<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Is this being offered as a motion for the 31 October meeting?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>a.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV>On 22 okt 2007, at 09.50, Philip Sheppard wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"><STRONG>Background</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">Proxy voting is not allowed under the current by laws.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">A request to the Board amend the bylaws is possible.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">Council agreed to await the publication of the next GNSO review report</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"><STRONG>Update</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">There is not a word on proxy voting in the October 15 report from the BGC WG.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"><STRONG>Proposal</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">Council request staff to write a short options paper on conditions for proxy voting (eg who can hold the proxy, how many proxies, notification of proxy, withdrawal of proxy etc).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">Staff can consider the old DNSO proxy voting guidelines as a starting point. (They worked well and were not abused.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">Council discusses the options and then instructs staff to draft a resolution to request of Board the preferred option.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007">Philip</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="468094313-22102007"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>