Comments from AIM

["Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx>]

1. Version issue
The version of the by-laws out for public comments seems to predate discussions
in Sydney which went some way to resolving threshold issues of acceptance. This
makes it problematic to comment.
 
2. Timing
These by-laws are out for comment until 29 July. It is not appropriate for the
GNSO Council to pass a resolution before the conclusion of that process.
 
3. Board seats
The question of allocation of Board seats and the order of the Houses to select
those seats is a threshold issue.
It is not appropriate to support these by-laws changes until that issue is
resolved and embedded in proposed new text.
 
4. NCSG
The version of the by-laws for comment does not resolve the issue of the
additional 3 NCSG seats.
AIM supports the placeholder concept for these seats to be nominated by the
Board for the first 2 year term. Within this term one or more seats could be
elected if the NCSG can demonstrate evidence of substantial representational
change. Lack of such evidence should mean these seats remain unfilled after the
initial two-year term.
 
5. Quorum
The language on quorum inherits the older language ("entitled to cast the
majority of votes") which was based on the weighted-vote system. Given the
welcome abolition of this system in the new by-laws, a simpler wording based on
the number of people present would be easier to understand.