Dear Amr and all,
Thank you for providing more context to the situation that occurred, which subsequently brought this item to our agenda. I was not aware of the timing that you clarified and that helps to frame the issue more clearly.
Regarding your question: Is there a reason why the SCI decided not to recommend the criteria Mikey dug up regarding a full council vote to determine wether a motion may or may not be resubmitted (for example??). This matter is one that has been on our agenda for quite some time and I (embarrassingly) plead ignorance as to why a full council vote for re-submission was not taken into account. Hopefully staff or one of our members can help us with this one.
Kind regards,
RA
From: owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org] On Behalf Of Amr Elsadr
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 06:21
To: Julie Hedlund
Cc: Aikman-Scalese, Anne; gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org
Subject: Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Action: Re-Submitting a Motion
Hi everyone,
Pending Anne's suggestions for an alternative or amendment to criteria #3, I'd like to share one thought on this topic (which I began discussing when I was disconnected from yesterday's call).
The incident on the GNSO Council, which prompted the drafting of some sort of guideline to refer to in future incidents requiring the resubmission of a motion, met with conflicting opinions amongst councillors on wether that specific motion should be resubmitted or not (that is if I recall correctly). The argument at the time seemed to be that the first criteria the SCI has suggested; requiring "a reason to justify the resubmission of a motion" was not found to be met by all the councillors, in addition to some of the councillors having dropped off the call when the resubmission request had been made (this is, of course, covered by the second criteria).
My point is that criteria #1, although stating that reason to justify a resubmission must be provided, fails to specify what a justified reasoning really is. Criteria #3 doesn't do this either, but at least shows that there is some support across the houses to the request to resubmit. I think Anne does have a point in the third criteria being too restrictive, however, if an alternative is provided, I suggest it somehow addresses what a justifiable reason is, and/or demonstrates a willingness amongst councillors to accept a resubmission. Is there a reason why the SCI decided not to recommend the criteria Mikey dug up regarding a full council vote to determine wether a motion may or may not be resubmitted (for example??).
Thanks.
Amr
On Sep 10, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org> wrote: