[gnso-consensus-wg] Draft 17 July Meeting Report and Proposal Tally Sheet
All: Attached please find my attempt to summarize your deliberations during the last call on Thursday. As usual, please let me know if there are any substantive points or decisions that I missed or that I should clarify. As with my previous reports, please note that the document is intended to be an informal tool to help focus the effort and is not intended to be an official transcript. It commits you to nothing and failure to comment or correct this informal record does not indicate assent. My interpretation continues to be that the final document - in whatever form, if any, it takes - will be the only binding document this group produces. The Tally Sheet Explained Also, as requested during the Thursday meeting, I have attached a tally sheet listing several significant proposals that you have discussed or noted over the course of your deliberations. I experimented with a number of different formats, but in the end my lack of Excel expertise drove me back to the format Philip used in circulating his 16 potential options that you reviewed during meeting #3. Using Philip's original format and retaining his original option numbers, I simply deleted most options that were not significantly noted or discussed and added the three proposals discussed at meeting #5 on Thursday. The tally sheet has 11 lines - the status quo (both weighted and non-weighted); the BGC majority position (incorporating Jon N's proposed modification to that position) and the BGC minority position; the Joint Users Proposal - as modified during these deliberations; and other proposals submitted over the least two weeks by Milton, Steve, Philip, Chuck and Jon. I also included option #5 from Philip's original list - although no one mentioned it in detail, it seemed to represent the one "extra" option during meeting #3 that offended the least number of group members at the time and I thought it would be worth a moment to get your current reactions to it. You do not need to vote on the status quo lines, they are simply there as a matter of reference. Any substantive errors or omissions or formatting glitches on the sheet are mine alone. Please don't let them distract you from indicating your current opinions/positions. I fear that despite my best intentions, that I may have overcomplicated the original intent of this exercise with my various entries and qualifying notes on the tally sheet. I hope not, but if so, I do apologize. This is in many respects a straw poll of current opinions/positions that simply requires that you indicate your current view on each option in one of the three columns on the right. Feel free to color-fill the box that reflects your viewpoint. I know that this was a concept that we did not have time to fully vet at the end of Thursday's meeting. I guess if all parties do not choose to participate in the exercise we will simply not have a complete tally. I'll tally all results that I get from the group by early morning on 22 July, unless I get all your responses sooner. Hope you're all having a good weekend. Looking forward to the call next Tuesday. Cheers, Rob Hoggarth Attachment:
2008-07-17 GNSO Consensus Group Meeting Report.doc Attachment:
GNSO Reform Options Tally Sheet 2008-07-19 rlh.xls
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