[Fwd: RE: [council] Motion for absentee voting]

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FYI

Sujet: RE: [council] Motion for absentee voting
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:58:07 +0200
De: Bilal S. Beirm

I second the motion

Bilal Beiram


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:02 PM
To: 'GNSO Council'
Subject: [council] Motion for absentee voting


A second please for this motion.
Philip
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Whereas
Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting by the
current ICANN
by-laws,
Council requests the Board to adopt the following change to the bylaws
drafted by the ICANN
general council's office to permit absentee voting in certain specific
circumstances.

Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8

c. Absentee voting.  Members that are absent from a meeting at the time
of a vote on whether
to initiate a PDP, forward a policy recommendation to the Board, or fill
a position open for
election may vote by absentee ballot.  The GNSO Secretariat will provide
reasonable means
for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could
include voting by
telephone, e-mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be
submitted within 72
hours after the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated,
except that in
exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote the Chair
may reduce this time
to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days.


Philip Sheppard