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Re: [ga] ICANN Ignores the Ombudsman

  • To: Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>, Edward Hasbrouck <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Ignores the Ombudsman
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  • Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:17:26 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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<P>Dr. Dierker and all,</P>
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<P>&nbsp; Indeed.&nbsp; </P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Hugh Dierker <HDIERKER2204@xxxxxxxxx><BR>Sent: May 24, 2007 3:58 PM <BR>To: Edward Hasbrouck <EDWARD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <BR>Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Ignores the Ombudsman <BR><BR>
<DIV>How pathetic and sad.</DIV>
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<DIV>Eric<BR><BR><B><I>Edward Hasbrouck &lt;edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 24 May 2007 at 12:04, "Danny Younger" <DANNY Younger <br><DANNYYOUNGER@xxxxxxxxx>&gt; wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; Subject: [ga] ICANN Ignores the Ombudsman<BR><BR>Keep in mind that the person caliming to act as ICANN Ombudsman has never <BR>been properly appointed, as I have previously called to ICANN's attention:<BR><BR>http://forum.icann.org/lists/transparency-2007/msg00003.html<BR><BR>ICANN's Bylaws require that, "The Ombudsman shall be appointed by the <BR>Board for an initial term of two years, subject to renewal by the Board."<BR><BR>ICANN announced in November 2004 that an Ombudsman had been appointed. But <BR>there is no record in the publicly-disclosed minutes of meetings of the <BR>Board of Directors that such an appointment was ever made by the Board. <BR>And more than two years have passed, with no record of any decision to <BR>renew any such appointment. <BR><BR>Since most Board meetings are secret, and some minutes have never been <BR>published, it's impossible for the public to tell if the Board secretly <BR>appointed and/or renewed the apointment of an Ombudsman (in violation of <BR>the transparency Bylaw), or if an Ombudsman was appointed by some entity <BR>other than the Board (in violation of the Ombudsman Bylaw). But it's clear <BR>from even cursory comparison of the Bylaws with ICANN's public records <BR>that the person acting as Ombudsman has not been properly appointed, and <BR>that one or the other Bylaw has been violated.<BR><BR>The person acting as Ombudsman has committed such grave breaches of <BR>professional ethics and the Bylaws that they would clearly be unfit for <BR>the position, even if they were now proposed for appointment by the Board. <BR>In my case, the person acting as Ombudsman intervened -- successfully -- <BR>to block my access to the reconsideration process on a different issue, <BR>even though he knew or reasonably should have known that it would be a <BR>violation of ICANN's Bylaws for his opinions to be used as a basis for <BR>that action by the Reconsideration Committee:<BR><BR>http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001196.html<BR><BR><BR>----------------<BR>Edward Hasbrouck<BR><EDWARD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR><HTTP: hasbrouck.org><BR>+1-415-824-0214<BR><BR><BR>
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