[bc-gnso] Notification of results in GNSO Council vote on Recommended By Laws changes

[Marilyn Cade]

unfortunately, the Board will note that the two constituencies reps weren't in attendance to abstain or vote no. I am not sure that the 'quorum' issue will have any favor with the Board in this instance. 

Marilyn S. Cade


202 360 1196  or   202 251 6787

mscade at att.net or marilynscade at hotmail.com





> CC: bc-gnso at icann.org
> From: lizawilliams at mac.com
> To: philip.sheppard at aim.be
> Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Notification of results in GNSO Council vote on Recommended By Laws changes
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:29:48 +0100
> 
> 
> Many thanks Philip -- that helps.
> 
> The Board really need to know the status of this -- it is, by any  
> reading, not a consensus motion and remains structurally flawed.
> 
> Liz
> ...
> 
> Liz Williams
> +44 1963 364 380
> +44 7824 877757
> 
> 
> 
> On 15 Jul 2009, at 08:51, Philip Sheppard wrote:
> 
> >
> > Liz,
> > I have recently posted this follow-up to the Board after losing the  
> > argument on
> > Council.
> > Philip
> > -----------------
> > To the Board;
> >
> > This constitutes additional notification to the Board, to the  
> > Structural
> > Improvements Committee of the Board and to the Public Comments area,  
> > on the
> > motion concerning the recommended By Laws changes in support of GNSO
> > restructuring as mandated by the Board.
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Please note there was considerable unease about the GNSO Council  
> > taking this
> > vote before the closure of public comments and while key by-laws  
> > changes (Board
> > seats, NCSG seating) were not yet embedded in proposed text. The  
> > vote taken was
> > technically a pass at a barely quorate meeting. The following may be  
> > of
> > assistance to the Board in understanding the level of support of the  
> > GNSO vote:
> >
> > 1. Of the 21 members of Council, 7 members voted in favour.
> > 2. Of the 6 GNSO Constituencies, only 2 voted in favour.
> >
> > Philip Sheppard
> >
> >
> 
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