[Gnso-bylaws-dt] follow-up

[Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben]

All,

following the call just concluded I found some "historic" material wrt


      *Deferral of Motions*

On 12 December 2012 the SCI provided the following report to the GNSO 
Council: “The SCI was asked to consider the current GNSO Council 
informal practice whereby a party may request the deferral of a motion 
to a later date in those situations where a formal process for a 
deferral is not specifically provided (for example, certain deferrals 
are foreseen as part of the GNSO PDP. The SCI discussed this practice 
and whether there was a need to create a procedure to formalize this 
informal practice. After much debate, the SCI concluded that the current 
practice of allowing for the deferral of motions was done as a matter of 
courtesy at the discretion of the Chair of the GNSO Council.  For this 
reason, the SCI concluded that there was no need to create a formal 
procedure at this time.  However, the SCI felt that it was necessary to 
explicitly state that there is no rule that the Chair must always 
exercise his or her discretion in the affirmative or the negative. Given 
that the current informal practice is at the discretion of the Chair, 
the Chair can exercise that same discretion in considering whether to 
grant or deny any request and can also exercise his or her discretion 
when determining how to handle any specific situation that may occur 
with regard to this informal practice.”

After 5 - 6 years almost nobody shall remember this. Maybe a note in the 
procedures could help, and extra-work could be avoided.

In addition, potential "Blocking of motions" (as Steve was asking) is 
regulated by the procedures:

3.3.2 Submission of Reports and Motions
Reports and motions should be submitted to the GNSO Council for 
inclusion on the agenda
as soon as possible, but no later than 23h59 Coordinated Universal Time 
(UTC) on the day,
10 calendar days before the GNSO Council meeting.
If a motion is submitted after the Submission Deadline, the GNSO Council 
shall consider the
motion if the following requirements are met:
a. The motion (including any report or other supporting documentation) 
is submitted to
the GNSO Council at least 24 hours in advance of the GNSO Council meeting;
b. The motion is accompanied by a request to consider the motion despite 
submission
after the Submission Deadline (a “Request for Consideration”);
c. A vote on the Request for Consideration shall be called as the first 
order of business
for the agenda item that deals with the motion. The vote on the Request for
Consideration must be unanimous (i.e., all Councilors or their proxies 
must vote and all votes cast must be in favor of considering the motion 
at such GNSO Council
meeting) for the motion to be considered at such GNSO Council meeting.
If these requirements are not met, the motion shall not be considered 
submitted for the next
Council meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if the motion is proposed 
again for a
subsequent Council meeting, it shall not be considered a resubmitted 
motion under the rules
for Resubmission of a Motion in these Operating Procedures.

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich

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