<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>Chuck raises a good
point.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>The current
situation is a disenfranchisement and needs correcting.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>However, the
proposal does not get us over the by-laws situation which has brought us to the
current state of misery.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>The by-laws state -
as they have done more or less since ICANN began:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>"<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Members of the GNSO Council may participate in a
meeting of the GNSO Council through use of ..... ; provided that (a) all members
participating in such a meeting can speak to and hear one another, ...... (c)
ICANN adopts and implements means of verifying that (x) a person participating
in such a meeting is a member of the GNSO Council or other person entitled to
participate in the meeting and (y) all actions of, or votes by, the GNSO Council
are taken or cast only by the members of the GNSO Council and not persons who
are not members". </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>It is this provision
that Louis Touton interpreted to ALLOW proxy votes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>It is this provision
that John Jeffreys interpreted to DENY proxy votes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=818123307-12072007>Until we change this
by-law , we are sunk and disenfranchised.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007>Philip</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=818123307-12072007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>