Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] New task

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I guess I do not support that.

I think a motion should only be voted on once.  and that to bring it back, 
something must have changed or a reasonable amount of time should have past.

And no we use votes to count the up to the thresholds defined for motions to 
pass.  We may euphemistically use the word consensus, but it has NOTHING to do 
with consensus.  If anything the consensus is in the work of the WGs and not in 
the votes of the management team, i.e. g-council.

I believe that what happened in that meeting is something that should never be 
allowed to happen again.  And if we need rules to keep the chair from doing 
things like that,  something I admit never entered my imagination of things 
that could go wrong, then we need new rules.

A thought experiment: Just imagine the uproar in the council if an NCUC based 
g-council chair had dared to some like  this when the vote did not go her way.

avri

On 8 Jan 2013, at 21:24, Neuman, Jeff wrote:

> 
> Avri,
> 
> Yes, I know we use voting to measure consensus.  But in the end, the spirit 
> is to achieve consensus on policy items.  The fact that it took two votes to 
> do so should not prejudice the results.  Again, if there was some evidence of 
> wrong doing, fraud etc., that would be one thing.  But that did not happen.  
> 
> I support the ability to re-vote on any item unless there is evidence of 
> misconduct, harassment, fraud, etc.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jeffrey J. Neuman
> 
> Sent from iPad.  Please excuse any typos.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:         Avri Doria [mailto:avri@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 08:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
> To:   Neuman, Jeff
> Cc:   gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx; Jonathan Robinson
> Subject:      Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] New task
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry, that may be what the reviews intended at one point, but  that is not 
> what the current regulations say.  Due to the agreement between the SG at the 
> time, a very strict voting regime was adopted and approved by the Board for 
> the g-council.  G-council has such a complicated voting structure that the 
> Secretariat has a special tool to help them figure out when a motion has 
> passed or not.    
> 
> To now claim that g-council is a consensus body does not match the reality of 
> the situation.
> 
> avri
> 
> 
> On 8 Jan 2013, at 19:37, Neuman, Jeff wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I will restate what I said on the Council call.  We are not supposed to as a 
>> group focus on voting.  We are supposed to come to "consensus" on items.  If 
>> there is a "consensus" at any time of the Council on any given policy 
>> (provided that the processes were followed by the working group making the 
>> recommendation), then that is what should govern. The last evolution and 
>> reform of icann report by the London School of Economics as supported by the 
>> Board Governance Committee emphasized this over and over again.  We are not 
>> supposed to be a voting body, so lets focus back on consensus.
>> 
>> All of the comments I have seen from those that did not like the result in 
>> the last council meeting have not addressed the fact that ultimately there 
>> was a "consensus" on the issue.  The fact that there had to be a second 
>> measurement of consensus on the item to me seems irrelevant and 
>> unnecessarily procedural.  There was no abuse of process.  There was no 
>> abuse within the working group making the recommendation.  There is not 
>> evidence that there were improper conflicts, etc.  Absent any showing of 
>> abuse, harassment, fraud, illegality, or willful negligence, I believe 
>> having a second measurement of consensus is not an issue.  
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Jeffrey J. Neuman
>> 
>> Sent from iPad.  Please excuse any typos.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Avri Doria [mailto:avri@xxxxxxxx]
>> Sent:        Tuesday, January 08, 2013 05:31 PM Eastern Standard Time
>> To:  gnso-improvem-impl-sc@xxxxxxxxx
>> Cc:  Jonathan Robinson; Neuman, Jeff
>> Subject:     Re: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] New task
>> 
>> 
>> On 8 Jan 2013, at 17:16, Ron Andruff wrote:
>> 
>>> Assuming that the ultimate desired outcome was for Councillors to vote as 
>>> they were permitted to (and possibly directed to by their group), two 
>>> remedies were possible.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I take real issue with this in that this can only be the case when it is 
>> accordance with adherence to all rules of neutrality, transparency and 
>> accountability. 
>> 
>> Once a vote is given, it is taken and clues from anyone on how to make the 
>> vote work out better are not, in my view or the view of my stakeholder 
>> group, legitimate.  It is not for voter to decide that they should be able 
>> vote they way they meant to when they voted another way.  If it was, those 
>> poor old jewish voters on finding out the ballot in Florida was confusing 
>> could have taken back their votes for Buchanan, and Gore would have been 
>> President of the US. and yes, we may wish with all our hearts that it had 
>> been otherwise, but it wasn't.   Voting does not work according to wishes 
>> unsaid, it works in terms of the vote given.
>> 
>> avri
>> 
>> 
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