[ispcp] FW: Notification of results in GNSO Council vote on Recommended By Laws changes - clarification

[Tony Holmes]

Dear ISPCP members

The following information was sent by Philip Sheppard to the Board following
considerable dialogue between the BC, the IP and ISPCP constituency reps to
the Council. We originally asked for this information to be conveyed to the
Board when they were informed of the outcome of the vote, but that request
was refused. Hence the separate mailing.

There are still unresolved issues with the revised bylaws so we were unable
to offer support.

Regards

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Sheppard [mailto:philip.sheppard at aim.be] 
Sent: 15 July 2009 08:49
To: secretary at icann.org; 'Peter Dengate Thrush'; 'Roberto Gaetano'
Cc: Kristina Rosette IPC; 'Tony Holmes'
Subject: Notification of results in GNSO Council vote on Recommended By Laws
changes - clarification


To the Board;

This constitutes additional notification to the Board, to the Structural  
Improvements Committee of the Board and to the Public Comments area,  
on the motion concerning the recommended By Laws changes in support of  
GNSO restructuring as mandated by the Board.
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Please note there was considerable unease about the GNSO Council taking this
vote before the closure of public comments and while key by-laws changes
(Board
seats, NCSG seating) were not yet embedded in proposed text.  The vote taken
was
technically a pass at a barely quorate meeting. The following may be of
assistance to the Board in understanding the level of support of the GNSO
vote:

1. Of the 21 members of Council, 7 members voted in favour.
2. Of the 6 GNSO Constituencies, only 2 voted in favour.

Philip Sheppard