Re: [council] Motion for absentee voting

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Sheppard" [philip.sheppard@xxxxxx]
Sent: 03/20/2008 11:02 AM CET
To: "'GNSO Council'" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [council] Motion for absentee voting




A second please for this motion.
Philip
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Whereas
Council members are from time to time disenfranchised from voting by the 
current ICANN
by-laws,
Council requests the Board to adopt the following change to the bylaws drafted 
by the ICANN
general council's office to permit absentee voting in certain specific 
circumstances.

Add to:ICANN Bylaws ARTICLE X: Section 3. 8

c. Absentee voting.  Members that are absent from a meeting at the time of a 
vote on whether
to initiate a PDP, forward a policy recommendation to the Board, or fill a 
position open for
election may vote by absentee ballot.  The GNSO Secretariat will provide 
reasonable means
for transmitting and authenticating absentee ballots, which could include 
voting by
telephone, e-mail, or web-based interface. Absentee ballots must be submitted 
within 72
hours after the start of the meeting in which a vote is initiated, except that 
in
exceptional circumstances announced at the time of the vote the Chair may 
reduce this time
to 24 hours or extend the time to 7 days.

 
Philip Sheppard