Re: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q3. In Section 3 1.e: Mechanism for selecting house for NCAs

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Not sure I understand your comment.

Are you saying that the nomcom needs to pick 3 people this time  
instead of 2.  We have one person with a continuing term, as I  
understand the Nomcom's plan they are selecting 2 people as per the  
normal order.  In this case Terry's term will span both the old  
council and the new one, and I do not believe the Nomcom is planning  
anything other then that. Nor do I get the impression that the Board  
is requiring anything in this area.  But of course they can correct my  
impression.
As for the NCAs not picking who serves in the council that is true and  
I don't think anyone suggested otherwise. But when the Nomcom picks  
people for a 2 year term, they are not saying: 'And if the council  
reorganizes we go back to zero.'  That person is picked by the nomcom  
for a two year term no matter how the council is reorganized.
The SG's, or some of them in any case, seem to be deciding that a  
reorg'ed council means new elections, and that is a fine choice if the  
SG wants to make that choice, but I see nothing that requires it to be  
the case for all SGs.  And SG could just decide to leave in the  
council members that were sitting until the next regular election.  As  
far as I can tell, the choice of how an SG seats it members is up to  
the SG charter as approved by the board - and subject to any  
transition plans they may agree on.
Finally, i think Jon's recommendation was not that NCAs would self  
appoint themselves to the council, but rather that in this first year,  
they would allocate themselves by mutual agreement to a house or to  
the state of homelessness, since it is too late for the Nomcom to do  
that (assuming that Nomcom picking per house ends up the prevalent  
choice).
a.



On 9 May 2009, at 13:38, Metalitz, Steven wrote:

> When the new Council is to be seated, the NCA's should be selected by
> the Nominating Committee, just as the other council members are to be
> selected by the SGs in accordance with whatever procedures they adopt.
> The NCA's have no authority to select who will sit on the GNSO  
> Council.
> The Nominating Committee has that authority.  In the same way the
> existing constituency representatives cannot "reappoint" themselves to
> the new council, they serve there only if selected by the SG.
>
> Steve Metalitz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nevett, Jonathon
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> To: avri@xxxxxxx; Gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q3. In Section 3 1.e: Mechanism for
> selecting house for NCAs
>
>
> The RC has not taken a position on this issue, but my view is that the
> Nominating Committee should decide which appointee sits in which  
> house.
> As part of the NomCom process, the nominees themselves should state a
> preference for the three positions and such preferences should be  
> taken
> into account in the selection process.  This way the Nominating
> Committee would not select three individuals who only want to sit in  
> one
> house and not the other.  Similarly, a candidate might not want to sit
> in either house and only as the non-voting at large appointee.
>
> For this year, we should have the NCAs themselves select which house  
> to
> sit.  If they can't work it, I would be ok with the GNSO Chair making
> the decision.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:30 PM
> To: Gnso-restruc-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gnso-restruc-dt] Q3. In Section 3 1.e: Mechanism for  
> selecting
> house for NCAs
>
>
> Q3. In Section 3 1.e:  Mechanism for selecting house for NCAs
>
> We need to describe exactly how the Nomcom Appointees (NCAs) are to be
> assigned to a house.
>
> There have been several methods suggested including but not restricted
> to the following:
>  -  Houses Pick (the current text in the by-laws doc)
>  -  Nomcom selects specifically for each house
>  -  NCA choose among themselves
>
> One method has to be chosen and described in sufficient detail in the
> proper place.
>
> It has additionally been asked, whether this needs to be described in
> the by-laws or is an issue that could be documented in Council Rules  
> and
> Procedures (related to a larger issue of differentiating between  
> things
> that in the by-Laws and things that can be left to Rules and  
> Procedures
> documents.  This larger issue is related separately in Question 7)