[Chapter-delegates] Message from Internet Society Audit Committee Chair

[Richard Hill]

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On
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> Sent: Monday, 9 November, 2020 15:17
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Message from Internet Society Audit
Committee
> Chair
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 10:20:28AM +0100, Richard Hill wrote:
> >
> >So maybe what is needed is a finer legal analysis, to determine whether
the
> >officers of any particular ISOC Chapter have powers such that there would
be
> >a "structural" conflict of interests.
> 
> As a practical matter, if I understand you correctly, you are proposing
that,
> after a Trustee is selected, we hire the necessary number of attorneys
with
> expertise on the matter of the interaction of the laws of some
jurisdiction(s)
> and the laws of the United States, and at that point make a determination
of
> whether a member of the executive of a given Chapter has a conflict of
> interest that would make it too difficult for that person to retain both
the
> position in the Chapter executive and the position as a Trustee.  Do I
have
> that right?

That would be one way to address the issue. I was thinking more of an
ex-ante analysis, that is, to determine up front whether officers from
certain Chapters could be Trustees without running afoul of US law.

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> A
> 
> --
> Andrew Sullivan
> President & CEO, Internet Society
> sullivan at isoc.org
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