[council] Data required for the GNSO review

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Dr Liz Williams has prepared the following list of questions to gather
information for the GNSO review next year.

Please feel free to discuss with your constituencies and let Liz know
whether additional questions should be asked, or whether these questions
are difficult to answer or in the wrong format.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


1.      Representativeness

Please provide answers to the following questions.

1.1.    Provide a copy of the Constituency Charter 

1.2.    Provide a copy of the Statement of Operating Procedures

1.3.    Provide a full list of current (2005) and past (2002-2004)
constituency members

1.4.    Provide a statement which identifies membership fees and any
membership conditions

1.5.    Provide a statement of how often the constituency meets; by
which method (face to face or teleconference); how minutes are produced;
and whether those minutes are publicly available

1.6.    Provide a statement which sets out how constituency positions
are reached and the voting methods within the constituency (include
whether there are weighted voting patterns)

1.7.    Fill out the following tables to show demographic statistics on
the basis of the full list of constituency members

                                        # of Members    % of Members
Africa          
Asia/Australia/Pacific          
Europe          
Latin America/Caribbean Islands         
North America           
Total:          

        Gender Distribution of  Members Gender Distribution of Council
Reps

Male            
Female  

        
2.      Effectiveness

Please provide answers to the following questions.

2.1.    Provide a statement showing how the constituency gathers
opinions about policy development processes include in particular, how
the constituency develops position statements on policy issues

2.2.    Provide a statement showing how many issues papers or position
papers the constituency has issued since 2003

2.3.    How long does it take before GNSO Councillors are presented with
a constituency position to give to the GNSO Council


3.      Transparency

Please provide answers to the following questions.

3.1.    Describe the constituency election procedures.  For example, how
nominations are called for and seconded; how elections are run (on-line
or physical meetings) 

3.2.    Document the candidates for each election and their geographic
regions include Nominating Committee representatives)

3.3.    Show whether the election results are publicly available