Good point, Bret. We could replace all instances of: "not less than 70% of the North American At-Large Structures then accredited" by "not less than 70% of active NARALO member At-Large Structures" and change parag. 16 to (including change requested by Evan but which eliminates John's idea [John, are you OK with this?]): 16. When an ALS does not vote in 3 consecutive NARALO elections or does not contribute a comment on ICANN policy through collaboration on the NARALO discussion list in 12 consecutive months, it automatically loses its voting rights and active status within the NARALO. A vote of not less than 70% of the active North American At-Large Structures will rescind its member status within the NARALO and the Chair will then submit to ALAC a request for de-certification of that ALS. If the vote is not conclusive, then the At-Large Structure regains its active member status within NARALO. The last 2 sentences probably need some rewording by an English speaker. I hope you get my point, _________________________________________ Luc Faubert Conseiller en gouvernance TI et en gestion du changement / IT governance and change management consulting +1 514 236 5129 www.LucFaubert.com www.isoc.qc.ca www.ccig.ca www.maillons.qc.ca
-----Original Message----- From: Bret Fausett [mailto:bfausett@internet.law.pro] Sent: 18 avril 2007 13:29 To: Luc Faubert Cc: Danny Younger; na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] ALS de-certification
We had a problem in the ALAC last year with people ceasing their participation without withdrawing. They counted toward quorum requirements but didn't vote, which meant that the ALAC couldn't approve or disapprove any applications. So in addition to the language below, perhaps continued non-participation, however we define it, could lead to automatic removal, without any votes. What could happen is that more than 30% of the ALSs stop participating and then we can't vote them out because their non-participation has effectively prevented us from obtaining a 70% vote. This is probably a realistic concern when we have only 11 AlSs. It wouldn't take much to tie us up.
I've updated parag. 16 of our OP to:
16. When an ALS does not vote in 3 consecutive NARALO elections, or does not contribute a comment on ICANN policy (either directly to ICANN or through collaboration towards a common NARALO comment) in 12 consecutive months, a vote of not less than 70% of the North American At-Large Structures then accredited will rescind its member status within the NARALO. The Chair will then submit to ALAC a request for de-certification of that ALS.