[governance] ICANN Wraps Up Prague Meeting on Thursday

[Roland Perry]

In message <01f701cd27a5$41db4a70$c591df50$@palage.com>, at 10:18:17 on 
Tue, 1 May 2012, Michael D. Palage <michael at palage.com> writes
>I am also for increased efficiency , but the concern is about a growing lack
>of transparency.  Do you know how many ICANN Board meetings took place in
>Costa Rica. You may be surprised to learn four. Two on March 14th
>(http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-2-14mar12-en.htm
>) and
>(http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-14mar12-en.htm)
>, one on March 15th
>(http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-15mar12-en.htm)
>and the ten minute joke of a meeting on March 16th
>(http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-16mar12-en.htm)
>
>How many people on this list would have liked to have had some insight on
>the Board discussion regarding conflicts of interest and the selection of
>new gTLD providers?
>
>If the ICANN Board wants to meet in private fine, however, in such
>circumstances transcripts for all Board meetings should be made available
>within 72 hours that should allow ICANN's army of attorneys to redact any
>sensitive information from the transcript.
>
>Thoughts comments?

It seems to me to be more transparent to publish a series of closely 
consecutive board meetings than to indulge in what appeared to me, when 
I first started attending ICANN meetings, a convenient fiction that the 
Friday session was the first time that week the board had got together 
to discuss the issues.

When you need to publish the minutes is a separate issue from the one of 
"when/where are the real meetings".
-- 
Roland Perry

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