WG: AW: [governance] BECKSTROM TO LEAVE ICANN AT END OF HIS TERM

[McTim]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Roland Perry <
roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <CACAaNxjuv=baQCtyJn+4-**6NC0zatVjCv7m=GSGhkM3ig3kmeHw@**
> mail.gmail.com <GSGhkM3ig3kmeHw at mail.gmail.com>>, at 10:57:07 on Sat, 24
> Sep 2011, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> writes
>
>   What if an ICANN employee wanted to work for another Internet related
>>>
>>>> policy organisation like ISOC or InternetNZ or APC, would that be
>>>> allowed?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think ICANN regulates ISOC, or vice versa.
>>>
>>
>> I didn't mean to imply they did.
>>
>
> And I didn't suggest you did - the "A regulates B" criterion is one I'm
> suggesting is important when discussing 'revolving doors'.



correct, that is important.


>
>
>  Surely the issue here is moving from poacher to gamekeeper (or vice versa)
>>> rather than staying a gamekeeper but for a different estate.
>>>
>>
>> Both should be allowed (poachers often make the best gamekeepers, and I
>> don't see any rationale for limiting the movement from one estate to
>> another.
>>
>
> Indeed, I was suggesting it *should* be allowed - ie no problem someone
> moving between ICANN & ISOC. (In both cases their secretariat or board, of
> course; I don't think either of us are talking about restrictions on the
> wider membership).


We agree, but the folk clamoring for new rules may write them to be overly
broad.



>
>
>  it's when moving from gamekeeper to poacher that folk seem to
>> object.
>>
>
> There's quite a demand for this (I've lost count of the number of adverts
> for regulatory positions in private industry where a previous spell in a
> relevant government department or regulator's office is listed).



Agreed.

So if there were to be some new rules about revolving door, they would have
to be narrow in scope (not that I think any are actually needed).

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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