Re: AW: [gnso-osc-ops] GCOT Documents: Voting, Term Limits, and Absences

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Stubbs wrote:

I agree her with wolf-ulrich


On 3/26/2010 12:11 PM, KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks, Ken.
> I don't feel comfortable with the modified 4.4.1 leaving it up to the 
> Chair / VCs to "grant" an opportunity for absentee voting. What in 
> case if they don't find consensus on that? I'd rather prefer to allow 
> absentee voting in any case - iterative voting seems a bit artificial 
> - or keep it restricted to the cases as before.
> The other modofications of Chapter 4 are ok to me.
> Section 2.1 - Council member term limits: agreed
> Section 3.8 - Absences and vacancies: separate comment shall follow
>
> Regards
> Wolf-Ulrich
>
>
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>     *Von:* owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx
>     [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] *Im Auftrag von *Ken Bour
>     *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 24. März 2010 23:32
>     *An:* gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx
>     *Betreff:* [gnso-osc-ops] GCOT Documents: Voting, Term Limits, and
>     Absences
>
>     GCOT:
>
>     I have modified three documents and present them to the Work Team
>     for review.    I suggest taking them up in the order presented
>     below...
>
>     *1) **Section 2.1-Council Member Term Limits*
>
>     a) Changes to 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 per GCOT's teleconference on 24
>     March (redlined).
>
>     2) *Chapter 4-Voting*  [Revised 24 March 2010 and marked as OSC
>     Version #2]
>
>     a) 4.3-Motions and Votes:  added language to clarify that a
>     reason/explanation may be provided when entering Y and N votes in
>     addition to abstentions when it is always required.   This matter
>     was raised by Steve Metalitz at the OSC meeting in Nairobi.
>
>     b) Section 4.4-Absentee Voting:  replacement language to permit
>     alternate voting mechanisms (e.g. electronic) when approved by the
>     Chair and ratified by all Vice-Chairs present.
>
>     c) Section 4.5-Abstentions:  added a new clause (see 4.5.3-c-vi)
>     that occurred to me when writing the Absences material (below).  
>     A Temporary Alternate, if/when it affects a Council officer (e.g.
>     Chair or Vice-Chair), should not imply that the TA assumes that
>     officer's responsibilities.   I wanted to make that explicit to
>     avoid any potential confusion.
>
>     *3) **Section 3.8-Absences and Vacancies*
>
>     a) Complete replacement for the original 3.8 to include handling: 
>     incidental absences, leaves of absence (planned and unplanned),
>     and vacancies.   The vacancies material was drafted in response to
>     Steve Metalitz' question at the Nairobi OSC session as to whether
>     a vacancy would result in a reduction to the voting denominator. 
>      The procedures were previously silent on that matter, so I
>     thought it should be addressed.
>
>     /Note:  the above revisions have not been reviewed by Legal. /
>
>     Please let me know if there is anything else that I can do to
>     assist the GCOT in completing these remaining sections.
>
>     Ken Bour
>
>     P.S.  I will begin drafting the generalized Board Seat Elections
>     material which will go into Section 2.4 of the GOP replacing Annex 1.