Re: [council] Conflicts of Interest

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am in agreement with Lucy

Ken Stubbs

Lucy.Nichols@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I also endorse Bruce's voluntary initiative --at least for the time
> being.   I do think the GNSO Council should consider adopting a
> permanent and mandatory conflict of interest policy.  
>
> Regards, 
>
> Lucy 
>
>
>  
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext Avri Doria
> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 9:38 AM
> > To: Ross Rader
> > Cc: Bruce Tonkin; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [council] Conflicts of Interest
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think this is an excellent proposal and endorse it.
> >
> > a.
> >
> > On 20 jan 2006, at 09.56, Ross Rader wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Bruce Tonkin wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I see this being a voluntary initiative as there doesn't seem to be 
> > > > any explicit bylaw requirements.
> > > >        
> > > Bruce -
> > >
> > > I think this is an excellent proposal. As you know, the registrar 
> > > constituency has had similar practices embodied in its bylaws for a 
> > > number of years.
> > > However, simply because the bylaws is silent on a specific set of 
> > > behaviors, doesn't mean that we can't officially adopt these 
> > >      
> > behaviors 
> >    
> >
> > > through other means.
> > >
> > > I also believe that it is time for the Council of the GNSO to adopt 
> > > some explicit conflict of interest management processes - but I 
> > > believe they should be mandatory. At first, we should proceed 
> > > cautiously with these. A light-weight approach would seem to be most 
> > > prudent. Over time, we could improve and expand upon the approach in 
> > > ways that make it more useful for our purposes.
> > > My preference would not be to create a "design committee" to come up 
> > > with a comprehensive proposal at this time. As a first step, I think 
> > > your proposal makes eminent sense, and I would like to 
> > >      
> > discuss whether 
> >    
> >
> > > or not the rest of the council would be willing to undertake 
> > >      
> > a vote to 
> >    
> >
> > > make these requirements mandatory. Is this something that we 
> > >      
> > could add 
> >    
> >
> > > to the agenda of our next meeting?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for your consideration.
> > >
> > > -ross
> > >
> > >      
> >    
>
>
>