[council] MOTION - To extend the term of the current GNSO Liaison to the GAC

[Paul McGrady]

Thanks WU. I think that is fine since it reflects the reality of what happened and doesn't require any sort of judgment on the quality of the sole applicant. Thanks!

Best,
Paul


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> On Jun 21, 2016, at 6:35 AM, WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben at t-online.de> wrote:
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> Hi Paul,
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> I'm with you that WHEREAS 2 as originally suggested should be improved. However expressing or describing hopes in a motion seems to bring in some subjectivity which is difficult to assess. So I wonder whether this could be acceptable:
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> 2.    The subsequent call for volunteers resulted in the decision to extend the selection process.
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> Best regards
> 
> Wolf-Ulrich
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Paul McGrady
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 4:28 AM
> To: James M. Bladel
> Cc: GNSO Council List
> Subject: Re: [council] MOTION - To extend the term of the current GNSO Liaison to the GAC
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> 
> Thanks James. How about we strike it as written, and just say "whereas the volume of responses to the request for applications for the role was less robust than hoped for."
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> Best,
> Paul
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 8:50 PM, James M. Bladel <jbladel at godaddy.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Paul -
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>> You are correct, "incomplete" is probably not the best word. The intention was to leave the door open for the lone application received to be resubmitted.
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>> I'm fine if we strike "incomplete", or even the entirety of WHEREAS 2.
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>> Thank you,
>> 
>> J.
>> ____________
>> James Bladel
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>>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 16:35, Paul McGrady <policy at paulmcgrady.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi James,
>>> 
>>> I am Ok with this, except I don't understand WHEREAS 2.  What element of the
>>> application wasn't completed?  I thought from all that back and forth that
>>> the reason to not move forward with the one candidate we had was that there
>>> was only 1 applicant and, in the opinion of some, he didn't fit the bill.
>>> This motion reads as if there was an application form that didn't have all
>>> the checkmarks checked.  Can you please elaborate on what is meant by
>>> "incomplete"?  Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
>>> Behalf Of James M. Bladel
>>> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 3:11 PM
>>> To: GNSO Council List
>>> Subject: [council] MOTION - To extend the term of the current GNSO Liaison
>>> to the GAC
>>> 
>>> Councilors -
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