Re: [gnso-osc] GNSO Council Proxy Procedures: Clarification

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 5 Apr 2011, at 09:46, Philip Sheppard wrote:

> Personally, I find the idea of declaring an abstention when in fact its an
> absence to be odd.
> At best it is confusing, at worst deceptive (especially if a voting direction 
> is
> then provided by the absent Councilor) !


I have long felt this, but was in a minority of one objecting to the idea of 
using abstention for dealing with absence on the WT.  i eventually surrendered 
and accepted it as yet another example of bizarre icanninan logic.

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