RE: [ALSC-Forum] The at-large is not just about voting and directors' seats

[Bruce Young]

Karl wrote:

>When I ran for Director I had a discussion of that issue in my "platform":
        http://www.cavebear.com/icann-board/platform.htm#full-members

>While this stuff may be dismissed as being an element of California law we
>need to remember two things:
>
>   - ICANN is a California corporation and hence governed by California
>     law.
>
>   - The California legislature has had a lot of experience with
>     corporations, commercial and non-profit, over the years
>     and the State's law reflects a lot of good and hard-earned knowledge
>     about what kind of openness and accountability are useful and
>     feasible in corporate structures.

We have to start somewhere, and the details you outline in this message
"feel right" amd will work for the near future.  However, at some point
ICANN, to properly represent  world-wide interests, need to divorce itself
from all local, state and federal laws.  How that can be done is beyond me,
but then I'm a techie, not a lawyer!