Re: [council] Taking the Council's Temperature on Procedures for Consideration of 3rd Accountability Proposal

[Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez <crg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Phil,

I support any motion that brings us closer to a reasonable, 40 day comment 
period of the TRANSLATED draft.

Thank you very much

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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> On Dec 3, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Fellow Councilors:
>  
> This morning the BC held its regular members’ call, and we got into some 
> discussion in regard to background information I had circulated prior to the 
> call (below). However, there was insufficient participation to reach a BC 
> consensus, and we shall continue the discussion on the BC email list.
>  
> It was decided on the call that I would reach out to other Councilors to get 
> an initial impression of whether we are aiming to discuss and vote on a 
> Resolution of approval or disapproval in two weeks, on our call of December 
> 17th, or whether we wish to bring that question to a vote on our first call 
> of January 2016.
>  
> If we are targeting the 17th then we have a great deal of work to do, 
> including getting consensus feedback from those we represent and preparing a 
> draft Resolution. If we are looking toward January then I would strongly 
> suggest that we schedule that call for January 14th, and not the 21st which 
> is only one day prior to the target delivery date to the Board.
>  
> What are your views on this most important matter?
>  
> Very best regards,
> Philip
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> BC members, please note that the second item in item #2, following Steve’s 
> review of the Policy calendar, is:
> ·         Discussion of final Accountability proposal #3– Comments close 
> December 21- procedure for BC input into CSG, and then GNSO, for Chartering 
> Organization decision
>  
> The third Accountability proposal was published on Monday, November 30 for a 
> comment period closing on December 21. The target date for delivering the 
> Proposal to the Board for its consideration is January 22, 2016.
>  
> While public comment is being solicited, we are now at the stage where the 
> primary objective is to get the Chartering Organizations to indicate whether 
> they approve or disapprove of the Proposal – and, if they disapprove, what 
> changes would be required for approval.
>  
> The GNSO is the relevant Chartering organization for the BC. The next meeting 
> of the GNSO Council is scheduled for December 17, two weeks from today and 
> four days before the close of the public comment period. Susan and I will be 
> looking to BC members to provide a consensus view of the proposal that we can 
> convey to the rest of the CSG, as well as the NCSG and the full Council.
>  
> The first meeting of the Council in 2016 will be held on either January 14 or 
> 21. If Council does not approve a Resolution of approval or disapproval on 
> December 17 then I think it is a sure bet that the next call will be on 
> January 14, eight days prior to the scheduled Board delivery date.
>  
> With all of that as background, the guidance your Councilors are looking for 
> on today’s call is whether BC members believe they will be able to convey a 
> consensus view on the proposal prior to the December 17 Council meeting, or 
> whether we should be targeting January 14 for that Council decision. If you 
> are planning to be on today’s call please be prepared to share your view on 
> that question, and if you are not on the call please provide your view on the 
> BC-Private list.
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