Topics to Discuss with the Board at ICANN67: CaNCUN

[Sam Lanfranco]

James, 
While that it technically correct, I suspect (more than suspect) that this
is not a decision that the staff will take without Board endorsement. Just
as with financial fiduciary responsibility a Board member has a fiduciary
duty that requires at all times that one act in the best interests of the
organization.
In this case I would argue that those best interests include the fate of
the .org registry, and the reputation of ICANN as a multistakeholder
organization.Fortunately (or unfortunately) both of those "best interests"
fiduciary duties will be tested in the case of this .org registry sale, and
tested independently of what any of us feel about the process or the sale. 
We can both wait and see, and try to nudge the process toward a "best
interests" outcome.
Sam L. (NPOC)

---- Original Message ----
From: James Gannon 
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Sent: Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Topics to Discuss with the Board at ICANN67: CaNCUN
	Actually Sam according to the current Registry Transition Process that
governs this decision, this is a staff decision not a board one, although I
expect it will be referred to the board due to the level of the discussion,
so I think that Goran is critical to both sides of the coin. 
	---  

	James Gannon 
	From: NCSG-Discuss  on behalf of Sam Lanfranco 
 Reply to: Sam Lanfranco 
 Date: Thursday, 6 February 2020 at 14:00
 To: "NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" 
 Subject: Re: Topics to Discuss with the Board at ICANN67: CaNCUN  
	Raoul,   
	That might be a good idea but keep two things in mind. The first is that
the ICANN Board is the main decision maker here. I am keen to hear from
them since there are clearly lessons to be learned by the Board. The second
is that while the Board makes the decision here (with/without stakeholder
consusltation???) Göran's team would probably take the lead in figuring
out draft language for proposed changes to the registry contract, changes
that would make the sale more "public interest" friendly, no matter who the
buyer is. Göran might have views on the first issue (Board learning) but
should have more focused comments in the second issue.   
	Sam L   

	---- Original Message ----
 From: Raoul Plommer 
 To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
 Sent: Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 4:55 AM
 Subject: Re: Topics to Discuss with the Board at ICANN67: CaNCUN 
	I wonder if this would also be worth asking at 1on1 with Göran on Monday?
It seems by far the biggest issue right now and it might be useful to get
different views from different parts of the administration. I think the
second hottest issue should perhaps be Verisign trying to shorten their
moratorium on raising prices and this kind of trend, where ICANN is
facilitating raising prices on using the legacy TLDs, making it less
accessible and free.  
	-Raoul   
	On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 10:19, Olivier Kouami  wrote:   
	+1  
	Le jeu. 6 févr. 2020 à 04:39, DeeDee Halleck  a écrit :   
	+1  
	On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 11:23 AM Kristi Hoffmaster  wrote:   
	I am still new but agree - great approach.  
	Best,  
	Kristi   
	On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 11:21 AM Joan Kerr  wrote:   
	Hi Sam,  
	I think this is a great question.  
	regards,   
	On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:27 AM Sam Lanfranco  wrote:   
	I would like to suggest that the following topic be considered for a
discussion with the ICANN Board.  
	*  What lessons have been learned by stakeholders and the Board in the
matter of the proposed sale of PIR and the .org registry?
	I pose the question because I believe that how the process has been
handled constitutes a real threat to ICANN's reputation, and viability, as
a multistakeholder organization.   
	Sam Lanfranco (NPOC)      
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