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

[borka at e5.ijs.si]

I do agree as well with Vint comments.

Regards,

Borka



On Mon, 9 Nov 2020, Richard Hill via Chapter-delegates wrote:

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> I agree with Vint’s comment and question.
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> Best,
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> Richard
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> 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
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> Andrew, et al,
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> 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:
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>       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
>       >?
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>       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.
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>       Best regards,
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>       A
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>       Andrew Sullivan
>       President & CEO, Internet Society
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