integrity and lead to distrust in our organization, which must fulfill the highest standards of ethical behavior.
>>> 
>>> CHERINE CHALABY: I'll take this.
>>> 
>>> SARAH DEUTSCH: Cherine.
>>> 
>>> CHERINE CHALABY: Thank you, Marilyn, and thank you, Amadeu. I think we owe you an answer to this question and we will do that after the break and after this session. So just give us time to respond to it properly. So thank you very  much. Good question. We owe  the  community an answer on that.
>>> 
>>> MARILYN CADE: And in follow-up what I will say is in only a couple of weeks, a number of governments who are not necessarily well informed about ICANN will be gathering in a different setting, and there, I know, will be at least hallway conversations about this. So I think it is important for us to have an answer. Thank you.
>>> 
>>> CHERINE CHALABY: Thank you.
>>> 
>>> SARAH DEUTSCH: Thank you. Yeah.
>>> 
>>> The video is here (from 45:50): 
>>> https://livestream.com/icannmeeting/events/8416143/videos/182475607
>>> 
>>> The full transcript is here: 
>>> https://static.ptbl.co/static/attachments/192307/1540577759.pdf?1540577759
>>> 
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Ayden Férdeline
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>> Farzaneh
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> Farzaneh
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