[council] Point for Discussion

[Ross Rader]

Avri Doria wrote:

> I also favor an approach that includes a prohibition against using a 
> proxy mechanism to avoid a required abstention based on a conflict of 
> interest. 

Why? My interests and those of my constituency can be different. For 
instance, I have conflicts related to my employment with Tucows that 
other councillors may not share. Why should that prevent the registrar 
constituency from casting one of its ballots through proxy?

As a general rule, I'd really prefer if we adopted a very simple set of 
rules governing the use of proxy's, and would strongly prefer if we just 
implemented the old rules as  starting point that we could adjust over 
time. I don't see a need to overthink or overengineer this simply to 
take into account "what-if's" that have never come into play during the 
history of the DNSO/GNSO.


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Regards,

Ross Rader
Director, Retail Services
Tucows Inc.

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