[council] finalizing motions in advance of voting on them

[Robin Gross]

It isn't always clear what is a "material" change.  What may be a  
"material" change to one constituency may be "immaterial" to  
another.   And even the crafting of immaterial changes takes up  
public forum time.

I don't think it paralizes us because it only means we have to put  
the vote off to the next meeting if there will be changes to it in  
the days before the vote.   And actually it would give us an  
incentive to get our act together sooner.   I think the lack of  
confidence in the GNSO from word-smithing on the fly far outweighs  
the inconvenience of putting off a vote to the next meeting.

Robin


On Jun 26, 2008, at 4:32 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

>
> Couldn't this paralize us?  I agree if there is a material change  
> where
> we need to go back to our constituencies.
>
> Chuck
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
>> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of
>> philip.sheppard at aim.be
>> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:46 AM
>> To: Robin Gross
>> Cc: council at gnso.icann.org GNSO
>> Subject: Re: [council] finalizing motions in advance of voting on  
>> them
>>
>>
>> I fully support this call
>>
>>> I'd to request that whatever motions are up for counsel vote are
>>> finalized at least several days in advance of voting on
>> them, meaning
>>> no last minute amendments - friendly or not.
>>>
>>> I'm concerned about the tendency to amend the motion during
>> the public
>>> counsel meeting and we end up wasting GNSO public forum
>> time crafting
>>> language on the fly (and this does not instill confidence in the
>>> counsel from the community).
>>>
>>> Besides appearing silly, and more importantly, last minute
>> amendments
>>> do not give us a chance to discuss the motion that will be voted on
>>> with our constituencies.  It is important that we know exactly what
>>> will be voted on in advance so we can get key feedback from our
>>> constituencies.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Robin
>>>
>>>
>>> IP JUSTICE
>>> Robin Gross, Executive Director
>>> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
>>> p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>




IP JUSTICE
Robin Gross, Executive Director
1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA  94117  USA
p: +1-415-553-6261    f: +1-415-462-6451
w: http://www.ipjustice.org     e: robin at ipjustice.org



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