[council] Updated action items Council meeting 6 September 2007
Dear Councilors,Attached please find the updated action item list for the GNSO Council call in a few minutes. Thank you, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org Attachment:
action-items-council-070906.pdf On 6 sep 2007, at 14.14, GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Avri, > > The only item I can hear from Kristina was the proxy voting, > getting some guidance from the General Counsel's office about proxy > voting. > > However, I hear Ross asked about the resolution passed by Council on > November 16, 2006. > http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-16nov06.shtml > The motion passed > Bruce Tonkin noted that the motion would be forwarded to the Board > for consideration and to the constituencies to voluntarily consider. > > Decision 5: > The recommendations of the LSE regarding term limits for GNSO > Council members should be adopted immediately by the GNSO Council > with no grandfathering except in connection with the ability of a > council member to serve out their existing term. A council member > can serve no more than two consecutive terms (regardless of > duration). Moreover, a former council member must remain off the > GNSO Council for one full term prior to serving any subsequent > term. However, there shall be an exception to the two term limit in > connection with special circumstances (I.e. Geographic diversity > requirements) where a constituency is unable to find an alternative > representative to serve. In applying this special circumstance > exception, the existence of an otherwise qualified candidate > willing to serve on the council within that constituency shall > constitute a non-rebuttable indication that special circumstances > do not exist. The GNSO Council will forward this recommendation to > the ICANN Board of Directors for implementation in the bylaws and > also recommend to the GNSO Constituencies that they voluntarily > adopt these practices until such time that they have been formally > implemented by the Council and Board. > > > I hope this helps. > > Glen > Avri Doria a écrit : >> hi, >> i hope you can refresh my memory. at the end of the meeting >> Kristina aassked me to add two things to the tracking list. >> one was the motion for proxy voting. >> the other one was a followup on a reqeust for advice for >> something - and that something has slipped my mind again (which >> is full of igf and i am just starting to clear it out - these >> meeting are really intense and all consuming - kind of like ICANN >> meetings but maybe a little bit more so) >> if you remember (or Glen if perchance you have listened to the >> tape, what was the other issue) i have also sent email to >> Kristina asking her to remind me but i really want to get the >> updated chart out. >> thanks >> a. > > > -- > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat - ICANN > gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org > http://gnso.icann.org > |