What was also interesting in the minutes was:
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John further indicated that ICM had held two briefing sessions for the Board during the previous week on sponsorship issues and questions; and that in addition ICM had presented or re-presented a number of documents for the board to consider. John noted that these materials, in their redacted form has been posted on the ICANN website.
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(bold added for emphasis)
If you think you have equal access to the Board, when they're meeting in private sessions with ICM (and only providing redacted documents later), think again.
On the bright side, if ICANN is ever sued, one can possibly get access to the lists of secret supporters. That would be very informative. Maybe someone in the US (a reporter, perhaps?) can file a "Freedom of Information Act" request with the Department of Commerce, or the NTIA, to see the lists.