Mikey Great that you have a long drive -- it stimulates the brain cells. I like this idea as it gives incentives for those that have opposing/ different/alternative ideas to present them in a cogent and complete way given that it seems a vote now is premature. It assumes that there is some kind of election to enable this to move forward? Best wishes and drive carefully. Liz On 14 Oct 2009, at 14:05, Mike O'Connor wrote:
hello all,
given that time is short, and we need to have a charter in place at Seoul, how about this for an idea?
- put forth at least two competing charters and vote between them, rather than on just one. maybe one of the proposed charters could be based on the staff-supplied charter template? either way the vote comes out, we'll have a charter (plus a sense of which charter approach the group prefers).
- approve an instruction to the (new) officers that we revise that interim charter in an orderly/thoughtful/less-harried way over the next three (two? six?) months
just a quick thought before jumping back into my submarine (er, car) for another rainy day of driving to New Orleans.
mikey
From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of BC Secretariat Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:09 AM To: bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: [bc-gnso] Ballot for a new BC Charter
Dear Members
Ballot on revised BC Charter
At the request of the BC Officers and with reference to the message below, I have today opened a 7-day voting period for the newly revised BC Charter.
A majority approval vote means the new Charter will be adopted. A majority non-approval vote means the Charter will not be adopted.
A ballot form is attached. Each member organisation has one vote. The vote should be placed by the principle BC contact for the membership organsiation or by notified proxy. I will apply weighted voting when I receive your ballot form. All ballots will be acknowledged.
The voting period closes at midnight in your time zone on Monday 19 October 2009. Ballots cannot be accepted after this time.
Best wishes Gary ----------------------------------------------------
We would like to ask all members to cast their vote in favour of the attached revised BC Charter. A definitive PDF version is attached. A Word version showing recent track changes is also provided for information.
The Charter accommodates necessary changes for the re-structured GNSO in which the stakeholder groups provide representatives to the GNSO council. As such the BC will move from a situation in which its three GNSO representatives were also BC Officers, to a separation of these roles. There will be a new executive committee with a chair and two vice- chairs in addition to the two representatives to the GNSO Council. The Charter also includes other changes recommended by members and ICANN staff based on learning since the last Charter. The officers have done their best to accommodate all member perspectives given the diversity of those perspectives. The Board has requested Constituencies complete work on Charter revision by Seoul.
Zahid Jamil Mike Rodenbaugh Philip Sheppard
BC Officers
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