RE: [gnso-policyimpl-wg] RE: For your review - updated public comment review tool

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greg,

In saying a ‘simple majority of the Council’  I mean the following: “the 
default threshold to pass a GNSO Council motion or other voting action requires 
a simple majority vote of each House”.

Regarding your second point, that was essentially the point I was trying to 
make in my response to Anne.  If a simple majority of each House does not think 
a GGP should continue, what are the chances that the GGP will ever produce 
recommendations that a supermajority would support?  I am presuming of course 
that in considering whether to terminate a GGP the Council would try to 
determine whether there are reasonable chances for the GGP to reach a high 
enough level of consensus to gain supermajority support in the GNSO.

Chuck

From: Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 10:58 AM
To: Gomes, Chuck
Cc: Marika Konings; gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-policyimpl-wg] RE: For your review - updated public comment 
review tool

Unless we are abandoning the usual voting model for the GNSO Council, there's 
really no such thing as a simple majority of the Council, due to the House 
system.

I don't think the issue is one of whether it is productive.  I think the issue 
is one where a GGP may not be turning out the way some thought it would.  Of 
course, that begs the question of how the output of the GGP will ever get 
approved by the Council once it's finished....

On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Gomes, Chuck 
<cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Action for all:  Please try to review the entire updated review tool by the 
deadline below and see if you have any remaining concerns because staff will be 
using it to create the final report.

Chuck

From: 
owner-gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx> 
[mailto:owner-gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx>]
 On Behalf Of Marika Konings
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 4:56 PM
To: gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-policyimpl-wg@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [gnso-policyimpl-wg] For your review - updated public comment review 
tool

Dear All,

Please find attached for your review the updated public comment review tool 
that should reflect today’s discussion. If you have any comments or edits 
please share those with the list.

Anne and Carlos, please note that there are a couple of specific items that the 
WG is looking for your input on (Anne, see comment Q12.5, Carlos see comments 
Q14.3 and G.1). Your feedback would be appreciated.

Note that everyone is encouraged to share any and all comments, questions or 
additional issues that require further conversation by the WG by Monday 4 May 
at 23:59 UTC at the latest. Based on the input provided, the Chairs will decide 
on Tuesday whether or not a WG meeting is needed next Wednesday as staff will 
require some additional time before a next draft of the report is produced 
(target date 13 May).

Best regards,

Marika