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color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Wolf. Nothing has changed the motion you
reference so your understanding is valid. The GCOT is continuing to work
on the abstention issue.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> KnobenW@telekom.de
[mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 13, 2009 1:42
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Gomes, Chuck; council@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> AW:
[council] Motion To Approve Clarifying Edits to GNSO Operating
Procedures<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=389103806-13112009>Chuck</SPAN>,</FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<DIV><SPAN class=389103806-13112009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
second the motion by understanding that the motion resolved at the Seoul
meeting regarding abstentions is still valid:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2><<</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=389103806-13112009>
<DIV><SPAN class=389103806-13112009></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>.<SPAN
class=389103806-13112009>..</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Resolved, the GNSO Council operating procedures defined
in XYZ are<BR>accepted with the following proviso: Paragraph 4.2,
dealing with the<BR>subject of counting of abstentions is approved only as an
interim<BR>solution. The GNSO Council operations work team (GCOT) is
requested<BR>to review this item and recommend a further solution by November
25th<BR>in 2009.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Best regards</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=de><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Wolf-Ulrich</FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Gomes,
Chuck<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 23:09<BR><B>An:</B>
Council GNSO<BR><B>Betreff:</B> [council] Motion To Approve Clarifying Edits
to GNSO Operating Procedures<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=902570122-12112009>In my capacity of chair
of the OSC, I hereby make the following motion for action in our 23 Nov 09
Council meeting. Because the link is not yet available for the clean and
redline versions of the changes, I attached them to this message. A
second is requested.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Motion To
Approve Clarifying Edits to GNSO Operating
Procedures<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>23 November
2009<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=3>Whereas the GNSO Council approved its new GNSO Operating Procedures
during its 28 October 2009 meeting in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Seoul</st1:place></st1:City>;</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=3>Whereas the GNSO Council Operations Work Team Chair advised Council
members in Seoul of the need to incorporate a number of clarifying edits to
the procedures that were not included in the final draft of the procedures
adopted by the Council;</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=3>Whereas the edits are intended to simply clarify the original
procedural language recommended by the Work Team;</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=3>Whereas the Work Team has been directed by the Council to continue its
work on a second phase of substantive Council procedural recommendations
including a further examination of the provisions for voting
abstentions;</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=3>RESOLVED, the Council accepts the clarifying edits forwarded by the
Work Team (insert link here) and looks forward to the subsequent substantive
procedural recommendations to be developed by the Work Team. Staff is directed
to share the edited procedures with the Board and post both clean and
red-lined versions of the procedures on the GNSO Web Page.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN
class=902570122-12112009><FONT face=Arial
size=3>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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