Re: [ga] Ombudsman Blog

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl and all,

  Good points here Karl, and ones that cannot be stated too often or
under recognized.

Karl Auerbach wrote:

> Danny Younger wrote:
>
> > ... they are being told by the Ombudsman "Sorry,
> > that's not my job".
>
> And don't forget that the coin with which we paid for the "ombudsman" was the
> loss of publicly elected members to the ICANN board of directors.
>
> A real director, one who takes his/her job seriously, understands that part of
> his/her obligation is to inquire into how the corporation is behaving and to
> consider whether corrective action is needed.
>
> And unlike a hireling ombudsman, a Director has statutory rights to make such
> inquiries - as ICANN learned in court when they tried to deny a Director's
> statutory rights.
>
>                 --karl--

Regards,

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