Re: [bc-gnso] Notification of results in GNSO Council vote on Recommended By Laws changes

[Liz Williams <lizawilliams@xxxxxxx>]

Many thanks Philip -- that helps.

The Board really need to know the status of this -- it is, by any  
reading, not a consensus motion and remains structurally flawed.
Liz
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Liz Williams
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On 15 Jul 2009, at 08:51, Philip Sheppard wrote:

> Liz,
> I have recently posted this follow-up to the Board after losing the  
> argument on
> Council.
> Philip
> -----------------
> To the Board;
>
> This constitutes additional notification to the Board, to the  
> Structural
> Improvements Committee of the Board and to the Public Comments area,  
> on the
> motion concerning the recommended By Laws changes in support of GNSO
> restructuring as mandated by the Board.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Please note there was considerable unease about the GNSO Council  
> taking this
> vote before the closure of public comments and while key by-laws  
> changes (Board
> seats, NCSG seating) were not yet embedded in proposed text. The  
> vote taken was
> technically a pass at a barely quorate meeting. The following may be  
> of
> assistance to the Board in understanding the level of support of the  
> GNSO vote:
> 1. Of the 21 members of Council, 7 members voted in favour.
> 2. Of the 6 GNSO Constituencies, only 2 voted in favour.
>
> Philip Sheppard