[council] Point for Discussion

[Avri Doria]

hi,

Yes, it either needs to come from the board.  Or if, as requested,  
the board enables the GNSO council to amend some of it own procedures  
during the course of their BGCWG recommendations, then we will be  
able to do it ourselves.

If the council wishes to proceed on this before getting the final  
board decisions on GNSO reform, we could craft a formal request for  
the change.  It might be best to offer specific language we would  
like to see.  I can put this on the next  meeting's agenda if so  
desired.

a.

On 13 jul 2007, at 11.24, Robin Gross wrote:

> I agree that we should reform the bylaws to permit proxy voting,  
> and it sounds like this initiative would have to come from the  
> Board, so perhaps we should have a conversation with the Board on  
> this issue.
>
> Robin
>
> Thomas Keller wrote:
>
>> As far as I remember passing on a proxy during a meeting was quite
>> common back in the days where we still had this possibility. Given  
>> that we are all volunteers, having a regular day job, there is not
>> always time to attend every meeting, hence a simple proxy option  
>> is certainly desirable. At least from my recollection there was no
>> misuse of that practice.
>>
>> tom
>>
>> Am 12.07.2007 schrieb Ross Rader:
>>
>>> Mike Rodenbaugh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ross, why the limitation that proxy must be passed 'prior to the  
>>>> start
>>>> of the meeting'?  I have seen several times where a Councilor  
>>>> was at a
>>>> meeting but needed to leave before it ended, and sought at that  
>>>> point to
>>>> give a proxy (which I believe we have accepted that proxy vote  
>>>> on at
>>>> least a couple occasions).
>>>>
>>> I'm not sure where that specific practice came from, it was just  
>>> the way we did it :)
>>>
>>> Glen might be able to provide better insight though.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Ross Rader
>>> Director, Retail Services
>>> Tucows Inc.
>>>
>>> http://www.domaindirect.com
>>> t. 416.538.5492
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Gruss,
>>
>> tom
>>
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