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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">I was using "vote" implying to determine a level of consensus. The critical part is that it is a process involving Members (but not participants).<br>
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Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and typos.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On December 29, 2015 3:50:14 PM EST, "Chartier, Mike S" <mike.s.chartier@intel.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Alan,<p></p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Can you point out where the Charter gives voting rights to members? The relevant text below seems to say just the opposite.<p></p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">In developing its Proposal(s), work plan and any other reports, the CCWG-Accountability shall seek to act by consensus. Consensus calls should always make best efforts to involve
all members (the CCWG-Accountability or sub-working group). The Chair(s) shall be responsible for designating each position as having one of the following designations: <p></p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">a) Full Consensus - a position where no minority disagrees; identified by an absence of objection<p></p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">b) Consensus – a position where a small minority disagrees, but most agree <p></p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">In the absence of Full Consensus, the Chair(s) should allow for the submission of minority viewpoint(s) and these, along with the consensus view, shall be included in the report. <p></p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">In a rare case, the chair(s) may decide that the use of a poll is reasonable to assess the level of support for a recommendation. However,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">care should be taken in using polls that they do not become votes</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">, as there are often
disagreements about the meanings of the poll questions or of the poll results.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><p></p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks,<p></p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Mike<p></p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Alan Greenberg [mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:18 PM<br />
<b>To:</b> Chartier, Mike S <mike.s.chartier@intel.com>; avri@acm.org<br />
<b>Cc:</b> accountability-cross-community@icann.org<br />
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Work plan in January<p></p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I read the "they" as being the formally appointed CCWG Members, to whom the charter gives voting rights.<br />
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Alan <br /></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>