[gnso-osc-ops] Action Required: Voting & Abstentions

["Ray Fassett" <ray@xxxxxxxxx>]

Work Team members:  Per my instructions, Ken has provided to me a detailed
analysis leading to the final language for Section 4.5 Abstentions for
approval by the Work Team to send to the OSC for its review.  You will find
this document attached which includes the entire Section 4 (Voting) for your
review of Section 4.5 (Abstentions) in full context.  In addition, Ken
looked at each Councilor Abstention in 2009 to understand the how the rules
contained in Section 4.5 would have impacted the abstention at the time.
Very interesting and useful analysis.  I have attached this document for you
as well.  My request is for you to review these documents and if acceptable
to you, I will forward to the OSC for their review/comment but also with our
recommendation to send to the Council for its review as part the upcoming
Nairobi meeting.

 

Ken also provided to me a series of other documents that track the changes
from what we submitted for legal review and where the final abstention
language landed.  If you would like these documents, I can provide to you.

 

Lastly, Ken took a stab at drafting a sample Council resolution towards
approving Section 4.5 into the Rules of Procedure that I would recommend we
send to the OSC for consideration as well.  In summary, I am seeking Work
Team approval to send to the OSC the 2 documents attached and the sample
resolution language below.  Please let me know if you approve my doing so.

 

SAMPLE COUNCIL 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 ___ (TBD) 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.

Attachment: GNSO Ops Procs Section 4-Voting (For OSC Review).doc
Description: MS-Word document

Attachment: GNSO Recorded Abstentions Reasons-2009 (KBv2-RHv1).doc
Description: MS-Word document