Re: [wg-review] Re: [wrg-review] Constituencies, 1 governance andlegality

["Bret A. Fausett" <baf@fausett.com>]

>> Second, there are tens of thousands of non-profit corporations in
>> California, and there are only a handful of reported suits by statutory
>> members. ICANN is unique in some respects, but it's certainly not the first
>> organization that ever had the potential for conflict among the membership.
>> History suggests this is not a big problem.
> 
> How many of those tens of thousands of NPCs have a board member who has
> actively advocated that members bring legal action?

I think you read too much into that. Saying that ICANN should be accountable
is not the same as inviting a lawsuit. Like I mentioned, there are thousands
of non-profits that are so accountable, and yet very few lawsuits.

      -- Bret

 
> "There are those who say that if ICANN has members that ICANN will
> be subject to derivative lawsuits.  I agree.  I believe that ICANN
> should be subject to derivative lawsuits -- that is simply part of
> the cost of being accountable."
> 
> -- http://www.cavebear.com/icann-board/platform.htm#full-members

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