Note that there are
two competing motions regarding whether or not a PDP should be initiated
regarding vertical integration of registries and registrars for new
gTLDs, one made by Stephane and seconded by Adrian and one made by
Mike and seconded by Debbie (see https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?28_january_2010_motions).
After careful analysis and some consultation with others, I have come to the
conclusion that the only motion we need to consider is Mike's motion to initiate
a PDP. My rationale is as follows:
- If we dealt with
Stephane's motion to not initiate a PDP first, even if it passed, we would
still have to act on the other motion and I think it is theoretically
possible that both motions could pass.
- Whether Mike's
motion passes or not, there would be no need to vote on Stephane's
motion, thereby making Stephane's motion unnecessary; a failure of Mike's
motion would have the same effect as passing Stephane's motion and passage of
Mike's motion would override passage of Stephane's motion because we have
specifically defined voting thresholds for initiating a PDP, which I do not
believe we could ignore.
If anyone disagrees
with my reasoning, please speak up.
Stephane, if
my logic is valid, you may want to consider withdrawing your motion, but I will
leave that to you and Adrian, who seconded it.
Whatever we decide,
Stephane's
motion would require a majority of each house and Mike's would require
either 33% of each house or 66% of one house.
Chuck