[council] Term limits

[Ken Stubbs]

Greg & fellow council members:

In response to your comments Greg, i would remind you that rules & 
guidelines developed by "non-ISP" constituency bodies
( i.e.ICANN BY-LAWS) currently impose requirements to the ISP 
constituency (as well as all constituencies) on who they can and cannot 
select to serve on the council.

They do this by requiring:
1. that each representative from a constituency should be
from a different geographic region and
2.No 2 councilors can be from the same company.

When the  ISP constituency originally applied to ICANN for recognition, 
your constituency as well as the others
ACKNOWLEDGED &  ACCEPTED the fact that rules could be promulgated by non 
constituency entities which could impact constituency representation on 
the Council.

The opportunity for selection of representatives for each constituency 
is still solely the constituency's,
but, since inception,  your selections have always been made  subject to 
outside guidelines.

Your constituency as well as mine has lived with this "fact of life"
since our constituencies were established & recognized by ICANN.

This concept is nothing new here !

Regards

Ken Stubbs



Greg Ruth wrote:
> Ross,
>      Let me amplify my point.  I am simply saying that it should be up
> to each constituency alone to decide who may or may not represent it. 
> I do not believe it is appropriate for anyone outside the ISPs to tell
> us whom we can choose to represent us in the Council; that would be
> tantamount to exerting control over our constituency.
> 
> Greg 
> 
> --- Ross Rader <ross at tucows.com> wrote:
> 
>> Greg Ruth wrote:
>>> Philip et al,
>>>     Whether we are "leaping" or not, I agree we should have a
>>> discussion.  And I believe it can start now, on this list.  My
>> opinion
>>> is that, except in the case of NomCom appointees (who represent no
>>> constituency), the matter of term limits should be left for each
>>> constituency to decide for itself.
>> My personal view is that the Council and the Board should decide how 
>> this group is constituted in order that the basic foundations for our
>>
>> processes and outcomes are stable and predictable. I don't think that
>>
>> this is a constituency decision any more than it is a constituency 
>> decision regarding how many reps from each constituency sit on the 
>> Council, or the term of those seats, etc.
>>
>>  From my perspective, the first question that we should be looking at
>> is 
>> whether or no term limits are desirable. The second question is whose
>>
>> responsibility it is to implement them (or not). (i.e. if limits are 
>> desirable, then is this a board, council or constituency decision?).
>>
>> -ross
>>
> 
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