Re: [gnso-osc-ops] voting

[Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Avri,

Yes, it's the OSC that uses full consensus, as follows from the charter:

Decision Making for the OSC

Unless otherwise determined by the OSC members, committee decisions will be
made using a “full consensus of the members” process.

Thanks,
Julie


On 9/29/10 4:45 PM, "Avri Doria" <avri@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Cool.  I knew that was the basic, but I did not remember if that was what in
> this group's charter.  I actually thought we had decided to work on full
> consensus in our charter.  I guess that is the OSC itself that works on the
> basis of full consensus.
> 
> It means he does not need a vote.  Rather just needs to determine what level
> of support he has.
> 
> Ray certainly does not have full consensus, he may have rough consensus,
> though I am not sure I would accept that yet.
> 
> I am certainly comfortable with Strong Support but significant opposition.
> 
> But really we will need to hear rom the other members of the group on this
> issue.  And I expect we need to outline it writing for them.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> a.
> 
> On 29 Sep 2010, at 16:14, Julie Hedlund wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Avri,
>> 
>> Thanks for pointing out the defective link.  I will fix it.  The relevant
>> section pertaining to decision making in the Charter is provided below.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Julie
>> 
>> Decision Making: The WT shall function on the basis of ³rough consensus²
>> meaning that all points of view will be discussed until the Chair can
>> ascertain that the point of view is understood and has been covered. That
>> consensus viewpoint will be reported to the OSC in the form of a WT Report.
>> Anyone with a minority view will be invited to include a discussion in the
>> WT Report. The minority view should include the names and affiliations of
>> those contributing to that part of the report.
>> In producing the WT Report, the Chair will be responsible for designating
>> each position as having one of the following designations:
>> 
>> € Unanimous consensus position
>> € Rough consensus position where no more than 1/3 disagrees and at least 2/3
>> agree
>> € Strong support (at least a simple majority), but significant opposition
>> (more than 1/3)
>> € No majority position
>> 
>> In all cases, the Chair will include the names and affiliations of those in
>> support of each position and for participants representing a group (e.g.,
>> constituencies, stakeholder groups, other groups) will indicate if their
>> support represents the consensus view of their constituency/group.
>> If any participant in a WT disagrees with the designation given to a
>> position by the Chair or any other rough consensus call, they can follow
>> these steps sequentially:
>> 
>> 1. Send an email to the Chair, copying the WT explaining why the decision is
>> believed to be in error.
>> 2. If the Chair still disagrees, forward the appeal to the OSC. The Chair
>> must explain his or her reasoning in the response.
>> 3. If the OSC supports the Chair, the participants may attach a statement of
>> the appeal to the GNSO Council Report generated by the OSC. This statement
>> should include the documentation from all steps in the appeals process and
>> should include a statement from the OSC.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/29/10 4:06 PM, "Avri Doria" <avri@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Today you mentioned that, while you would hate to do it, you might have to
>>> resort fo a vote if we did not have consensus.
>>> 
>>> I went to check and see whether outr charter allowed for us to decide in the
>>> middle of a subject, once we found that we did not have easy consensus to
>>> switch to a voting mechanism.  I don't think we can but was not sure, so
>>> needed to check the charter.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately,
>>> 
>>> https://st.icann.org/static/3.7.0.11/skin/s3/html/index.cgi?gnso_operations_
>>> wo
>>> rk_team_charter
>>> 
>>> is a dead link.
>>> 
>>> In any case, I would hope that any vote, if the charter indeed permits
>>> voting,
>>> would be carried out in a way that would include all members of the WT -
>>> even
>>> those who rarely if ever join us on the calls.
>>> 
>>> a.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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