Re: [alac-admin] [Fwd: [alac] VeriSign Statement]

[Vittorio Bertola <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bret Fausett ha scritto:
>  
>
> > This draft sort of vaguely insults the Board 
> > without directly asking for any action or 
> > providing justification for action.
>
>
> You're right, it's too vague. We ought to beef it up a bit. How about:
>
>   By approving the agreement, the ICANN Board placed 
>   its self-interest in expanded revenue ahead of the 
>   interests of domain name registrants. 
>
> Better?

I am concerned by this email thread.

I have no doubt that the ICANN Board did not do the right thing - 
especially from a registrant's point of view - in accepting the settlement.

At the same time, I am uncomfortable, from a formal standpoint, in 
having the ALAC statement on the matter drafted by a lawyer whose law 
firm has just been hired by the "Coalition for ICANN Transparency" to 
sue the ICANN Board on this very matter. No matter how good the 
statement could be and how much we all esteem Bret, our statement could 
easily be challenged for this simple reason.

I am even more uncomfortable if the proposed language seems to imply 
that the ICANN Board took that decision for "self-interest" and money, 
rather than for what it thought to be the public good, and for the 
reasons it publicly stated. I think that this might be interpreted as 
defamation. I would not presume that I know the reasons why someone else 
took a decision, unless I have concrete evidence to that purpose. We can 
state and support our opinions in a convincing way without suggesting 
other people's lack of integrity.

However, I am also uncomfortable in discussing a statement that heavily 
(and deservedly) criticizes the ICANN Board and management, and see it 
challenged by a member of the ICANN staff.

Perhaps we should defer this matter to face to face discussions in 
Wellington? That might help to establish a more positive climate.
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