Re: [ga] Re: FYI:Google's chief legal officer slapped with SEC fines

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Joe and all,

  I wasn't blaming Vint at all.  I only posed a straight up ?.
The fact he hasn't answered it, gives me pause.  And should
any reasonably thinking individual.  I know for a fact the
SEC will be asking this same ? sooner or later.  Transparency
and openness are not a cause, it is a legal responsibility
in ICANN's case.  Being honest with stock holders, and users
in necessary and a legal mandate as Worldcom/con found out.
Lying to Congress is also no small matter either.

Joe Baptista wrote:

> Jeff Williams wrote:
>
> >Debbie and all,
> >
> >  I am sorry to read your narrowly focused response.  What this has
> >to do with ICANN and Vint is historical in nature in part given
> >Vints previous employer, Worldcom/con, and is directly related
> >as Vint works for Google as an "Internet Evangelist" as well as
> >sits on ICANN's bod as chairman.  Fairly simple really.
> >
> >
>
> But Jeff, this is not so much a statement that Vint is a crook.  It is
> more of a statement that busness culture as a whole is full of crooks.
> I've seen that in North America, Europe and asia.  In almost every major
> corporation if one digs deep enough you'll find criminals busy doing
> what criminals do best - make money.
>
> I personally don't think this association makes Vint a criminal.  Vint
> just has alot of bad luck.  Worldcom, ICANN, and now Google.  Its a
> corporate culture problem more then it is an individual fault.
>
> regards
> joe baptista
>
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