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

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

unfortunately, the Board will note that the two constituencies reps weren't in 
attendance to abstain or vote no. I am not sure that the 'quorum' issue will 
have any favor with the Board in this instance. 

Marilyn S. Cade


202 360 1196  or   202 251 6787

mscade@xxxxxxx or marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx





> CC: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
> From: lizawilliams@xxxxxxx
> To: philip.sheppard@xxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Notification of results in GNSO Council vote on 
> Recommended By Laws changes
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:29:48 +0100
> 
> 
> 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
> ...
> 
> Liz Williams
> +44 1963 364 380
> +44 7824 877757
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> >
> >
>