Hi Jordan and Everyone, Many thanks for sharing this text on voting weights. While the SSAC is still considering what form its participation in the Community Mechanism will take, I think your proposal allows for all options and Lyman and I both support this wording. In particular, we agree with the proposition of equal votes for all current and future SO/ACs. One other point...Near the end, the document says "[t]hat is, block voting (casting all votes in favour or against the use of a power, even where there are diverse views) is not encouraged." That wording strongly implies that casting all votes in a single block is *discouraged*, even if the views of all parts of an SO or AC happen to be aligned on a particular issue. We don't think that's what you mean, and suggest that the intention might better be expressed by "[t]hat is, where diverse views within an SO or AC exist even after consultation and discussion, that diversity should be 'passed through' in the vote distribution, rather than resolved into a consensus 'block vote' (casting all votes in favour or against the use of a power)." Cheers, Julie and Lyman On 26 Jul 2015, at 3:24 pm, Jordan Carter <jordan@internetnz.net.nz> wrote: Hi everyone Here is an update of the previously not-updated text on voting weights. I am sorry that I haven’t got tracked changes to show you - it’s not much changed from what was circulated a few days ago (the redline staff draft that hadn’t actually been finished). We still need to develop quorum and participation rules - I believe Bernie is working on a paper on this, for discussion next week. This is on the agenda for WP1 on 27 July. best Jordan <Section 5A2 - Community Mechanism - Voting.docx> <Section 5A2 - Community Mechanism - Voting.pdf> -- Jordan Carter Chief Executive InternetNZ 04 495 2118 (office) | +64 21 442 649 (mob) jordan@internetnz.net.nz <mailto:jordan@internetnz.net.nz> Skype: jordancarter To promote the Internet's benefits and uses, and protect its potential. _______________________________________________ Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community