[council] Making Council less crazy

[Avri Doria]

Hi,


On 30 Sep 2008, at 14:06, Mike Rodenbaugh wrote:

>
> I would just like to clarify that ICANN Staff's opinion of what is  
> in scope
> of GNSO PDP is required by bylaws and certainly can be useful.  But  
> it is
> not necessarily the final word.  GNSO's opinion ought to be of equal  
> weight,

Currently the by-laws allow for either possibility, putting different  
voting thresholds on the initiation of the PDP in the different cases:

 > 33% is adequate when the staff says it is within scope and a  
supermajority is required when they say it isn't.  The problem gets  
more difficult when the determine of the Staff is partial, split or  
equivocal.

>
> at least, but ultimately only the Board could make a decision if  
> there was
> disagreement between Staff and GNSO.

As I understand it the Board can order a PDP anytime it wants, whether  
in scope or not.


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