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

[Richard Hill]

I agree with Vint’s comment and question.


Best,

Richard

 

From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of vinton cerf via Chapter-delegates
Sent: Monday, 9 November, 2020 15:33
To: Andrew Sullivan; Chapter Delegates
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Message from Internet Society Audit Committee Chair

 

Andrew, et al,

 

It seems to me that ISOC's Board can largely decide how it wants to deal with conflict of interest. In many cases, simple disclosure of potential conflict is enough. Trustees can also voluntarily recuse themselves from a discussion in which they believe they have a conflict. I don't think that the IRS is necesarily the ultimate determinant. What does the ISOC legal counsel say?

 

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 9:29 AM Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 07:51:14PM +0530, sivasubramanian muthusamy wrote:
>Dear Andrew.
>
>Isn't there room in the not-for-profit reporting formats to attach foot
>notes to say that a certain Trustee is elected as a "Trustee elected by the
>Chapters" and that it is necessary to that the Trustee comes from a Chapter
>background, better if the elected Trustee has served or is serving as an
>Officer, and that any conflict on Interest seen on paper is not significant
>?

Sure.  And then the IRS gets to decide whether we have a significant conflict of interest in the Board and whether various remedies that are open to them need to be pursued.  From where I sit, this is a pretty serious threat to the organization and therefore I can understand why the Trustees think they have a duty not to permit it.  But again, if you want changes to the policy you'll have to convince the Trustees to make them, because I am not the person who could do it.  Also, again, this provision of the current policy is not the one that Heather announced needed to be clarified.

Best regards,

A

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