Staff will help. But remember, unlike the Board, we have constituencies that we represent and we need to keep them in the loop. Real time editing of resolutions that change the substance of a resolution need to be carefully managed. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Cade,Marilyn S - LGCRP [mailto:mcade@att.com] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:52 PM To: Neuman, Jeff; Amadeu Abril i Abril Cc: Council (E-mail) Subject: RE: [council] voting procedures we should all be thinking of what happens when we have staff, and try not to create processes that don't take that into account. drafting of resolutions will undoubtedly devolve to staff in the fully staffed model. the board is of course able to deal with resolutions in real time, probably because they have access to online support and staff.:-) 202-255-7348c mcade@att.com -----Original Message----- From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@Neustar.us] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:32 AM To: 'Amadeu Abril i Abril'; Neuman, Jeff Cc: Council (E-mail) Subject: RE: [council] voting procedures I think we agree. There should be time to review the initial resolution as well as time to review the amendments. -----Original Message----- From: Amadeu Abril i Abril [mailto:Amadeu@abril.info] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:28 AM To: Neuman, Jeff Cc: Council (E-mail) Subject: Re: [council] voting procedures Neuman, Jeff wrote:

I disagree to the extent that I would like to have time to review motions on policy with my constituency.

Jeff, this does not change my proposal. Even when we have the proposals one week, or one month, before the call, the problem with on-the-fly amendments remain. If a motion is not amendned at all and was on the table before the meeting, no problem with the usual proceudre. But whenever we start to play with its language, I would like to see: * a "visual support" (if you all were using Macs, I'd suggest SubEthaEdit http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/). * In case some people cannot access the written version of the amendments, and specifically request so, that the vote be delayed and performed in the immediate 24 hours though email. I'ts not about time for digesting the policies, but the edits... taht sometime affect the substance. Amadeu