RE: [gnso-osc-ops] ACTIONS/SUMMARY: GNSO Council Operations Work Team 16 December Meeting
Dear all, As noted in my previous email, my comments on the SOI / DOI document returned to us from General Council are attached. Kind regards, RA Ronald N. Andruff RNA Partners, Inc. 220 Fifth Avenue, 20th floor New York, New York 10001 www.rnapartners.com V: +1 212 481 2820 x 11 F: +1 212 481 2859 _____ From: owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julie Hedlund Sent: 2009-12-16 13:47 To: gnso-osc-ops Subject: [gnso-osc-ops] ACTIONS/SUMMARY: GNSO Council Operations Work Team 16 December Meeting Dear Work Team members, Here are the action items and discussion summary from today's meeting. Please let me know if you have any changes. These also are posted on our wiki at: https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team. In addition, attached in .doc and .pdf is the draft Statement of Interest/Declaration of Interest document with suggested edits by ICANN Legal staff for consideration and discussion at our next meeting on Wednesday, 30 December. Thank you very much and I wish all of you a very happy holiday! Best regards, Julie Action Items: 1. Ken Bour will revise his draft document "GNSO Ops Procedures-COI & Proxy Voting-REVISED REDLINE (KBv1).doc" to include language to make material conflicts of interest broader than for financial or economic reasons. He also will follow up with ICANN Legal staff on their comments on the draft. 2. The Work Team will consider the draft of the Statement of Interest/Declaration of Internet document with comments from ICANN Legal staff for discussion at the next meeting. (See attached document.) Discussion Summary: The Work Team continued discussion on abstentions and, in particular, the issue of when abstentions are allowed, what is a material conflict of interest, and when would an abstention warrant a change in the denominator in the case of a vote. The Work Team also discussed the issue of proxy voting and determined that it may be possible to include in its recommendations procedures for when proxy voting may be allowed. The discussion centered on the definition of a material conflict of interest and whether the examples in the draft document circulated by Ken Bour (see above) were too narrow as they only addressed economic or financial conflicts. Work Team members agreed that there could be other reasons for a material conflict of interest. Ray asked Ken to adjust the language in the draft document to broaden the definition and possibly include further examples. Ken agreed to try to provide a revised draft prior to the meeting on 30 December and also to follow up with ICANN Legal staff on their comments. Attachment:
GNSO OSC GCOT WT Draft SOI-DOI Policy--ICANN Legal Edits (2) RA.doc
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