RE: [gnso-restruc-dt] Issue on council voting on bylaws.

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

We can approach it somewhat like we do in WGs:

- Attempt to reach consensus on each item and identify those where full
consensus was reached.

- For items where full consensus is not reached: 1) if rough consensus
is reached on an item (at least a simple majority with no weighted
voting), identify the names of those in favor, those opposed and
absentions, and report minority positions; 2) if rough consensus is not
reached on an item, state the alternative views along with the names of
those in favor, those opposed and abstentions.

I would think that this would provide enough position for the Board to
act.

Chuck

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> Subject: [gnso-restruc-dt] Issue on council voting on bylaws.
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> One f the issue that came up today in the council meeting the 
> degree to which we needed full consensus on the issues or 
> could use the current council super majority voting 
> procedures to pass a by-laws issue that one of more of the 
> future SGs might not be comfortable.
> 
> Philip brought up the issue and I invite him to explain his position  
> because I am sure he can do it so much more elegantly then I can.   
> What I understood is that it might not be appropriate for 
> this council using its weighted voting procedure to decide on 
> by-law a future council needs to live with.
> 
> As part of that conversation, I responded with several points:
> 
> - We do need to have by-laws under which that council can sit 
> and act before it can sit and act.
> - Council as currently constituted needs to vote on those 
> recommendations in order to send them to the Board, so that 
> they can then gather community opinion and then decide.
> - If this council recommends anything that that new council 
> doesn't approve of, they will be able to change the bylaws.
> - On any item of which we do achieve full consensus, a note 
> should be attached to the recommendation clearly explaining 
> the differences and detailing the opposition.
> 
> Another point I would like to add that I do not think I 
> brought up during the meeting:
> 
> - Any issue where we cannot reach consensus may be able to be 
> dealt with as a transitional item to be reconsidered when the 
> new council is seated or at some suitable interval afterwards.
> 
> a.
> 
> 
> Note: the optimism with which I believe we will have 
> something that is mostly consensus that we will be able to 
> vote on and achieve consensus.
> 
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