Hi, I don't believe I can shorten the public review which is supposed to be 20 days. and I don't think it is a good idea to vote before that review is complete. In order to end the public comment by Oct 31, the public comment would need to begin by Oct 11. Since it can take 4 days after Liz finishes writing to get the material on the web site for the public comment, i just don't see that it would be possible for her to get the work done in 3 days after the end of the time limit for the constituencies. And I do want to give the constituencies enough time to deliberate. So, while I would really like to hold a public vote on this as you suggest, I just don't see how. a. On 31 aug 2007, at 14.25, Ross Rader wrote:
Avri Doria wrote:
Proposed Text for motion to be voted on September 6 2007
Thanks for the detail Avri - this is helpful. Might I suggest one small amendment? Specifically as it relates to the following:
- Community Public Comment on Final Report: October 15 - November 6, 2007
6 - A Public and Council Discussion will be held during the LA Public Meeting 7 - Final vote on first GNSO Council meeting after November 6, 2007
I would like to propose that the public comment period end at the public discussion of the of issue during the LA meeting. This would then allow council to take all constituency, public and written commentary into account for deliberation on the agenda during the L.A. meeting, rather than at the next meeting thereafter. This would have the effect of shortening the public comment period by only 3 business days, which i believe would be more then offset by the value of discussing the issue several times you propose during the face to face meetings in LA. It would be nice to get this one off the books in one way or another at the LA Public Meeting.
Therefore, the formal amendment that I would like to make is as follows:
- that "November 6, 2007" in step 5 be replaced with "October 31, 2007"
- that "after November 6, 2007" in step 7 be replaced with "during the LA Public Meeting".
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
-- Regards,
Ross Rader Director, Retail Services Tucows Inc.
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