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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This has my support. Thanks Byron.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Brett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Brett Carr<br>
Manager DNS and Network Engineering<br>
Nominet UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">ICANN-CSC <icann-csc-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Byron Holland <byron.holland@cira.ca><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 24 September 2019 at 21:46<br>
<b>To: </b>"ICANN-CSC@icann.org" <ICANN-CSC@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[ICANN-CSC] CSC Quorate Rule Amendment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As you will recall, I committed to drafting some suggested text for our
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">internal procedure to capture our discussion with respect to the need to ensure the basic business of the CSC could continue in the event one or more seats of the four (4) members are vacant.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">After looking at the procedures again: I suggest that we amend section 5.2 ( the quorum) rule to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A CSC meeting shall be quorate if the 4 (four) Members are present at the meeting.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>In the exceptional circumstance where there are one
or more vacancies in the Members, the CSC meeting shall be quorate if all appointed Members are present.
</u></b>The notes will state if the meeting was quorate, or, if only quorate for a part of the meeting, state which items of business were discussed when quorate. This internal rule will be reviewed in conjunction with the first review of the CSC charter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In addition, and to capture the limitation in the power to take decisions, I also suggest to amend section 6.1 ( decision-making at meetings) and 6.2 decision-making by email by adding the following
line:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">In the exceptional circumstance where there are one or more vacancies in the Members, the decision-making of the CSC shall be limited to and
not go beyond the approval of the CSC’s monthly report.</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For your reference I have include a redline version of the Internal procedure.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If there are no objections by the other members by 28 September 23.59 UTC, I will consider the proposed changes adopted,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Byron</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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