<br><div dir="ltr">Hi all<div><br></div><div>Attached in PDF and Word are my tracked changes building on the work Bernie/Alice did to do the changes to the timeframes for escalation. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for kicking it off, Alice and Bernie and others!</div><div><br></div><div>The comments together form a second reading draft for the call on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>This approach, in essence:</div><div><br></div><div>- has a two-SO/AC requirement to petition for any of the powers (except whole Board recall - that would be three SOs/ACs)</div><div>- ditches the Conference Call stage</div><div>- extends timeframes for SO/AC decision</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This new approach is in recognition of the desire noted by SOs and ACs to have longer timeframes than the previous process allowed, and in recognition that in exercising any of the community powers, a reasonable amount of informal community dialogue and discussion is highly likely - and so SOs and ACs will have had several weeks to consider the issue before the final 21 days allowed to decide after the Forum.</div><div><br></div><div>The new timeframes flow as follows, with this showing maximum possible time:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>21 days: Petition deadline for first SO/AC</div><div><br></div><div>+ </div><div><br></div><div>7 days: Time for a second/third SO/AC to sign on for the petition</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[if no valid petition, lapses]</div><div><br></div><div>+</div><div><br></div><div>21 days: Time within which Community Forum must be organised</div><div>{note - within 7 days of valid petition, written rationale must be circulated - this does not go "on top of" the 21 days for the Forum, it is within it.}</div><div><br></div><div>+</div><div><br></div><div>21 days: Time within which SOs and ACs must decide whether to exercise the power.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>So the longest possible time is 70 days. </div><div><br></div><div>There's included an ability by the SO or ACs petitioning to extent to the next in-person meeting, EXCEPT (a new exception) where it's about the Budget power - we cannot put the budgets on hold for months, in my view.....<span></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>Jordan</div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Jordan Carter<br><br>Chief Executive <br><b>InternetNZ</b><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br>+64-4-495-2118 (office) | +64-21-442-649 (mob)<br>Email: <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jordan@internetnz.net.nz');" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jordan@internetnz.net.nz</a> <br>Skype: jordancarter<br></div><div style="font-size:small">Web: <a href="http://www.internetnz.nz" target="_blank">www.internetnz.nz</a> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br><i>A better world through a better Internet </i></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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