<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Co-Chair</div><div>I spent my life on international hard decision making sometime fully political.</div><div>I have been succeded to try ion finding siolutions</div><div>In World Radiocommunication Conference, 2015, at the last minute, one government moved a motion of order which could be been resulted to voting which everbody disliked </div><div>I moved another motion of order ( requesting suspension of the meeting for 15 mints) my motion of ordfered in the formal ITU rank superceded the former motion of order and thus accepted.</div><div>The Plenary suspended its meeting for 15 mintes. During that period I gathered all concerned parties at a cornder and described that a bad Conference is the one which decide on an issue by voting due to the fact that voting signifies division and divergence of views. I encouage all to accept a compromise that I made.</div><div>The compromise was accepted by the group .We went t back to plenary and that government which moved a motion of order withdrew his motion on the consdition that my compromise be debated,</div><div>My compromise was in fact immediately accepted even without being debated.</div><div>That saved the Conferencer deciding on an issue through voting.</div><div>I have done that many times except one time for which I feel terribly aorry even after many years.</div><div>Pls kindly take my compromise for 605 of threshold insted of 2/3 ( 66.66 %)</div><div>Best Regards</div><div>Kavouss </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-01 13:21 GMT+01:00 Schaefer, Brett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Brett.Schaefer@heritage.org" target="_blank">Brett.Schaefer@heritage.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't the arguments against the 2/3 requirement, which is after all 66%, apply just as much to the 60% proposal?<br>
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I think Becky's proposal gets much closer to addressing the substance of the concerns raised.<br>
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On Jan 31, 2016, at 6:50 PM, Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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All,<br>
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I wanted to pluck this suggestion out of the email swamp.<br>
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Kavouss made an alternative proposal concerning another threshold between Simple Majority and 2/3 -- the alternative threshold is 60%.<br>
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Speaking only for myself, this could be a simple but creative way out of the current situation. It is a literally a middle ground between the current majority threshold and the previously proposed 2/3 threshold:<br>
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Votes<br>
<br>
Percentage<br>
<br>
Result<br>
<br>
8/16<br>
<br>
50%<br>
<br>
No<br>
<br>
9/16<br>
<br>
56.25%<br>
<br>
Yes, by majority<br>
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10/16<br>
<br>
62.50%<br>
<br>
Yes, if by 60%<br>
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11/16<br>
<br>
68.75%<br>
<br>
Yes, if by 2/3<br>
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This would require one more vote than the current threshold and one less vote than the 2/3 threshold. Win/win?<br>
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Greg<br>
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</span><span>On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 5:41 AM, Kavouss Arasteh <<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
Dear Co-Chairs<br>
Pls kindly confirm that you have received my last alternative proposal concerning another threshold between Simple Majority and 2/3. This alternative threshould is 60%<br>
There has been many cases considered with that level of threshold<br>
Pls confirm its recption and confirm actions to be taken before you go to poll<br>
Awaiting for your reply<br>
Kavouss<br>
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