RE: [council] Term of the next GNSO Council chair

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can only speak for the RyC.  Our reps vote the wishes of the
constituency.  It is possible for a split vote if for example the
interests of the sTLDs were different than the uTLDs, but I do not think
that has ever happened.

Chuck Gomes
 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:18 PM
> To: Council GNSO
> Subject: Re: [council] Term of the next GNSO Council chair
> 
> 
> On 16 apr 2007, at 14.10, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> 
> > Assuming that Council reps, with the exception of the NomComm 
> > appointees, would be voting the wishes of their constituencies,
> 
> 
> a question on this:
> 
> On votes like this, do constituencies always mandate the 
> voting of the representatives, or do they ever leave it open 
> for the representative to voter her or his preference, e.g. 
> was the vote for seat 13, by constituency or by council 
> member?  Are there occasions where a constituency is split on 
> candidates?  what happens in those cases - due they do a 
> mandated split of the vote, i.e. reps a, b vote for x and 
> repc vote for y?
> 
> a.
> 
>