Chuck raises a good
point.
The current
situation is a disenfranchisement and needs correcting.
However, the
proposal does not get us over the by-laws situation which has brought us to the
current state of misery.
The by-laws state -
as they have done more or less since ICANN began:
"Members of the GNSO Council may participate in a
meeting of the GNSO Council through use of ..... ; provided that (a) all members
participating in such a meeting can speak to and hear one another, ...... (c)
ICANN adopts and implements means of verifying that (x) a person participating
in such a meeting is a member of the GNSO Council or other person entitled to
participate in the meeting and (y) all actions of, or votes by, the GNSO Council
are taken or cast only by the members of the GNSO Council and not persons who
are not members".
It is this provision
that Louis Touton interpreted to ALLOW proxy votes.
It is this provision
that John Jeffreys interpreted to DENY proxy votes.
Until we change this
by-law , we are sunk and disenfranchised.
Philip