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

[Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1!
Stephanie Perrin

On 2015-12-03 13:53, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez wrote:
> Dear Phil,
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> I support any motion that brings us closer to a reasonable, 40 day 
> comment period of the TRANSLATED draft.
> Thank you very much
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> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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> > On Dec 3, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > <mailto: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 17^th , or whether we wish to bring that question to 
> > a vote on our first call of January 2016.
> > If we are targeting the 17^th 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 14^th , 
> > and not the 21^st 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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