[Community-Discuss] Notice of imminent reclamation of number resources

[Mike Silber]

Hi Owen

I was not specifically responding to your comments and in fact I agreed with several of them.

Apologies if I did not make it clear.

The board minutes have improved a lot …. but can use a lot more work. The practice of publishing resolutions prior to the minutes being published is also a very good practice - though it may not be satisfying to you and others, as it lacks some of the detail you seem to seek.

Thank you for confirming that this issue is directly relevant to you (I assume as a consultant to Cloud Innovation?).

Mr Wollner and others have not been as forthright in disclosing their interests …. leading to speculation.

My concern about possible hypocrisy related to this list of questions and the astroturfing that has succeeded it:


>>>>  Which board members agreed to the meeting on short notice? 


How does Mr Wollner know it was at short notice? It may have been a regular meeting for all he knows.


>>>> 2.    Which board members voted in favor of the motion and which against? 


This is never disclosed in minutes. Why is it now relevant but was not a month or a year ago?


>>>> 3.    Who tabled and who seconded the motion? 


This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?


>>>> 4.    What was the nature and extent of deliberations? 


This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?


>>>> 5.    Why the urgency to act so swiftly after the judge set aside the order? 


This may appear in the minutes in due course. The minutes are not uniform in their level of detail. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?


>>>> 6.    When was the meeting noticed? 


This has not appeared in any minutes to date. Why is it now relevant but was not a month or a year ago?


>>>> 7.    When did the meeting take place? 


This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?


>>>> 8.    How/where did the meeting take place? 


This will appear in the minutes in due course. Why the need for it to be provided on an expedited basis?

Mike


> On 9 Jul 2021, at 13:08, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> 

> It’s not unusual for people to pay more attention when something affects them.

> 

> If you will review the record, you will easily find that I was one of the people calling for greater transparency

> and greater board accountability starting many years ago prior to the formation of the GC. You will also find

> that I was one of the most vocal proponents of the idea of publishing the board minutes and that I had

> little sympathy for the board’s claim that there was a need for a lengthy review and redaction process

> prior to publication of the old minutes.

> 

> I admit I haven’t reviewed the board minutes until now as I’ve not encountered a prior situation where

> they are directly relevant to what I was doing, so I was unaware of the generally poor quality that you

> report here.

> 

> Nonetheless, this is (at least for my part) a genuine desire to know what happened and how.

> 

> Claiming that it is an attempt to intimidate (how?) strikes me as absurd.

> 

> Claiming that it is an attempt to obstruct strikes me as quite a stretch and a bit of fear mongering.

> 

> If the board is intimidated by a mere question about how they voted and a request for some notes

> about their deliberations, then I seriously question their ability to do the job of board members.

> My expectation is that this is not the case and that there should be no issue getting the answers

> to the questions asked, which you have already agreed should generally be published for all

> board meetings.

> 

> Owen

> 

> 

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