[council] Motion for GNSO Consideration of the CCWG Accountability Third Draft Report
James M. Bladel
jbladel at godaddy.com
Tue Jan 12 00:15:29 UTC 2016
Sorry, my phone cut off the rest of the message:
Could you repost the relevant section of the operating procedures that defines the ways we can reach a "simple majority"?
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> On Jan 11, 2016, at 16:08, James M. Bladel <jbladel at godaddy.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for the correction Marika.
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> Sent via iPhone. Blame Siri.
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>> On Jan 11, 2016, at 15:19, Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org> wrote:
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>> For the record, under the GNSO Operating Procedures an abstention actually
>> counts as a Œno vote¹ (See section 4.5.3 - 'According to existing rules,
>> any abstention would not contribute to the passing of a motion; therefore,
>> by default, an abstention functions as a ³No² vote. The purpose of the
>> remedial procedures in this section is to minimize this effect¹).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Marika
>>
>> On 11/01/16 20:12, "owner-council at gnso.icann.org on behalf of Johan
>> Helsingius" <owner-council at gnso.icann.org on behalf of julf at julf.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Hi, James, and thank you for the clarifications!
>>>
>>>> On each issue, the Council will consider the question of whether or not
>>>> the harmonized statement reflects the consolidated position of the GNSO,
>>>> including any conditions or unmet concerns expressed in SG/C comments.
>>>> It
>>>> will be a yes(Support) or no(Object) vote, with any abstentions having
>>>> the
>>>> effect of 'Support'.
>>>
>>> And in case of lack of majority support, it will be 'limited support'?
>>>
>>>> One point on which we have been consistent is that the GNSO response is
>>>> limited to only the CCWG Third Draft, and is not responding to comments
>>>> filed by the Board or other groups. This is essential to allow the CCWG
>>>> to proceed on any next (final?) draft and its work on WS2.
>>>
>>> So we are assuming one more round of comments?
>>>
>>>> Hope this is helpful!
>>>
>>> Very much so, thanks!
>>>
>>> Julf
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