[gnso-osc-ops] GNSO Ops Procedures Section 4-Voting: Next Steps

["Ray Fassett" <ray@xxxxxxxxx>]

Team:

 

As discussed in our last teleconference, the last call for comments with
regards to Section 4-Voting (re: abstentions) was this past Monday.  Ron
Andruff and Avri Doria confirmed their approval of the document as
originally drafted and Wolf-Ulrich offered a few edits for consideration.
Given the edits offered by Wolf did not appear substantive to me along with
one of the proposed edits being primarily w/ regards to formatting
(splitting certain procedures into an Appendix), I have chosen to request
Ken Bour to begin moving the original document forward through ICANN staff
legal so that we can submit to the OSC as soon as possible.  With regards to
the formatting, my interpretation from the Work Team is to keep the body of
the procedures intact under Sub-Section 4.5 vs. splitting off into an
Appendix.

 

Staff support, at my request, has also drafted a tentative resolution (see
below) that we can present to the OSC and, ultimately, to the Council.  The
21-day comment period is a requirement of the Bylaws [see Section 3(4)].  

 

I have authorized Ken Bour to submit the latest version of Section 4,
together with the sample resolution and Bylaws amendments, to Dan Halloran
(ICANN Legal) for his review.  We are asking Dan for his opinion within one
week from today or 11 February.  Immediately thereafter, assuming there are
no serious problems requiring team action, I will send the document and
resolution to the OSC requesting their review by 26 February (2 weeks).
Although we will have missed the 12 February cutoff for official documents
submitted before an ICANN meeting, hopefully the OSC can indicate its
support to the Council and the document can be put out for public comment
shortly after Nairobi.  

 

Thank you for all your hard work and of course to Ken Bour for all his
efforts in support of our Work Team on this issue.  I plan to share this
information and update with Chuck Gomes, Chair of the OSC unless there are
any objections.

 

Ray Fassett

Chair

GCOT

 

SAMPLE RESOLUTION:

 

WHEREAS the GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) has developed a set of
abstention provisions that it recommends be incorporated into the GNSO
Operations Procedures as Sub-Section 4.5 (part of 4.0-Voting); and

 

WHEREAS the GCOT has also identified other voting procedures within Section
4.0 that it recommends be amended to be consistent with its proposed
abstentions provisions; and 

 

WHEREAS the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) has reviewed all of these
revisions and recommends them for adoption by the GNSO Council. 

 

RESOLVED, that the GNSO Council accepts Version 1.2 of the GNSO Operating
Procedures, including the recommended revisions to Section 4 and its new
Sub-Section 4.5. 

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the GNSO Council directs Staff to post this document
for twenty-one (21) days in the ICANN Public Comment Forum and reserves the
right to modify these procedures upon conclusion of that public comment
period.