RE: [council] GNSO Council motions 6/7 February 2006

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

Hello All,


> 
> "Council resolves to initiate a Policy Development Process in 
> line with it's 17 January 2006 request for an issues report 
> the intent of which was to address the broader policy issues raised."
> 
> Vote: 19 votes in favour, Marilyn Cade, Philip Sheppard, 
> Grant Forsyth,
> (CBUC) Ute Decker, Kiyoshi Tsuru, (IPC) Tony Holmes, Tony 
> Harris, Greg Ruth, (ISPCPC) Robin Gross (NCUC),  Bruce Tonkin 
> (2), Ross Rader (2), Tom Keller (2)(Registrars constituency), 
> Maureen Cubberley, Sophia Bekele, Avri Doria (Nominating 
> committee appointees), (18 votes) Kiyoshi Tsuru voted a proxy 
> in favour for Lucy Nichols  (IPC) who was absent.
> 
> 6 votes against, Cary Karp (2), Ken Stubbs (2), June Seo 
> (2)(gTLD registries constituency)
> 
> 1 abstention Mawaki Chango (NCUC)
> 1 person was not on the call and  did not provide a proxy, 
> Norbert Klein
> (NCUC)
> 

Please also note that for this motion to pass, it required a "a
Supermajority Vote of the Council members present".   "A Supermajority
Vote means  a vote of more than sixty-six (66) percent of the members
present at a meeting of the applicable body."
(for reference see section 3(c) and section 16 of Annex A to the ICANN
bylaws)

Qourom for a meeting is defined as "Members entitled to cast a majority
of the total number of votes of GNSO Council members then in office
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business"

There were a total of 19, out of a possible 21, Council members present
at the meeting (Norbert Klein and Lucy Nichols were not present)
representing a total of 25 votes out of a possible 27 votes.   This met
the requirement for quorum.   The motion was carried with 18 votes from
members present, which represented a SuperMajority Vote of the Council
members present.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin