AW: [gnso-osc-ops] ICANN Staff Document on Abstentions

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I also support this.
Wolf-Ulrich

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] Im 
Auftrag von Ken Stubbs
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. November 2009 20:22
An: Ray Fassett
Cc: 'Ron Andruff'; 'Avri Doria'; 'gnso-osc-ops'
Betreff: Re: [gnso-osc-ops] ICANN Staff Document on Abstentions


Makes sense for me to  !

Ray Fassett wrote:
> Makes sense to me too.
>
> Ray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ron Andruff
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:01 PM
> To: 'Avri Doria'; 'gnso-osc-ops'
> Subject: RE: [gnso-osc-ops] ICANN Staff Document on Abstentions
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> Good point, Avri.  I support your thesis on 'voluntary' if there has been
> any engagement.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> RA
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: 2009-11-11 13:30
> To: gnso-osc-ops
> Subject: Re: [gnso-osc-ops] ICANN Staff Document on Abstentions
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just to add a thought.
>
> While I am rather resistant to the idea of decreasing the denominator  
> for an abstention, I can see the possibility of extreme cases that  
> might warrant it.  I like the stringent rules defined by Ken including  
> the requirement for approval by the opposite house in those case where  
> the SG group is not willing to require the vote. I  would, however,  
> like to suggest an additional caveat  - if the person asking to make  
> an abstention has ever uttered a single word, beyond the expression of  
> their conflict of interest, during the discussions on that topic in  
> either the council or any of its WGs then that abstention must be  
> deemed voluntary.
>
> a.
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