[council] Abstentions

[Gomes, Chuck]

One of the fascinating things about the Internet world is the new
meanings given to words.  Whether we should do that in this case or not
is open for discussion.
 
Chuck


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	From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard
	Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:48 AM
	To: 'Council GNSO'
	Subject: [council] Abstentions
	
	
	Let me assist with some thinking from elsewhere:
	 
	Oxford English dictionary
	Abstention "not using ones' vote"
	 
	abstention 
	1. the formal act of not voting 
	Collins Essential English Dictionary
<http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/misc/HarperCollinsProducts.aspx?Engl
ish>  2nd Edition 2006 (c) HarperCollins Publishers 2004, 2006
	 
	Wikipedia (take it or leave it)
	"Abstentions do not count in tallying the vote negatively or
positively; when members abstain, they are in effect only attending the
meeting to aid in constituting a quorum, which in turn means that those
who abstain still effect the general number of people in quorum". 
	 

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