[council] Election of GNSO Council chair

[Ross Rader]

IIRC, the intention was to allow councilors to complete their term with 
a full meeting (and presumably therefore, more finished business) under 
their belt. This arrangement makes sense to me.

We should seek to bring the term of chair in line with this as well.

Philip Sheppard wrote:
> This discussion has exposed an issue in the current bylaws in that the terms
> of office of the Board and Council (and by implication Council chair) are
> tied not to long standing calendar events such as the 1st January, but to a
> movable feast called the ICANN annual meeting. The timing of the annual
> meeting is subject to the whims of geography, hoteliers and local
> organisers.
> 
> So, what exactly is the ADVANTAGE of this arrangement? 
> Mike? Marilyn ?  Ross ? Bruce? Alejandro ? do you remember?  Dammed if I do.
> 
> Philip
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