[gnso-osc-ops] RE: RoP 5.3

["Ray Fassett" <ray@xxxxxxxxx>]

Per Wolf-Ulrich?s suggestion below, Srction 5.3 would change to:

 

Section 5.3

All actions of, or votes by, the GNSO Council are taken or cast only by the
members of the GNSO Council and not persons who are not members.  Acts by
the GNSO Council members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be acts of the GNSO Council, unless otherwise provided herein. (See
Section 5(2) of this Article concerning the number of votes that GNSO
Council members may cast.)

 

Ray:  But I do not see where Section 5(2) speaks to ?the number of votes
that GNSO Council members may cast.?  ??

 

Additional proposed edits I have:

 

Section 4 ? underneath (b), last sentence:

 

If the Chair or Vice Chair is elected from one of the houses, that person
shall retain his/her vote in that house.

 

 

5.5 Procedure of Minutes

 

Within days of a GNSO Council meeting, the Secretariat will forward draft
summary to the GNSO Chair and Vice Chairs. 

 

Within 10 days of the meeting, the Chair and Vice Chairs will approve the
draft and request the Secretariat to circulate the draft summary to GNSO
Council members for comment and approval. If no comment is received within
10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting.

 

All comments received from GNSO Council members will be incorporated in the
summary unless there are objections from other GNSO Council members.

 

Where there are objections, the Chair will attempt to resolve the issue (by
reference to the audio transcript if any) and secure agreement from the
relevant GNSO Council members. If agreement is not achieved, the Chair will
determine the final version of the minutes and may note areas in which
agreement has not been achieved 

 

Disputes: If any GNSO Council member disputes what he or she has said in the
resulting draft minutes, a transcript of the relevant portion of the audio
recording shall be prepared and made available to the GNSO Council before
its formal approval of the minutes. 

 

The Chair will ensure the above procedure is complete and an approved
version of the summary is circulated and made public within 21 days of the
relevant meeting.

 

All minutes of meetings of the GNSO (and any working groups thereof) shall
be approved promptly by the originating body. No later than the day after
the date on which they are formally approved by the Council, the minutes
shall be made publicly available on the Website.

 

The GNSO Council Secretariat shall transmit minutes of its meetings to the
ICANN Secretary no later than 21 days following the meeting.

 

 

 

 

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[mailto:owner-ntfy-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:31 PM
To: ntfy-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RoP 5.3

 

My suggestion: 

 

... acts by the GNSO Council members present at any meeting at which there
is a quorum shall be acts of the GNSO Council, unless otherwise provided
herein. (See Section 5(2) of this Article concerning the number of votes
that GNSO Council members may cast.)

 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen 
Best regards 
Wolf-Ulrich Knoben