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ICANN Stacks Board with Non-Critical Appointees

Posted by michael on from the all-pretenses-of-public-input-eliminated dept.

Froomkin writes "ICANN's outgoing dissident Board member, Andy Mueller-Maguhn, has leaked the slate that ICANN's so-called NomCom (actually an appointments committee) has picked. The new public representatives are mostly a mix of incumbent ICANN Board directors who don't rock the boat, corporate executives, and ISOC members. Dissident Andy Mueller-Maguhn got replaced by a former member of the board of Deutsche Telekom. Dissident Karl Auerbach (who had to sue ICANN to get to see its documents) got replaced by the President of the U.S. Council for International Business. At least the Board Squatters are finally going to be history. Details at ICANNWatch." ICANN is an interesting study in how a ruling regime can usurp a democratic institution and turn it into an autarchy.

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  1. Pretty obvious there was never going to be a vote by PSaltyDS · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The nature of the "Nominations" is summed up in the statement [Quote] After careful deliberation, the Nominating Committee reached consensus on the following slates of Nominees, each of whom has agreed to accept the responsibility of the role. They will assume their duties during the ICANN meeting in Montreal. [/Quote]

    The "Nominees" have already accepted their posts and "will assume their duties" (or else?).

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  2. SOP by retto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't see how this could be a surprise because isn't this type of behaviour standard now for any kind of governing body in business? I thought that one of the major complaints about most modern board of directors is that they have long stopped operating in the public, or even their own company's or organization's, interests?

  3. Case studies... by jhouserizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ICANN is an interesting study in how a ruling regime can usurp a democratic institution and turn it into an autarchy.

    Thanks! ...I've been looking for some real-life examples of how to achieve this!