[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Action: Re-Submitting a Motion

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi everyone,

Pending Anne's suggestions for an alternative or amendment to criteria #3, I'd like to share one thought on this topic (which I began discussing when I was disconnected from yesterday's call).

The incident on the GNSO Council, which prompted the drafting of some sort of guideline to refer to in future incidents requiring the resubmission of a motion, met with conflicting opinions amongst councillors on wether that specific motion should be resubmitted or not (that is if I recall correctly). The argument at the time seemed to be that the first criteria the SCI has suggested; requiring "a reason to justify the resubmission of a motion" was not found to be met by all the councillors, in addition to some of the councillors having dropped off the call when the resubmission request had been made (this is, of course, covered by the second criteria).

My point is that criteria #1, although stating that reason to justify a resubmission must be provided, fails to specify what a justified reasoning really is. Criteria #3 doesn't do this either, but at least shows that there is some support across the houses to the request to resubmit. I think Anne does have a point in the third criteria being too restrictive, however, if an alternative is provided, I suggest it somehow addresses what a justifiable reason is, and/or demonstrates a willingness amongst councillors to accept a resubmission. Is there a reason why the SCI decided not to recommend the criteria Mikey dug up regarding a full council vote to determine wether a motion may or may not be resubmitted (for example??).

Thanks.

Amr

On Sep 10, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund at icann.org> wrote:

> Dear Anne,
> 
> Thank you very much today for your suggestions for changes to the procedure for re-submitting a motion.  It would be very helpful if you could consider putting your suggestions in writing, perhaps by providing changes to the existing language.  I have included that language below for your reference.
> 
> Please let me know if I can assist you in any way.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Julie
> 
> Julie Hedlund, Policy Director
> 
> Possible Options for Addressing the Re-Submission of a Motion:
>  
> Set one or more high-level criteria (in this order):
>  
> 1)  Provide a reasoning to justify the resubmission of a motion. Complete no later than the deadline for submitting a motion: for inclusion on the agenda as soon as possible, but no later than 23h59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on the day, 10 calendar daysbefore the second GNSO Council meeting following the meeting when the motion first was submitted.
>  
> 2)  Publish the text of the re-submitted motion. Complete no later than the deadline for submitting a motion: 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 second GNSO Council meeting following the meeting when the motion first was submitted.
>  
> 3)  Require a seconder of the motion from each house as a prerequisite for placing the re-submission of the motion on the consent agenda.

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