[council] GNSO Rule on Open Meetings

[Bret Fausett]

Thanks, Philip. I believe the rules refer to "meetings" generally, 
without parsing them into "formal" and "informal" meetings. If the 
Council has informal meetings and a different rule on attendance than 
what is in the bylaws, I'm not aware of it.

         Bret

philip.sheppard at aim.be wrote:

>I believe that both these references refer to formal meetings of Council
>at which an act of Council may occur
>Philip
>  
>
>>Thank you for discussing this today. For future reference, the GNSO
>>Rules of Procedure provide that all meetings are presumptively open,
>>unless a majority of the Council votes to close it.
>>
>>The relevant section provides:
>>
>>"Except where determined by a majority vote of members of the GNSO
>>Council present that a closed session is appropriate, meetings shall be
>>open to physical or electronic attendance by all interested persons."
>>
>>http://gnso.icann.org/council/new-procedures.shtml#5
>>
>>The ICANN Bylaws include an identical provision:
>>
>>"Except where determined by a majority vote of members of the GNSO
>>Council present that a closed session is appropriate, meetings shall be
>>open to physical or electronic attendance by all interested persons."
>>
>>http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-15dec02.htm#X-3.8
>>
>>         -- Bret
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